A public service announcement...
Ft. Myers, FL - Today over the course of two hours three different people in three different situations risked their vehicles through impatient and down right inconsiderate behavior.
So far I've been lucky. Being the paranoid type, I continually check my mirrors to avoid hitting jackasses as described above. But, as mentioned above, big trucks are plagued by blind spots. A part of working around those blind spots is depending on other drivers not to behave in a reckless manner. Beyond that we are the mercy of these bone headed morons that should not be allowed to share the planet, let alone the road, with the rest of us.
One of these days I'm not going to see one of these Darwin Award candidates. When that happens, some bone headed idiot lacking the brains God gave a soda cracker is going to get their precious little car mangled quite badly.
On that day, I hope that never-to-be-sufficiently-damned-idiot understands when I don't feel all that bad about the whole thing. And it is my sincerest hope that they hold no hard feelings when I go after them for every cent worth of damage to my truck, even that amounts to a $3.95 can of spray paint.
Who knows, maybe my neck will hurt and I'll suffer from blinding headaches. What was the name of that Lawyer we saw on TV last night?
"Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them."
- Walter Kerr
- At the Ft. Myers Lowes I stopped in the back of the lot to parallel park the satellite truck. As I began to back up I stood on the brakes because someone in a little white mini van decided to go around me as I was backing in. The front end no my truck swings very wide. I almost took the side off the minivan.
- The truck I drive has the turning radius of an aircraft carrier. On the way out of that very same Lowes lot I had to stop short on a sharp turn and back up to finish the turn. After I started backing a green SUV decided he/she had waited long enough and darted behind me so they could be on their way. Once again a brake stomp was needed to avoid a collision.
- In a Burger King parking lot while trying to leave a small blue Saturn was in such a hurry to get to the drive through that the cute young thing driving it whipped around the truck, pulled in front of me and then stood on the brakes so she could get line line at the drive through. Again, a hard application of brakes and a narrow escape from squashing a car. As a bonus this inconsiderate bitch is now blocking the driveway so I can not leave. When I suggested she move (a/k/a a blast on the air horns) she gave me the center finger salute. (Yes, I let her live. I must be getting soft in my old age.)
So far I've been lucky. Being the paranoid type, I continually check my mirrors to avoid hitting jackasses as described above. But, as mentioned above, big trucks are plagued by blind spots. A part of working around those blind spots is depending on other drivers not to behave in a reckless manner. Beyond that we are the mercy of these bone headed morons that should not be allowed to share the planet, let alone the road, with the rest of us.
One of these days I'm not going to see one of these Darwin Award candidates. When that happens, some bone headed idiot lacking the brains God gave a soda cracker is going to get their precious little car mangled quite badly.
On that day, I hope that never-to-be-sufficiently-damned-idiot understands when I don't feel all that bad about the whole thing. And it is my sincerest hope that they hold no hard feelings when I go after them for every cent worth of damage to my truck, even that amounts to a $3.95 can of spray paint.
Who knows, maybe my neck will hurt and I'll suffer from blinding headaches. What was the name of that Lawyer we saw on TV last night?
"Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them."
- Walter Kerr