Story Time
So yeah, I have work to do but I don't feel like doing it - don't ya hate it when that happens? This is why I need a new job - new challenge.
Allow me to tell you a story. This is a story about bad drivers and road rage.
A little background - it has been taking me 1.5 hours to get to work every morning (this is how bad traffic is). Without traffic, it's normally a 30 minute drive. I'm in the left hand lane, bumper to bumper traffic. All of a sudden, we start moving at about 30 MPH for a minute and there's a Toyota Camry in the middle lane, slightly in front of me (even though I'm in the left lane). I drive and out of nowhere, the Camry cuts into the left lane right in front of me. In complete shock, I swerve to the left and slam on my breaks to avoid hitting the car. I just couldn't believe it - no signal, didn't even look. I mean it's bumper to bumper traffic, how can you possible think that it's "clear" to just move over. That was yesterday.
Today, I'm in the left hand lane again - this time i'm on the mini highway by my house before I actually get on the big highway. There's not alot of traffic - i'm going probably 50 MPH. There's a car in front of me and behind me there's like a Chevy Blazer SUV or something. I look up in my mirror and the SUV is flashing his lights on me. Now, nothing pisses me off more than people who think they can flash their lights to let me know that i'm driving too slow. Keep in mind - there's a car in front of me - so it's not like there's a huge open space in front of me and I'm the one holding up the traffic. I ignore the asshat and keep on driving. Unfortunately, I had to get off the next exit because I was going to the Walk In center for my eye. I move over to the right hand lane without turning on my signal because if you flash your lights at me you don't deserve common courtesy. The SUV also moves into the right hand lane. I get off the exit (again without turning my signal on) and he gets off as well. So now I'm really riled up. Not only because he flashed his lights at me but he was getting off at the next exit which was probably 3/4 of a mile from the time he started flashing his lights at me - so what was his hurry anyways? There's a stop sign at the end of the ramp - we both turn right. It's a little ways up, until you come to a major intersection. We come to the light - I had to turn left so I get in the left lane. As I'm getting in the left lane, he goes to my right and cuts me off. Again I had to swerve to the left to avoid hitting him. I was livid! Why? Because there were 2 left turn only lanes, so there wss no reason to cut me off. I beep my horn and start yelling out the window (hello. road rage). So here's the best part. The light turns green, I go around him on the left hand side and cut him off (yes, I need help). He totally didn't see it coming - didn't even beep his horn at me. Actually, he let another car in between us in so he wouldn't be behind me. Well, eventually we get to another light and he's behind me again. But I had to turn right - so he was next to me. I stopped my car, rolled down my window and beeped my horn to get his attention. He would not even look at me AT ALL! Mr. Tough Guy himself wasn't so tough anymore :)He probably thought I was going to get my gun and shoot him.
I know, it wasn't exactly the RIGHT thing to do but seriously, what was his point?
Allow me to tell you a story. This is a story about bad drivers and road rage.
A little background - it has been taking me 1.5 hours to get to work every morning (this is how bad traffic is). Without traffic, it's normally a 30 minute drive. I'm in the left hand lane, bumper to bumper traffic. All of a sudden, we start moving at about 30 MPH for a minute and there's a Toyota Camry in the middle lane, slightly in front of me (even though I'm in the left lane). I drive and out of nowhere, the Camry cuts into the left lane right in front of me. In complete shock, I swerve to the left and slam on my breaks to avoid hitting the car. I just couldn't believe it - no signal, didn't even look. I mean it's bumper to bumper traffic, how can you possible think that it's "clear" to just move over. That was yesterday.
Today, I'm in the left hand lane again - this time i'm on the mini highway by my house before I actually get on the big highway. There's not alot of traffic - i'm going probably 50 MPH. There's a car in front of me and behind me there's like a Chevy Blazer SUV or something. I look up in my mirror and the SUV is flashing his lights on me. Now, nothing pisses me off more than people who think they can flash their lights to let me know that i'm driving too slow. Keep in mind - there's a car in front of me - so it's not like there's a huge open space in front of me and I'm the one holding up the traffic. I ignore the asshat and keep on driving. Unfortunately, I had to get off the next exit because I was going to the Walk In center for my eye. I move over to the right hand lane without turning on my signal because if you flash your lights at me you don't deserve common courtesy. The SUV also moves into the right hand lane. I get off the exit (again without turning my signal on) and he gets off as well. So now I'm really riled up. Not only because he flashed his lights at me but he was getting off at the next exit which was probably 3/4 of a mile from the time he started flashing his lights at me - so what was his hurry anyways? There's a stop sign at the end of the ramp - we both turn right. It's a little ways up, until you come to a major intersection. We come to the light - I had to turn left so I get in the left lane. As I'm getting in the left lane, he goes to my right and cuts me off. Again I had to swerve to the left to avoid hitting him. I was livid! Why? Because there were 2 left turn only lanes, so there wss no reason to cut me off. I beep my horn and start yelling out the window (hello. road rage). So here's the best part. The light turns green, I go around him on the left hand side and cut him off (yes, I need help). He totally didn't see it coming - didn't even beep his horn at me. Actually, he let another car in between us in so he wouldn't be behind me. Well, eventually we get to another light and he's behind me again. But I had to turn right - so he was next to me. I stopped my car, rolled down my window and beeped my horn to get his attention. He would not even look at me AT ALL! Mr. Tough Guy himself wasn't so tough anymore :)He probably thought I was going to get my gun and shoot him.
I know, it wasn't exactly the RIGHT thing to do but seriously, what was his point?