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Creative and nonconforming

Ah good. So now, Rutland Rutland rutland Rutland Rutland?

It’s “Go, Rutland!” Perfect.

The smartest of the smarts there

I think our aging population has a lot to do with this. The pull out in front of you/drive 15 under is a classic old person move

Ask Woodstock, VT, they’ll tell you why it’s not a wise thing to do in VT.

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YES. That drives me crazy around here. Like people suddenly stopping to let me pull onto the road but I have to gun it to avoid other oncoming cars. Just follow the right of way!

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So it’s the Rutland Rutlands?

I know it. That’s the thing about truck bros like this though, they’re only tough in their truck. I’m a pretty big dude and I’m covered in tattoos. Their demeanor shifts when I step out of my little Prius 🤟

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From “Raiders” to “Rutland”

A solid choice.

Good move, Rutland.

As a VEC customer, it sounds like even a coop merger would be a benefit for you.

Being predictable IS being nice. It lets everything flow smoothly, everyone gets where they're going quicker, and that's nice.

Smell around your tank, I had a leak last month, it probably cost me $400..

Just follow the G & R rule: “Gun it and Run it.” -Garcia, Reno 911

Never mind all the record profits that have been posted by these companies the past 20 years alone, each year increasing.

I sometimes refuse to go, because, well, they are creating a traffic hazard, and should start to learn that not everyone appreciates that.

Till the people at the top start bleeding money, like the people at the bottom have to, to survive, no rate hikes. Like for what electricity alone costs per unit from hydro-quebec vs what customers pay, with the infrastructure in place already 50 years, it's more corporate greed like everything else.

Solar has largely filled that gap. Septic is the expensive thing that everyone overlooks.

Because then you don't have to deal with all the other stuff that is already there under and above ground.

Here’s the thing, people are going to be unpredictable. People are going to turn without using their blinker. People are going to go slower than you want to go when you are late for work. People are going to full on not even realize you are there. If you are driving and fully expecting everyone else to be predictable, you’re the issue. Someone won’t be. That’s a guarantee.

There’s also a lot more nuance to my response that you are ignoring. But ok, let’s focus on your words.

I don’t disagree with you. Let’s look pedestrians again. If we are talking about a group of humans sprinting down a track, yes someone doing something unpredictable can be an issue there. Just like how when we are flying down the highway someone doing something unpredictable can be bad. However, a group of human beings all at a full stop and one says “after you,” we’re all good. No issues. So let’s take this situation OP presents, four vehicles at a full stop. One person waves someone through. There is no issue here. A mild annoyance, sure, but this is not something that is causing danger on our roads.

But again, my point was bigger than this specific scenario. We do have an issue on our roads but it’s mostly from over aggressive drivers and folks who DON’T stop at stop signs. We also have decades of studies that show us very clearly that speed kills. More speed literally equates to more human deaths. Yet I’m not seeing any passion here for speeding. I’m not seeing any posts addressing the tailgating or unsafe passing that we see everywhere. So yeah, when I start seeing folks get worked up about that stuff I’ll believe they actually care about someone waving someone through a four way stop out of turn.