Driving Rant
Driving Sucks. Correction, city driving with other people around sucks. If you can get out for the afternoon and run down some back roads, maybe a curvy country highway, that is enjoyable. But dealing with morons every day so that I can get over where I need to be, that sucks. Here are my top reasons why.
The 4 way stop. Its painful, really. Watching these numb heads try to negotiate one of the simpler on-road interactions and failing so miserably that it reminds one of a mentally handicapped mouse trying to complete a maze with no cheese at the end. It should be simple; there are 4 cars at a stop sign one facing each direction. If no one is turning, then 2 cars can go at a time, with no risk of vehicular death. But no, never can we execute this dance with out a stutter and a stop and a near death swerve. I drive through three 4-way stops every morning. It never fails, there are always horns and screams and fist waving that are based solely on the failure of one driver to take their turn.
Merging from the on ramp. Merge signs on the on ramp to any major highway should have a Nike Swoosh on them, Just Do It. Why do these people drive to the end of the ramp and sit there? What do they expect, that all cars will stop and they can start on the highway from a dead stop?
Hang up the phone. Or pull over. This will soon become a law, as I understand it. Two groups of people who are most frequently guilty of driving while on the phone, soccer moms, and Cops. Soccer moms I get, they are not really interested in the task of driving, they are oblivious to those around them anyway, might as well get some gossip in. The police do not understand, aren’t they the one’s telling us how dangerous it is? But every time I pass a police car, the officer inside is on the phone.
How to Turn Left. Stay in your own damn lane, idiot. If you stay in your lane, and I stay in mine, we should not have a problem turning the same direction on the same four-lane road.
The 4 way stop. Its painful, really. Watching these numb heads try to negotiate one of the simpler on-road interactions and failing so miserably that it reminds one of a mentally handicapped mouse trying to complete a maze with no cheese at the end. It should be simple; there are 4 cars at a stop sign one facing each direction. If no one is turning, then 2 cars can go at a time, with no risk of vehicular death. But no, never can we execute this dance with out a stutter and a stop and a near death swerve. I drive through three 4-way stops every morning. It never fails, there are always horns and screams and fist waving that are based solely on the failure of one driver to take their turn.
Merging from the on ramp. Merge signs on the on ramp to any major highway should have a Nike Swoosh on them, Just Do It. Why do these people drive to the end of the ramp and sit there? What do they expect, that all cars will stop and they can start on the highway from a dead stop?
Hang up the phone. Or pull over. This will soon become a law, as I understand it. Two groups of people who are most frequently guilty of driving while on the phone, soccer moms, and Cops. Soccer moms I get, they are not really interested in the task of driving, they are oblivious to those around them anyway, might as well get some gossip in. The police do not understand, aren’t they the one’s telling us how dangerous it is? But every time I pass a police car, the officer inside is on the phone.
How to Turn Left. Stay in your own damn lane, idiot. If you stay in your lane, and I stay in mine, we should not have a problem turning the same direction on the same four-lane road.
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