Rhino
10/31/2013 7:30:00 PM
On 2013-10-31 3:05 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>> David <dimlan17@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 12:38:02 PM UTC-4, Jim G. wrote:
>
>>>> I hate this kind of "I'm offended" crap. My background is German, and if
>>>> a kid had made a crack (say, about the spying on Merkel business) about
>>>> killing all of the Germans, I would have just laughed.
>
>>> I think Germans have relinquished the right to be offended until
>>> roughly the middle of this century.
>
>> Why not go all the way with your prejudice and expand your bigotry to
>> 'all white people'. That way you'll be more in line with the mainstream
>> grievance groups.
>
> What the fuck is it with you and an inability to recognize sarcasm?
>
> Also, H*tl*r despise the Poles and killed a significant number of
> civilians (or is that a myth, too?) Last I looked, they could be whiter than
> Swedes.
>
> So your bitch is stupid and incredibly misplaced.
>
Adam, I was just thinking about you. I've had my say on this whole
German subthread and wanted to ask you something completely unrelated.
Are you allowed to turn right on a red light in Illinois? I know you're
from Chicago so I assume you know the rules of the road there.
The reason I ask is that I was behind an SUV from Illinois this morning
and he (a generic "he", the driver might have been a woman but I
couldn't tell through the tinting) resolutely refused to turn right on a
red, even after I encouraged him by winking my lights, which is one of
the things we do in Ontario.
I know that NY state prohibits right turns on a red light but I'm not
sure which other states have that rule. I know Michigan and Ohio DO
allow rights on red lights.
Now in all fairness, the intersection was a bit odd. The driver in
question was going south and was poised to turn right (west) in the
right turn lane. I was immediately behind him. The signal we got was red
but there was a green arrow pointing right below the standard
red/green/amber signal. This guy waited until the green arrow turned
off, then waited a while longer and then finally turned on the solid red
with no arrow lit. I think he may have been waiting for a green light
(or a green light and a green arrow) and it finally dawned on him that
it wasn't going to happen so he made the turn. I could well imagine
being in the same position and wanting to wait for a green light, not
just a red light with a green arrow, if I was from a state that didn't
let you turn right on a red.
It was just a little exasperating waiting for this guy to move as I was
already running late and lost additional minutes waiting for this little
drama to play itself out.
--
Rhino