The other night I was at a light. The car in front of me, a young woman driving and a guy in the passenger seat, had their left turn blinker on, which is very unusual for this intersection. After a minute, they turned the right blinker on, which would have been bad since they were in the left lane of a two lane intersection. Then, when the light turned green, she turned on her hazards and stopped. Now, at this time, I thought she stalled, so I went around her. But as I was passing her, she started going, so I moved back behind her. The road quickly forks and I go to the left with the cars in the right lane going to the right fork. The driver was in the right lane, but moved into my lane without looking or, frankly, having any clue there were two lanes, almost hitting me. I happened to be in a good mood that day and, realizing this person had no idea what she was doing, didn’t even beep. Not beeping at something like this is a big step for me. Hey, realizing I have a problem is the first step toward recovery.
Getting back to my story. Now I am stuck behind her on a one lane road. The speed limit is 30 and she was going 10. And as she approached every intersection, she would turn on her left blinker, then go through the intersection. This really got annoying when, at a red light, she would have her left turn blinker on, then not move when the light turned green, making me think she was really turning, then finally get the freakin’ car in gear, and go straight through the light, with me already going around her to the right. At two of the lights, she stalled with a jerk, indicating she was learning how to drive a stick shift. What I really wanted to know was why did she put her blinker on for every intersection. It definitely wasn’t a case of someone looking for a street and realizing it was not the street they wanted. Neither she nor her passenger was looking down the street she indicated she was turning down. Strange.