Beltway rant
I am a student at UMD, in College Park. I live in Tysons Corner. This summer, I am commuting 3 days a week in my 1990 Chevy Cavalier from one to the other and back again.
Everyone who drives on the beltway sucks.
First of all, here’s a hint, for those of you who haven’t got it: the people on the right are going slow. The people on the left are going fast. If I am putting along in the right lane at 65, this is NOT an invitation to drive up my ass. My car doesn't go much faster than that, so you're not accomplishing anything but pissing me off.
Around the 270 spur/Bethesda there are 2 lanes. Stop riding the exit until the last minute and then expect me to let your lazy stupid ass in.
To the brown van: Why would you cut off a Chevy truck so that it crashed into the wall and then STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. You are lucky that my front bumper isn't lodged in your skull right now.
If you have an accident, get the fuck off my road. If you don't, every ignorant yahoo who drives along in the next FIVE YEARS will slow down to see your theatre of pain. This makes me late and annoyed.
On the flip side, a person changing his tire is not a big deal, and does not require an audience. What are you DOING in your car, giving a play by play? Are you gonna clap at the end? Unless there are people dying and you are leaping from your car to pull them from the flaming wreckage, you don't need to slow down. That's how the numbnuts on the side of the road got there.
To my fellow Virginians: blinkers are handy. They tell me that you want to be in my lane, so I can let you in. Use them. Conversely, if I have been driving for the last 7 miles with mine on, why not help a sister out? You're still going to get where you're going.
And, one last thought: if there is an exit, a merge or a split (like 270 or 95) IT IS NOT OKAY to wait for the last minute to move your ass into the lane you want. All you're doing is making the rest of us angry.
And to the Green Hybrid: You're driving a hybrid, wearing a livestrong bracelet and smoking. Chose a side, dipshit.
Everyone who drives on the beltway sucks.
First of all, here’s a hint, for those of you who haven’t got it: the people on the right are going slow. The people on the left are going fast. If I am putting along in the right lane at 65, this is NOT an invitation to drive up my ass. My car doesn't go much faster than that, so you're not accomplishing anything but pissing me off.
Around the 270 spur/Bethesda there are 2 lanes. Stop riding the exit until the last minute and then expect me to let your lazy stupid ass in.
To the brown van: Why would you cut off a Chevy truck so that it crashed into the wall and then STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. You are lucky that my front bumper isn't lodged in your skull right now.
If you have an accident, get the fuck off my road. If you don't, every ignorant yahoo who drives along in the next FIVE YEARS will slow down to see your theatre of pain. This makes me late and annoyed.
On the flip side, a person changing his tire is not a big deal, and does not require an audience. What are you DOING in your car, giving a play by play? Are you gonna clap at the end? Unless there are people dying and you are leaping from your car to pull them from the flaming wreckage, you don't need to slow down. That's how the numbnuts on the side of the road got there.
To my fellow Virginians: blinkers are handy. They tell me that you want to be in my lane, so I can let you in. Use them. Conversely, if I have been driving for the last 7 miles with mine on, why not help a sister out? You're still going to get where you're going.
And, one last thought: if there is an exit, a merge or a split (like 270 or 95) IT IS NOT OKAY to wait for the last minute to move your ass into the lane you want. All you're doing is making the rest of us angry.
And to the Green Hybrid: You're driving a hybrid, wearing a livestrong bracelet and smoking. Chose a side, dipshit.