Bad drivers! Cars that break down! Those with which we share the road Mk. 2

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Cage: Jul 17, 2003; www.revivethedrive.org

I had someone at a gas station pull forward to the hood of my car while I was pumping gas, making me have to reverse to leave. Thats lovely. If a station is busy and you have to wait drive your car around until you're facing the same direction as the person in front of you. :argh:

Cage fucked around with this message at 18:22 on May 26, 2022

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Cage: Jul 17, 2003; www.revivethedrive.org

wolrah posted:

If they had their filler on the same side as you and had instead pulled around and backed in with the same result would you be less annoyed?

I don't really consider a normal gas station to be directional since you can generally enter from multiple sides. Maybe a highway rest stop where literally all traffic is coming from the same entrance and leaving through the same exit, but IMO a normal city gas station is just a series of parking spaces wrapped around islands. Being able to pull through is common but not a guarantee.

Also was there another space the person could have gone to where they wouldn't have been "in the way" or are you saying they should have waited to fuel up until you were done just to let you pull through?

They should drive in a way that doesn't require me to back up, I don't know. Drive in a way that affects the least amount of people. Don't make people brake for you when you pull in front of them. There are 10+ pumps, she has multiple options so that she can easily pull forward. She can drive backwards behind my car if she wants to play circus games, sure. Don't make me do it.

Truga posted:

i've never seen a bi-directional gas station before lmao

wat?

slidebite posted:

It depends. It kind of is, but it's better than pulling up to a gas island with 2 open pumps and stopping at the first one.

Eh thats easy just drive past em and angle in.

Safety Dance posted:

I'm sorry you were mildly inconvenienced. This must be a really difficult time for you. The only thing we can do is shift from R to D and carry on as best we can.

Sorry my posting offended you. I'm just a polite driver I guess!

Cage fucked around with this message at 15:06 on May 26, 2022

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Cage: Jul 17, 2003; www.revivethedrive.org

mobby_6kl posted:

Maybe they meant a gas station when you can deposit the gas from your car and get cash for it.

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# ¿ May 26, 2022 15:18

Cage: Jul 17, 2003; www.revivethedrive.org

I guess its just a matter of caring how much your actions affect other people, I guess. I was perfectly able to drive around the pumps one time to find someone facing the same direction I was with the pump on the right side. It took about 10 seconds and it makes everything flow easier so why not do it?

I see all of your points though, I guess it was silly to care when people do so much worse stuff.

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