A Driving Lesson for Fayette County Drivers

To the lady with the loose middle finger who almost ran me down........When you are approaching an intersection with the intention to turn left and the opposing traffic is turning right, also with a green light, the person turning right ALWAYS ! has the right of way, even if they have a Yield sign. That traffic light takes controls the intersection. So, if we encounter again you will suffer the consequences.

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Dave... Now do you understand why you got the finger?
Submitted by 1bighammer on Tue, 10/24/2006 - 3:53pm.

A yield sign means yield. No matter where the traffic is coming from, if it is coming from a road that crosses your road or if it is someone turning left onto your road. Pretty simple ...huh?

You're probably the same person that nearly hit me while I was turning left onto Tyrone Rd. from Hwy. 54 yesterday.

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Dude - Y-I-E-L-D
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Submitted by mainframecpu on Tue, 10/24/2006 - 7:03pm.

How long have you been running these yield signs?? Geez. It's really NOT complicated - the sign is not a trick or a joke. They REALLY expect you to actually YIELD.


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Another driving lesson
Submitted by wocdam on Tue, 10/24/2006 - 3:02pm.

To the black lady in the van in front of Evander's house today - does the word MERGE mean anything to you? Thanks for feeling the need to speed up to get ahead of me and then cutting me off and nearly sending me into Evander's yard. Unnecessary and very un-cool.

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Who needs Driving Lesson?
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Submitted by ILuvFayette on Tue, 10/24/2006 - 3:02am.

This is straight from the Georgia Law Book Dave:

40-6-72.
(a) Preferential right of way may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized in Code Section 32-6-50.
(b) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line or, if there is no stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it. After stopping, the driver shall yield the right of way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways.
(c) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall, in obedience to such sign, slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions and, if required for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line or, if there is no stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it. After slowing or stopping, the driver shall yield the right of way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways. If such a driver is involved in a collision with a vehicle in the intersection after driving past a yield sign without stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima-facie evidence of his failure to yield the right of way.


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Just Curious....
Submitted by RubyBegonia on Tue, 10/24/2006 - 1:00pm.

What intersection? I have been driving for thirty five years, never been in an accident, never received even a speeding ticket....I always thought whenever there is a YIELD sign the driver must Yield to oncoming traffic regardless of the light. If not...why is the YIELD sign there? Of course if a police officer is directing, all rules out the window....just watch the officer and follow his direction.

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Georgia Code 40-6-72
Submitted by dave029 on Tue, 10/24/2006 - 11:26am.

I'm quite familiar with the law, I enforced it 28 years. You might want to research a little more because as I originally stated a traffic light superceeds stop signs and yield signs. The only traffic control which takes precedence over a traffic light is a Police Officer, or yielding to emergency vehicles.

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Wrong again Dave
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Submitted by bad_ptc on Tue, 10/24/2006 - 2:17pm.

As per "Georgia Code 40-6-72"

(a) Preferential right of way may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized in Code Section 32-6-50.
(b) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line or, if there is no stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it. After stopping, the driver shall yield the right of way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways.

(c) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall, in obedience to such sign, slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions and, if required for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line or, if there is no stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it. After slowing or stopping, the driver shall yield the right of way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways. If such a driver is involved in a collision with a vehicle in the intersection after driving past a yield sign without stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima-facie evidence of his failure to yield the right of way.

The last sentence sums it up:
If such a driver is involved in a collision with a vehicle in the intersection after driving past a yield sign without stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima-facie evidence of his failure to yield the right of way.

If I can take your statment of: "I enforced it 28 years." to mean that you are no longer in a position to enforce it, all I can say is GOOD!


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Again, I ask, why is the sign there?
Submitted by McDonoughDawg on Tue, 10/24/2006 - 12:41pm.

IF it serves no purpose? Why the need for a sign at all? Not all redlight/signaled intersections have them.

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