Sunday, February 28, 2010

people are jerks

but so am I.

More often than not, I wish I wasn't so impatient or angry. Forgetting about frustrating lights and turns, a 5 mph difference in speed only makes a difference of less than 3 minutes over a half hour drive.

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Also, for most of you, this will be a repeat post of this video, since I posted it on my Google Reader feed, but I thought good enough to say again.

Friday, February 26, 2010

And here I was ready to call the storm a bust

The whole week, people were going mad over this impending snowdoom coming this weekend. Today comes and for the most part it's wet fluffy crap that turned to gross slush on the road. By the time I get out of work at 7:30, finer powder is coming down and blowing around. I figured if it kept going at this pace, it might end up being a dangerous storm after all.

Against my better sense of judgment, I decided to go to a friend's apartment to watch Kim Yuna kick some Olympic butt. By the time I left, it was well past midnight.

Yes, I drove anyway.

I believe my immediate reaction once clearing my snow from ice was, "Oh, was there supposed to be a road here?"

Oh well.

It was actually sort of exhilarating. I felt like I was transported back 100 years and was in a (much warmer) horse and buggy faring the snow-covered dirt paths. For all I knew, I was actually driving on the grass next to the actual road.

Today I did a pretty good job staying home and getting stuff done for most of the day except for actually having to go to work (geometry waits for no one!). I think I can do a better job of staying home tomorrow. Less ice skating to watch too. :)

Oh, and as a last note: 4WD makes a much larger difference in driving than non-4WDers will admit.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Are mentally handicapped people allowed to drive?

This is the serious question that went through my mind as I drove today. They had a handicapped license plate, but I'm pretty sure even physically handicapped people can see where the entrance to a very large strip mall is instead of almost stopping 6 times before turning at the actual light they wanted.

My second annoyance stems from driving in the same area too often. You start to figure out how long the lights take to change. In one such set, I know that as soon as the first light turns green I must accelerate to the speed limit as quickly as possible to make it to the next light to turn left before it turns red. I was a little peeved that today the car in front of me got to go straight through the second light while I got stuck with my stupid blinker on.

Lastly, I encountered a third slow driver, going well below the speed limit on a good long stretch of road on the final part of the drive home. I think this was God trying to punish me for being so angry today, even though I had just come from an Ash Wednesday service where I was supposed to repent all my sins.

...Oops. Maybe more praying is in order.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

What the crap are you?

Because I certainly don't know who approved this car to be on the road.



Best part about seeing this car on the road? It had one of these
handicap tag

I just don't understand.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

D-bags of the road: Part 6 - I'm going to run you off the road

No-signaler
As of late, it's been hard to determine whether this person is more annoying or less annoying than the infinite turn signaler. These people will casually careen into your lane and then out of your lane. Usually I'm okay with this, but the frequency of occurrance has increased recently, automatically qualifying for douchebaggery. That and cars are getting a little too close for comfort when they pull it off.

Aggressively Slow Driver
"Oxymoron," you say? Well hah! There are no oxymorons when it comes to driving, only morons. Just like this example.

On my way back from a trip this weekend, I was driving down a semi-large road that randomly went through sparsely populated towns. Top speed limit I saw was 55 and the lowest 35. At this point in the trip, I'm about a mile away from an exit for a major highway and the road speed limit is either 45 or 50. I'm in the right lane because, duh, that's where my exit will be. I tell the truth: I was going the speed limit. This car that I eventually approached was not. The car originally behind him passed him in a fury, but I thought since my exit was coming up, there would be no point in passing right now. Eventually I end up right behind him with a quarter mile left.

At first I thought maybe he was going to take the first for the highway going north. False statement. He did however brake jerkily (haha, double entendre) right before the exit, causing me to brake suddenly, causing the huge line of cars that want to exit onto this major highways to brake suddenly as well. He then repeats said jerky brakes while now going 35 mph on this 45-50 mph road. And let me tell you, the last 400 feet before this exit was some of the most painful in my life. Horns were a blarin' from a tremendous amount of cars (including my own). And this guy has the balls to slow down even more, until finally I can exit.

What an effing turd.

The guy behind me decided it would be a good idea to have a final flash of high beams at this douche after I moved over. So at least other cars knew the fault was not my own.

Yes, I am going to say this was not my fault. Aggressively slow driver, this is all on you. You're not even a passive-aggressive slow driver. It's one thing if you're in the left (fast) lane going only 5 mph over the speed limit. It's completely different when you are going 10 mph under the speed limit, brake like a jerk, and NOT take an exit.

Congratulations, ass hat. You've topped my list so far.