To the editor: Driving etiquette definitely isn’t what it as soon as was. Impatience and selfishness appear to overrule frequent sense and consideration (“The seven most irritating offenses California drivers commit daily,” Dec. 23).
I might have promoted the “pink means cease” entry in your checklist to the highest spot due to what I witness each day, particularly in my neighborhood of homes, flats and condos. Regardless of the variety of individuals strolling their canines or youngsters using bikes or scooters, I witness many — possibly even most — drivers breezing by way of four-way stops, even making turns with out slowing down. Even the previous “California cease” methodology of at the very least slowing down at a cease signal is outwardly an excessive amount of of an inconvenience. It surprises me that extra individuals aren’t injured or killed by that degree of recklessness.
Eric Wilks, Los Angeles
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To the editor: For my part, this checklist omitted essentially the most infuriating behavior. I might checklist this as #1: “A yellow gentle means sluggish to a cease and cease on the pink.”
As a substitute, almost all drivers, on approaching a yellow gentle, step tougher on the accelerator and rush by way of the pink. I imagine this is without doubt one of the main causes of vehicle accidents, particularly when cross-traffic drivers go the second their gentle turns inexperienced.
Martin A. Brower, Corona del Mar
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To the editor: You’ve missed one which ought to be close to the highest of your checklist. Drivers on the head of the left flip lane who keep behind the crosswalk after the sunshine has turned inexperienced, after which proceed to make their flip simply as a lightweight is able to flip pink, stopping automobiles behind them from additionally making the flip.
B.J. Merholz, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Yet another on your checklist: Drivers who don’t train their proper of approach and hold one questioning once they’ll make their transfer.
Mary Motheral, San Diego
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To the editor: I loved this text apart from one quote from a reader complaining about drivers going extra slowly than the pace restrict.
I’d add an eighth entry: “Velocity restrict is an higher restrict, not a decrease restrict.” Drive safely.
Dave Suess, Redondo Seashore
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To the editor: This text solely lined half of the high-beams downside. Many automobiles have “automated“ dimmers so drivers now not assume to do it manually. Nevertheless, SUVs, pickups, and so forth., have such extremely positioned headlights that they blind us by way of our rear-view mirrors.
Even worse, the infuriating behavior of individuals stopping their automotive eight or 10 toes behind the automotive in entrance of them. Not solely does this block intersections and entry to left flip lanes, however it additionally locations the automotive too far again to activate the “automated” low-beam system. Anybody in entrance of that automotive is totally blinded.
Meg Quinn Coulter, Los Angeles
