Blocking traffic

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   Last night (Halloween) traffic was, as usual on Halloween, horrendous downtown.  I swung by the 14th & Constitution slug line to see if there was anyone for Bob's, but there were no slugs at all there.  So the clown in front of me put on his flashers in the right lane, apparently deciding to wait for slugs to show up!  This seems to me to be a horrible violation because it's blocking a lane of traffic when the road is already jammed.  What does everyone else do--it seems to me that if nobody's at 14th & Constitution, you either go on to the Pentagon, loop around the block, or go park in one of the bus cut-outs around the corner (hoping you don't get a ticket) and walk back to the slug line, but under no circumstances do you just sit and wait.

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USA Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 06 Jun 2002 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote USA Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Blocking traffic Posted: 01 Nov 2002 at 2:41pm
	Last night (Halloween) traffic was, as usual on Halloween, horrendous downtown. I swung by the 14th & Constitution slug line to see if there was anyone for Bob's, but there were no slugs at all there. So the clown in front of me put on his flashers in the right lane, apparently deciding to wait for slugs to show up! This seems to me to be a horrible violation because it's blocking a lane of traffic when the road is already jammed. What does everyone else do--it seems to me that if nobody's at 14th & Constitution, you either go on to the Pentagon, loop around the block, or go park in one of the bus cut-outs around the corner (hoping you don't get a ticket) and walk back to the slug line, but under no circumstances do you just sit and wait.

Arbo Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 28 May 2002 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Arbo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 2002 at 3:38pm
	Pentagon was no better last night (http://www.slug-lines.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=394)

USA Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 06 Jun 2002 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote USA Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 2002 at 4:20pm
	Oh, I know all too well how the Pentagon was (notice I posted in that thread too). Everywhere was bad. Happens every year on Halloween. I think next year I will just take Metrorail....especially since Halloween will be on Friday and it will be even worse even earlier. But the question remains--it seems to me that you cannot stop and wait for slugs to show up on 14th Street. quote: Originally posted by Arbo [br]Pentagon was no better last night (http://www.slug-lines.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=394)

mdamba Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote mdamba Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 Nov 2002 at 8:55pm
	Why are people picking up slugs at the Pentagon will block the left side of the road instead of waiting behind the other cars waiting to pck up slugs? I had to wait a couple of minutes to get out because some guy was blocking the left lane because he felt his car could fit in.

tondalea Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 10 Sep 2002 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote tondalea Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Nov 2002 at 4:13pm
	Not trying to be funny, but it seems that some 610 drivers do this because they dont want to get to close to 17. As if the 17 riders are just going to jump in or something. Also instead of them waiting for 17 and 3 riders to load, they go around and then realize that it's not enough room for them to get back in. This just ends up slowing everyone up.