drivers...
so.. recently i have been annoyed with the amount of poor drivers on the road.. ones who can't figure out if they want to go 50mph or 80mph on the highway... ones who cannot maintain a lane.. ones who cannot figure out what the red octagonal sign means.. this list could go on and on... but i'll stop. let me mention a few specific incidents..
i was sitting in the driveway outside of one of the offices i work at. i wanted to make a left hand turn on a very busy road. it's five lanes (obviously the middle lane was a center turn lane). i had been waiting for a minute or two to make this turn. it was never going to happen. so i wait for the two lanes closest to me to be empty. the other two lanes have cars in them. i decide that i will turn into the center turn lane and wait to merge. so, i turn left into the opposing traffic lane next to the center turn and slowly merge over into the lane. as a do this, a van passes me and proceeds to lay on the horn. apparently she was afraid that i was going to merge right into her. idiot. yes, i want to merge right into your van, because i want a ticket and to pay to repair your vehicle. idiot. i honk back, because well, i honk at idiots. she waves her hand out the window in a fashion that would incinuate that i failed in an attempt to hit her vehicle and how proud she was of herself. idiot. did i mention that she could have moved over into the other lane? that would have been a courteous thing to do, especially since she didn't turn left until 2 miles down the road.
one morning i was driving on the highway, and i was attempting to get over into a different lane because i needed to take that split. i was driving 10mph over the speed limit and began slowing down and speeding up to attempt to get over. several different cars felt it necessary to either speed up or slow down to prevent me from moving over. it's not like i was going to impede their progression. i was obviously willing to go quicker or slower. i had been trying to move over for a mile. i couldn't believe that in that entire mile i couldn't get over. ridiculous. whatever.
let's explore this next one... there's this road that i take home frequently that is four lanes that drops to two (one each way). prior to the lane droppage, there is an intersection. at the intersection, cars will line up in the left lane to continue straight, since the right one merges in. cars will line up so far sometimes that they proceed back into previous intersections. this is stupid. other people might want to make some left turns onto another road or their house, but most people do not line up in the right lane. why? because most of the people in the left lane will aggressively attempt to prevent the right lane from merging in. this is stupid. so, there are some of us who go in the right lane. generally, i make it in fine, because i speed up or slow down a little to match a gap in cars. well, this one car apparently felt it was his/her duty to slam on his/her brakes because i made a legal merge. idiot. i'm smart enough to leave myself adequate stopping distance. unfortunately, most cars do not, and she almost caused a car 3 cars back to hit a car in front of it. good job idiot.
so, let's talk about today. i like to drive this one road to this one office because there isn't much traffic on it. i don't have to deal with people that drive anywhere from 25mph to 60mph in a alternating 25mph and 35mph zone if i take this road. the direct route has those crazy idiots on it. so, the road i like to take is a divided boulevard and the lanes are narrow. there are two lanes each way. it's 35mph. today there was a landscaping truck with a trailor that turned out from a side street. it was in the right lane about 100 ft ahead of me. i was in the left lane. it's moving about 35mph, i'm going 40mph. it begins to straddle the lanes. then it goes into the left lane. after about 5 seconds, i decide to move into the right lane. i signal, i move slowly. i begin to pass the vehicle, and i am approaching the intersection where i need to turn right. the truck swerves into the right lane. i begin to slow down. the wheel from the trailor hits my car's body at the driver's side front door. my car is forced into the curb as i attempt to decelerate and regain control. i gain control, come back up to speed, and move over to follow the vehicle to get a license plate. i call 911. the guy waves his arm out the window smugly. i turn left, and pull over to the side of the road. he drives off. long story short, i give what i remember of the plate and a vehicle description. police pull him over. another officer arrives and escorts me to where they pulled the other guy over. i give a statement. they inspect my car to find damage on the door panel. i also noticed that both front wheel rims had the chrome scraped off of them. i don't know what they did to this guy, but i hope he got a couple tickets..failure to control and leaving the scene. they exchanged our info. we both have the same insurance, so i'm hoping its not a hassle. i took pictures. i'm waiting for a call back from my agent.
blah. i'm annoyed. they say the more you drive, the better chance you have of being in an accident. well, maybe i should stop traveling for work. problem is, i don't think that any of the offices are the best fit for me. don't get me wrong, i love going to all of them!! but, i just don't see myself at any of them 40 hr/wk. i'm also annoyed that if i have to get body work done on my vehicle, they will likely need me to rent a car. i don't like to rent unless i get the insurance for the "if i get in an accident and the car is totalled" situation. of course, insurance won't reimburse me for that, so then i am out about $50. so, instead i'm thinking i'd rather just take off work. unfortunately, work has this vacation freeze, so i dunno what to do. obviously, i'm horribly (and somewhat unnecessarily) stressing. so, i've had two drinks of southern comfort, peach schnapps, and mt. dew. and, it has just started to relax my neck. normally, it takes half a drink. that's how uptight i am about all this right now. i wish it didn't stress me out so much. if the insurance even attempts to raise my rates, i'll go with someone else. they've been good to me so far - hopefully it continues.
i was sitting in the driveway outside of one of the offices i work at. i wanted to make a left hand turn on a very busy road. it's five lanes (obviously the middle lane was a center turn lane). i had been waiting for a minute or two to make this turn. it was never going to happen. so i wait for the two lanes closest to me to be empty. the other two lanes have cars in them. i decide that i will turn into the center turn lane and wait to merge. so, i turn left into the opposing traffic lane next to the center turn and slowly merge over into the lane. as a do this, a van passes me and proceeds to lay on the horn. apparently she was afraid that i was going to merge right into her. idiot. yes, i want to merge right into your van, because i want a ticket and to pay to repair your vehicle. idiot. i honk back, because well, i honk at idiots. she waves her hand out the window in a fashion that would incinuate that i failed in an attempt to hit her vehicle and how proud she was of herself. idiot. did i mention that she could have moved over into the other lane? that would have been a courteous thing to do, especially since she didn't turn left until 2 miles down the road.
one morning i was driving on the highway, and i was attempting to get over into a different lane because i needed to take that split. i was driving 10mph over the speed limit and began slowing down and speeding up to attempt to get over. several different cars felt it necessary to either speed up or slow down to prevent me from moving over. it's not like i was going to impede their progression. i was obviously willing to go quicker or slower. i had been trying to move over for a mile. i couldn't believe that in that entire mile i couldn't get over. ridiculous. whatever.
let's explore this next one... there's this road that i take home frequently that is four lanes that drops to two (one each way). prior to the lane droppage, there is an intersection. at the intersection, cars will line up in the left lane to continue straight, since the right one merges in. cars will line up so far sometimes that they proceed back into previous intersections. this is stupid. other people might want to make some left turns onto another road or their house, but most people do not line up in the right lane. why? because most of the people in the left lane will aggressively attempt to prevent the right lane from merging in. this is stupid. so, there are some of us who go in the right lane. generally, i make it in fine, because i speed up or slow down a little to match a gap in cars. well, this one car apparently felt it was his/her duty to slam on his/her brakes because i made a legal merge. idiot. i'm smart enough to leave myself adequate stopping distance. unfortunately, most cars do not, and she almost caused a car 3 cars back to hit a car in front of it. good job idiot.
so, let's talk about today. i like to drive this one road to this one office because there isn't much traffic on it. i don't have to deal with people that drive anywhere from 25mph to 60mph in a alternating 25mph and 35mph zone if i take this road. the direct route has those crazy idiots on it. so, the road i like to take is a divided boulevard and the lanes are narrow. there are two lanes each way. it's 35mph. today there was a landscaping truck with a trailor that turned out from a side street. it was in the right lane about 100 ft ahead of me. i was in the left lane. it's moving about 35mph, i'm going 40mph. it begins to straddle the lanes. then it goes into the left lane. after about 5 seconds, i decide to move into the right lane. i signal, i move slowly. i begin to pass the vehicle, and i am approaching the intersection where i need to turn right. the truck swerves into the right lane. i begin to slow down. the wheel from the trailor hits my car's body at the driver's side front door. my car is forced into the curb as i attempt to decelerate and regain control. i gain control, come back up to speed, and move over to follow the vehicle to get a license plate. i call 911. the guy waves his arm out the window smugly. i turn left, and pull over to the side of the road. he drives off. long story short, i give what i remember of the plate and a vehicle description. police pull him over. another officer arrives and escorts me to where they pulled the other guy over. i give a statement. they inspect my car to find damage on the door panel. i also noticed that both front wheel rims had the chrome scraped off of them. i don't know what they did to this guy, but i hope he got a couple tickets..failure to control and leaving the scene. they exchanged our info. we both have the same insurance, so i'm hoping its not a hassle. i took pictures. i'm waiting for a call back from my agent.
blah. i'm annoyed. they say the more you drive, the better chance you have of being in an accident. well, maybe i should stop traveling for work. problem is, i don't think that any of the offices are the best fit for me. don't get me wrong, i love going to all of them!! but, i just don't see myself at any of them 40 hr/wk. i'm also annoyed that if i have to get body work done on my vehicle, they will likely need me to rent a car. i don't like to rent unless i get the insurance for the "if i get in an accident and the car is totalled" situation. of course, insurance won't reimburse me for that, so then i am out about $50. so, instead i'm thinking i'd rather just take off work. unfortunately, work has this vacation freeze, so i dunno what to do. obviously, i'm horribly (and somewhat unnecessarily) stressing. so, i've had two drinks of southern comfort, peach schnapps, and mt. dew. and, it has just started to relax my neck. normally, it takes half a drink. that's how uptight i am about all this right now. i wish it didn't stress me out so much. if the insurance even attempts to raise my rates, i'll go with someone else. they've been good to me so far - hopefully it continues.