You Turning Left or Not?

I was at someone else’s house in a subdivision parked along side the curve in front of the house, where cars often park. I put my kick stand up, turned on the bike, looked behind me, and was preparing to go. I saw a car coming down the road in the upcoming lane. That didn’t seem much threat, but I was keeping an eye on it. I was still parked.  I didn't plan on starting out until I knew what they were up to.  They seemed to be slowing down. Then the car came to a complete stop in the road, directly in front of the driveway of the house in front of me.

Now you might be thinking, maybe they are turning, maybe they are. But no turn signal on and they didn’t go to take the turn. Just a slow decrease in speed and then come to a complete stop. No turn signal. I don’t know what they are doing. I’m guessing they want to turn into the driveway.  I waved to them to go ahead and they didn't go ahead.

Maybe they stopped for me, maybe they stopped for an interesting conversation on their cell phone. I don’t know. I haven’t started moving yet. I’m still parked with my feet on the ground. I waved again with my arm for them to make their left turn into the drive way. They didn’t move. There was no wave back from the other driver, no headlight flashes, no turn signal, nothing to acknowledge me.  And I couldn't make out the driver behind the windshield due to tinting.  After the third wave, they still haven’t moved. I was about to turn off the bike and go back inside. This is a good time for the "Go Get Coffee" response they talked about in the MSF course.  I'm parked, not out in the road, not  driving down it, and not in any rush to take off.  Finally, they made their left turn into the driveway. As the right side of the car comes across I can make out the driver.  They never turn thier head or face towards me, just keep looking straight ahead.  But as the side of their head comes into view, I see a cell phone in their hand.

I think the driver had one of those highly interesting cell phone conversations.  The kind that you can only have while stopped in the middle of the road.  Heck, maybe they were talking to that biker on the cell phone at the stop light from the other day.  Guess I'll never know.