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Why UPS Trucks Don't Turn Left
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| Alex Mayyasi
Posted on 04/06/2014 7:26:42 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Alex Murphy
My first thought as well.
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posted on
04/06/2014 7:52:05 AM PDT
by
Nevadan
To: cripplecreek
Having to do the “Michigan left” turn must drive the UPS drivers nuts.
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posted on
04/06/2014 7:52:53 AM PDT
by
factoryrat
(We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Well not only for safety but also as a symbolic gesture you don’t want to give liberals any ideas that because you turn left you support their murderous, Marxist, Fascist, commie, Islamo terror supporting, socialist, criminal supporting butts, sodomy loving butts. So going right is always right.
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posted on
04/06/2014 7:52:59 AM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Republican has "I can" at the end. Democrat has "rat". Any questions?)
To: afraidfortherepublic
I drive a small SUV and I avoid left turns unless there is a traffic light. Rights are easier, by far.
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posted on
04/06/2014 7:53:06 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: afraidfortherepublic
What’s their policy on u-turns?
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posted on
04/06/2014 7:54:05 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Disambiguator
What about left-hand turns from dedicated lanes with arrows? They’re quite safe, I’d think.
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posted on
04/06/2014 7:56:38 AM PDT
by
grania
To: nascarnation
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posted on
04/06/2014 7:57:45 AM PDT
by
wonkowasright
(Wonko from outside the asylum)
To: Moonman62
They are required to be done in pairs.
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posted on
04/06/2014 8:01:24 AM PDT
by
wonkowasright
(Wonko from outside the asylum)
To: grania
Those are ok, but it’s uncontrolled situations that are dangerous.
To: wonkowasright
This is why you never see a UPS truck in a NASCAR race.
Ha! Thank you ;)
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posted on
04/06/2014 8:01:48 AM PDT
by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: Moonman62
“To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the ‘U-turn’, I have only one thing to say: ‘You turn [U-turn] if you want to. The lady’s not for turning.’ — Thatcher
To: PapaNew
Now, if only our country could learn the same thing. Come to New Jersey. With the Jug handles you can't make a left in New Jersey without making a right first.
And yes, they are great. I don't miss left turn signals at all
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posted on
04/06/2014 8:06:47 AM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: grania
What about left-hand turns from dedicated lanes with arrows?They avoid them to eliminate flat tires.
To: Focault's Pendulum
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posted on
04/06/2014 8:08:50 AM PDT
by
grania
To: afraidfortherepublic
Every good Turk walks to the right.
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posted on
04/06/2014 8:09:45 AM PDT
by
Hoodat
(Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
To: afraidfortherepublic
"...saved around 10 million gallons of gas"Now we can't have that. That's a $2 million "loss" for the Federal Government. That is $2 MILLION that UPS stole from the poor and helpless chil'run who will wake up tomorrow morning and face another day without a warm cafeteria breakfast... Well, I guess we'll just have to make right hand turns illegal and jack up delivery fee taxes. THAT will show'em!
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posted on
04/06/2014 8:10:30 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: afraidfortherepublic
They are precise about their routes. I gotta give ‘em that. I missed a very important signature-required delivery once. I called UPS to ask if I could go to the driver’s hub at the end of his shift to get the package. They radioed the driver and told me to meet him at the corner of such-and-such streets at 6:03. They cautioned me not to be 30 seconds late because he’d leave. I was early. He rolled up on the DOT at 6:03:01.
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posted on
04/06/2014 8:11:38 AM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
To: qam1
Come to New Jersey. With the Jug handles you can't make a left in New Jersey without making a right first Don't forget our ultra safe traffic circles.
I've been rear ended twice
To: Disambiguator
It's a metaphor for politics, too."Clever observation!
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posted on
04/06/2014 8:15:40 AM PDT
by
OldPossum
("It's" is the contraction of "it" and "is"; think about ITS implications.)
To: Alex Murphy
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posted on
04/06/2014 8:15:46 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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