I HATE traffic. Not that anyone loves it, persay, but I get irrationally mad when on the freeway we are at a dead stop. I don't get it?? If everyone goes the speed limit and follows behind one another what is the hold up?
Each day, I envision some dumbass driver in the passing lane tootling along going 10 mph below the speed limit more than 3 car lengths away from the car in front of them. And another yahoo in the right hand lane doing the exact same thing. That has GOT to be what it is. Because WTF? I just don't understand how traffic can be that backed up ESPECIALLY when there are 3 lanes. I know that there are a lot of morning and afternoon commuters all over the metro. I can definitely see traveling at speeds of about 25-30 mph...but dead stops?!!?!?!? Everyday, I swear my jaw drops and my horn blares (more times than I'd like to admit) due to alot of people in Minnesota SUCKY ability at driving. I've found there are 4 kinds of drivers that piss me off most. They are as follows:
1) The constant braker. This is the person in front of you that brakes every 20-25 seconds. It's not that they are necessarily tailgating the person in front of them which is causing them to brake; it's because they are so terrified of hitting the car in front of them which is 4 car lengths ahead of them anyway that they hit the brakes just to make sure or when they see brake lights 1 mile up the road. They don't just tap the brakes but full on hard brake hitting that causes them and those in the car with them to go forward a little bit. If you are brake happy like this....go to the slow lane. Be brake happy there and let people go around you.
2) The slow driver in the passing lane. Yes, we the people understand that the speed limit is 60 mph. BUT guess what if you go 65 mph it's still safe under most circumstances from getting pulled over. Furthermore, because you want to drive the exact speed limit doesn't mean that people want to follow your law abiding citizen ways. Some people don't mind speeding a little now and again. Get over. Now. So the rest of us can go around you. A-hole.
3) The speed changer. So here is the scenerio: you are going down the freeway going the speed limit (okay a few mph over) in either the left or right hand lane and come upon a person going slower. So you turn your signal on, check your blind spot (you're welcome Mr. Schultz) and go into (insert lane here) to pass them. That person speeds up and passes you. You say "okay, fine" and get back behind them. They tootle along and all of a sudden go slow again. So you follow all of the safe road rules and attempt to pass him/her/asshole and they speed up again. At this point, I usually go unnaturally fast and pull in front of them pissing them off. It's sort of satisfying.
4) The tailgater. There are two versions of this person. One is this is the person who gets thisclose to your bumper in the right hand lane but doesn't pass you. They speed right up to you and continue to ride your butt, you tap your brakes a little, it doesn't phase them. You tap a little more, still nothing. This is when I slam on my brakes causing them to get pissed and eventually pass me. This too is gratifying. The second version is you are going in the right hand lane and need to pass someone or a few slow cars...you do all of the safe stuff (blinker, b.s., etc..) are in the middle of passing one of the cars and this person gets right on your butt..their stupid impatient headlights in your mirror saying "hurry up, I want to go at ungodly speeds". You look to your right and see that you can't get over there are too many cars so you continue to pass while this asshole rides your butt the entire way. THEN you finally get over and they zoom super fast ahead of you and then have to slam on their brakes because someone else is not going 500 mph on the freeway and get stuck behind them riding their ass.
I know there are more obnoxious driving situations that frustrate me but these are just a few....stupid traffic.
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