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Redmond Way has several intersections with two parallel turn lanes. Redmond Way eastbound to Cleveland St. southbound* is one of them.
So at around 2100 Wednesday night, m'boy was in the left one of the two right turn lanes, and when the two green arrows light up, he basically changed lanes in the middle of an intersection and ended up in the right lane of Cleveland St.
Me: AAAAAH!
Wendling: Wait, is this street one way?
Me: Yes!
Praise the 'Verse there was nobody to his right or behind him at the time. He's been through that intersection hundreds of times by now, albeit with his mother or me doing the driving. It hadn't occurred to him that if there were two lanes turning into an intersection they should remain two lanes exiting it. My son's mind is another planet.
In a way, this is worse than the other Redmond Way incident. The first time, he knew which lane to turn into, but his low-level visual processing betrayed him. This time, his idea of where to put the car was just plain wrong.
Oy.
*This is right before Cleveland St. bends east again and parallels Redmond Way west. Ah, Redmond, WA. Once upon a time it didn't matter where the streets went. Some things were better back then.
So at around 2100 Wednesday night, m'boy was in the left one of the two right turn lanes, and when the two green arrows light up, he basically changed lanes in the middle of an intersection and ended up in the right lane of Cleveland St.
Me: AAAAAH!
Wendling: Wait, is this street one way?
Me: Yes!
Praise the 'Verse there was nobody to his right or behind him at the time. He's been through that intersection hundreds of times by now, albeit with his mother or me doing the driving. It hadn't occurred to him that if there were two lanes turning into an intersection they should remain two lanes exiting it. My son's mind is another planet.
In a way, this is worse than the other Redmond Way incident. The first time, he knew which lane to turn into, but his low-level visual processing betrayed him. This time, his idea of where to put the car was just plain wrong.
Oy.
*This is right before Cleveland St. bends east again and parallels Redmond Way west. Ah, Redmond, WA. Once upon a time it didn't matter where the streets went. Some things were better back then.
