Late this afternoon we had to drive over to the London Drugs in the Cloverdale Crossing Mall. On 64th Avenue there is a left hand turn lane that enters the mall inbetween Tim Hortons and a building that houses Telus, Great Clips, and a sushi restaurant. There is a median separating the entrance and exit traffic in and out of the mall.
I'm waiting in the left hand turn lane. There is a lot of oncoming traffic travelling west on 64th so I have to wait a bit. I get a couple of cars in line behind me also wanting to turn into the mall.
And then I notice a car trying to turn into the mall using the exit lane. That didn't go too good because there was already a car there, correctly attempting to exit out of the mall onto 64th Avenue. You'd think the driver would just straighten out the car and continue up a hundred feet to to the next entrance into the mall inbetween Tim Hortons and McDonald's. But I guess that would be too easy. Instead the female driver, an Asian woman about 40 years old, decides the appropriate thing is to back up onto 64th Avenue and make another try to get into the mall using that particular entrance. 3 times she backed up and went forward, effectively bringing to a stop all westbound traffic on 64th. By the time she finally got inside the mall I had 6 cars in line behind me trying to left turn.
And here's the funny thing. I get into the mall, park about halfway down the aisle from London Drugs and we spot her car. She is aimlessly driving around the mall.
Backing up onto a busy road is definitely a bad idea. Making several attempts is even worse. Its much better to continue on a few more feet and choose another entrance into the mall. But I guess she had her little heart set on driving in this particular driveway.
No comments:
Post a Comment