> I vividly remember visiting NYC for the first time and being shocked that while starting to cross 8th ave and 15th st, that a yellow cab was already making a

> I vividly remember visiting NYC for the first time and being shocked that while starting to cross 8th ave and 15th st, that a yellow cab was already making a turn the second I put my foot in the intersection and was slowing creeping towards me. I had the exact same reaction the first time I saw this. I was a teenager at the time and remember actually slamming the hood of a turning cab with my fist on more than one occasion, before realizing that what the cabs were doing was normal and accepted behavior.