i would just like to say...
to the two punks in the black-grey-primer "Honda" that was pieced together with parts from at least two other vehicles...
to the man driving the green Pontiac as his secondary activity but was far more concerned with looking for something in his backseat...
to the guy driving the red Dodge pickup with the huge silver Yankees decal on the tailgate...
there's this saying that goes something like this:
A roadhog is someone entitled to half the street who takes it out of the middle.
translation:
stay in your own damn lane & out of mine!!
for crying out loud. am i invisible when i am on the road?!
and may i point out that this was all on my ten-mile commute home. *today*.
this drifting into other lanes while you're supposed to be driving, whether it's because you think you own the road or that there's something more important you need to be doing or you just don't think the rules apply to you... it's just not cool. i was in the lane you were floating in & out of. it's a pretty good thing for both of us that *i* was paying attention.
7 with their own thoughts:
Dawn,
I'm in sales and drive around 1000 miles a week, give or take a couple of hundred. I see this nonsense every day, so I can sympathize with you.
Glad you were watching and that you are OK.
I hear ya Dawn!!!
People around here drive like:
1.
They own the whole road
2.
No body else has a right to be on their road
3.
We have to read their minds and if we cant, well tough luck.
4.
No matter what they have the right of way..no matter what.
I like driving in New York city better than anywhere in central Florida....and the Orlando area is the WORST!!
Ted: It amazes me that there aren't more accidents than there are, to be honest with you. Be safe driving around out there!
JMP: People scare me the way they drive down here. I hate to generalize, but the combination of:
1. elderly who aren't confident driving
2. tourists who have no idea where they are going
3. (sorry to say this but...) illegals who may not even *be* licensed
4. so many different driving styles from people moving here from all over the country smushed together on the same roads
It's just a recipe for disaster. The only place that scares me more to drive in than Central Florida is Boston, because the drivers there are just plain crazy. =P I have to tell you though. There really are very few "fender benders" down here. Seems every accident is major.
Yikes! I'm sure glad you are ok!!!
My husband was sent flying off his bike a couple of weeks ago when a white van forgot to indicate and slammed into his lane. The bike was buckled, his helmet cracked, and he lost several yards of skin. The b*****d didn't even stop.
You need to have you a semi's air horn installed in your car. That'll get their attention.
Sounds like you had one of those days where you wish you had the car from "Spy Hunter" -- oil slicks, smokescreens, razor wheels... ;-)
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