Bad Drivers
I hate bad drivers!!! People who think that just because they're in the confines of a steel frame, the rules of polite society don't apply. This is the only time of year I dislike where I live; near 2 big shopping centers. Because I get even more traffic than usual, and we all know that the more traffic there is, the higher the probability of getting stuck behind a bad driver. While there are many breeds of bad drivers (too slow in the fast lane and blocking the driveway, for example), here are the 2 that have pissed me off the most lately.
the "I'm too good to wait in line at the exit ramp" line cutters.
Living on a major road, the exit ramp to my street from the highway is fairly long, to accomodate heavy traffic. Most days, starting around 5pm, the line for my exit starts back on the freeway. Most people wait in line to exit on the shoulder, allowing other cars to get to the exit going west. Rather polite, I appreciate that. They do the same thing in Beachwood, which I've always been glad of. Recently, there's been a rash of drivers who think they're too good to sit in line and wait, so they find a way around the long line of traffic (usually utilizing the shoulder), and wait at the finish line for some dumbass to let them back in line. Typically, my response to this sort of driver is tailgating the car ahead of me to keep them from cutting me off, and a quick wave with my favorite finger. These people effectively kill whatever buzz I had going from not being at work.
the "oops, wrong lane" driver.
I had a prime example of this on my way home from work today. The dumbass ahead of me wanted to turn left at the intersection, and started to get into the lane to do so. When she saw how long the line was to go left, she got back into my lane. As we drove past the line, she promptly hit her brakes, put on her blinker, and waited for another dumbass to let her in. She succeeded in blocking traffic from getting off of the highway. If you find yourself in a situation where you're in the wrong lane, the polite thing to do is to either find an unintrusive way to get where you need to be, or wait to find a driveway or parking lot to turn around in; don't block traffic because you were too busy looking at how pretty Wal*Mart looks all lit up.
The latter of my examples of bad drivers killed my happy thought of picking up one last special gift for someone on my Christmas list. I wasn't about to drive with the morons any longer than I had to.
the "I'm too good to wait in line at the exit ramp" line cutters.
Living on a major road, the exit ramp to my street from the highway is fairly long, to accomodate heavy traffic. Most days, starting around 5pm, the line for my exit starts back on the freeway. Most people wait in line to exit on the shoulder, allowing other cars to get to the exit going west. Rather polite, I appreciate that. They do the same thing in Beachwood, which I've always been glad of. Recently, there's been a rash of drivers who think they're too good to sit in line and wait, so they find a way around the long line of traffic (usually utilizing the shoulder), and wait at the finish line for some dumbass to let them back in line. Typically, my response to this sort of driver is tailgating the car ahead of me to keep them from cutting me off, and a quick wave with my favorite finger. These people effectively kill whatever buzz I had going from not being at work.
the "oops, wrong lane" driver.
I had a prime example of this on my way home from work today. The dumbass ahead of me wanted to turn left at the intersection, and started to get into the lane to do so. When she saw how long the line was to go left, she got back into my lane. As we drove past the line, she promptly hit her brakes, put on her blinker, and waited for another dumbass to let her in. She succeeded in blocking traffic from getting off of the highway. If you find yourself in a situation where you're in the wrong lane, the polite thing to do is to either find an unintrusive way to get where you need to be, or wait to find a driveway or parking lot to turn around in; don't block traffic because you were too busy looking at how pretty Wal*Mart looks all lit up.
The latter of my examples of bad drivers killed my happy thought of picking up one last special gift for someone on my Christmas list. I wasn't about to drive with the morons any longer than I had to.
posted by Becki | 2:38 PM
1 Comments:
Stu emailed me: I got one for your driving blog. People in crowded parking lots who go the wrong way up one of those one-way aisles. Then they give you a look when you are honking at them as you try to squeeze by their big honkin' Hummers like you're doing something wrong.
I have a short rant coming about this one. I waved my favorite finger at someone in the driveway of my office building for being this breed of asshole. More to come!
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