Post by tafkaga on May 22, 2009 2:04:30 GMT -4
Today as I was driving to work, I came up with a brilliant idea for a blog. What types of drivers should have to take a drivers ed course, or perhaps even lose their license?
1. Fickle drivers. Drivers who ride my back bumper down the highway when there is no way to pass. They can't drive my speed. They have to go faster. They have to get around me. They have places to go and they have to get there right now. So for miles they drive so close to me that I think our bumpers are going to touch. Then finally there is an opening for them to pass. Do they zoom around me and leave me in their dust? No, they slow down and fall behind further. They wait until it's no longer safe to pass, then they speed up and ride my bumper again. Finally when their chance comes to pass again, I slow down to 40 MPH just to irritate them. They STILL won't pass. Finally when I'm speeding down the highway at 35 MPH, they zoom around me and look at me like I don't know how to drive.
2. Text Messagers. If you text message while you're driving, you're stupid and you should lose your license. I don't care who you are, you are endangering other people with your stupidity. I don't get text messages. What's so important to say that you can't drive from point A to point B without typing on a tiny keypad? I often see people in front or behind me swerving around in their lane, sometimes going over the middle line. They are going 70 MPH one moment and 50 MPH the next. Sometimes it's because they are 90+ years old. Even more often it is because they are stupid text messagers whose cars should be set on fire while they watch. Chances are they'd still be texting as it burned.
3. Drivers who must pass. MUST. Driving behind is not an option. They may speed around me and then go slower than I was when they passed, but that's not the point. The point is they don't want to be behind anyone. Sometimes I will end up passing these idiots again only to find that they're talking on their phone, text messaging, or engaging in some other activity that distracts them from actually driving their automobile. At this point they will either speed up WHILE I'm in the process of passing them, or they'll wait until I have completed the pass and speed up so that they can pass me again at the first opportunity.
4. Drivers who think Stop signs and Yield signs are the same thing. They are distinct signs with completely different meanings. They are placed for different reasons. Sure, those of us who pay attention may not find it necessary to stop every time. But I think Stop signs must surely exist just for those idiots in the world who aren't paying attention. It forces them to stop and look both ways before proceeding. It's a precaution. Personally, I'm for anything that makes the roads safer to travel. I drive over 30 miles back and forth to work every day, and I'm continually surprised by the number of idiots over there and the amount of times I see them doing stupid things that put other drivers lives at risk.
5. Lane changers. God bless those poor people who dodge back and forth between lanes like they're weaving their way through a mine field. They see an opening that'll get them 10 feet ahead of where they are and they can't help themselves - they have to shift. It looks like a lot of work, weaving through traffic - shifting lanes 5 or more times to get ahead. Then they make a bad choice. Their lane slows down and I pass them by, looking in my side mirror to see them stuck at the light behind me about four cars deep. Sounds like an opportune time for them to whip out the phone and text someone about their situation.
It's fun to almost die every time I drive to work.
Bravo, humanity.
1. Fickle drivers. Drivers who ride my back bumper down the highway when there is no way to pass. They can't drive my speed. They have to go faster. They have to get around me. They have places to go and they have to get there right now. So for miles they drive so close to me that I think our bumpers are going to touch. Then finally there is an opening for them to pass. Do they zoom around me and leave me in their dust? No, they slow down and fall behind further. They wait until it's no longer safe to pass, then they speed up and ride my bumper again. Finally when their chance comes to pass again, I slow down to 40 MPH just to irritate them. They STILL won't pass. Finally when I'm speeding down the highway at 35 MPH, they zoom around me and look at me like I don't know how to drive.
2. Text Messagers. If you text message while you're driving, you're stupid and you should lose your license. I don't care who you are, you are endangering other people with your stupidity. I don't get text messages. What's so important to say that you can't drive from point A to point B without typing on a tiny keypad? I often see people in front or behind me swerving around in their lane, sometimes going over the middle line. They are going 70 MPH one moment and 50 MPH the next. Sometimes it's because they are 90+ years old. Even more often it is because they are stupid text messagers whose cars should be set on fire while they watch. Chances are they'd still be texting as it burned.
3. Drivers who must pass. MUST. Driving behind is not an option. They may speed around me and then go slower than I was when they passed, but that's not the point. The point is they don't want to be behind anyone. Sometimes I will end up passing these idiots again only to find that they're talking on their phone, text messaging, or engaging in some other activity that distracts them from actually driving their automobile. At this point they will either speed up WHILE I'm in the process of passing them, or they'll wait until I have completed the pass and speed up so that they can pass me again at the first opportunity.
4. Drivers who think Stop signs and Yield signs are the same thing. They are distinct signs with completely different meanings. They are placed for different reasons. Sure, those of us who pay attention may not find it necessary to stop every time. But I think Stop signs must surely exist just for those idiots in the world who aren't paying attention. It forces them to stop and look both ways before proceeding. It's a precaution. Personally, I'm for anything that makes the roads safer to travel. I drive over 30 miles back and forth to work every day, and I'm continually surprised by the number of idiots over there and the amount of times I see them doing stupid things that put other drivers lives at risk.
5. Lane changers. God bless those poor people who dodge back and forth between lanes like they're weaving their way through a mine field. They see an opening that'll get them 10 feet ahead of where they are and they can't help themselves - they have to shift. It looks like a lot of work, weaving through traffic - shifting lanes 5 or more times to get ahead. Then they make a bad choice. Their lane slows down and I pass them by, looking in my side mirror to see them stuck at the light behind me about four cars deep. Sounds like an opportune time for them to whip out the phone and text someone about their situation.
It's fun to almost die every time I drive to work.
Bravo, humanity.