I know I've already complained bitterly about the quality of Northwest Drivers, but this morning on my way to work I witnessed such a Platonic Idealist example I just have to share.
Said driver decides, too late, that he wants to turn left at an intersection. Since we're in the PNW, he naturally shifts into reverse and starts backing up so that he can switch to the turn lane, which has vehicles in it that he pulled up next to. I'm driving up behind him at this point, and switch into the right lane. I wish I was more upset or shocked or something, but I'm pretty used to this.
Once he's in a position to switch lanes, which for some reason involves taking up part of the right lane as well, he just stops. At least one car has to work their way carefully around him in the right lane to get by. I think at this point he has noticed that the city put up barriers to keep people just like him from making a left into the Safeway (grocery store), which has a nasty driveway right before the intersection. Locals now know exactly where and what I'm talking about.
After a minute or so of just sitting there taking up multiple lanes, he goes straight (back to where he started this whole thing). But that's not the best part.
When the left turn folk finally get their light, he cuts one of them off and makes the left turn at the intersection after all.
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