Thursday, October 13, 2005

Road Rage

(I promise I will get to the question. I just need to vent first.)

I'm not the "road rage" person who will run you off the road or follow you until you reach your destination and then get out and punch you. Thats just not me. BUT, there are things that tick me off about driving. Here they are:

1) People who do not use their headlights when its raining. COME ON, PEOPLE! its the LAW-- at least in PA. If your windshield wipers are going, your lights MUST be on. How stupid can people be. Think about it... If its a dim, dreary, rainy day, people are gonna have a hard time seeing you. Hence, the lights. I get so mad at it that i start flashing people. (With my highbeams, of course.) grrr.

2) People who don't use their headlights in work zones. Again, a PA Law. This time, however, people cannot claim ignorance. B/C, when you enter every work zone, there are signs that say: Turn Headlights On. People, please dont be so stupid.

3) People who block intersections. Ok, i know that we are all wanting to quickly get to our destinations. So, you may have the urge to block the intersection just so that you can get a little bit further. STOP IT! b/c, really you arent getting that much closer. Plus, you are blocking everyone else who wants to quickly get to their destination too but cant cuz they cant cross the road.

4) PA road workers. Well, not the workers themselves. They're just doing what they're told. but whoever came up with the awful ideas of how to fix the roads is just a LUNATIC! see, they just patch up small (or large) holes. but its completely uneven. so, you drive and go bump, bump, bump. OR EVEN WORSE, they repave the entire road. why is this bad? well, the road is nice and new, so you can go super fast... until encountering a bridge. they dont repave the bridge. so, since the road has been repaved for the tenth time (cuz PA cant get it right the first time, and ends up repaving every two or three years), you go ka-plunk down onto the bridge and ka-plunk back up when the bridge is over. AAHHH! my little car cant take it. i actually have to SLOW DOWN at bridges. arggg, it makes me mad.

5) People who cut corners. ARGG! this makes me SO mad. why make such sharp turns??? its not that much harder to take the turn the CORRECT way. there have been countless times when i have been stopped at a stop sign, waiting patiently to make my turn, and someone does a sharp turn onto the road and almost takes me out. JERKS!

sooooo........

what gives you road rage?

6 Comments:

At 11:04 PM, October 13, 2005, Blogger Abigail S. said...

I HATE it when someone really fast pulls out in front of me (when no one is behind me), so I have to slam on my breaks... and then they have the nerve to drive UNDER the speed limit! Come on!

 
At 12:45 AM, October 14, 2005, Blogger Raj said...

I hate it when people keep changing their lanes ever so often and of course, there are some people who hit the breaks and stop in the middle of road for no apparent reason.

 
At 1:18 AM, October 14, 2005, Blogger Dairn said...

SLOW DRIVERS!!! Arghhh! Would ya just take the bus and save us the hassle?

Oh, and Becky, driving lights have been mandatory in Canada since the early 90's. As soon as you start your car, the headlights come on (man, you Americans are behind the times! lol) It's a good rule, cuz believe me, in Vancouver it rains way too much...

 
At 10:30 AM, October 14, 2005, Blogger Becky L said...

oh, heres another one-- concerning turn signals, which many of you mentioned.

you should put your turn signal on BEFORE slowing down to make your turn. i hate it when someone stops all of a sudden, giving you NO FOREWARNING. you slam on your brakes so as to not hit them. ... and THEN they put on their signal.

PLEASE, put the signal on BEFORE you stop the car for a turn!

 
At 12:09 PM, October 14, 2005, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Peolpe need to yield to pedestrians!

 
At 2:36 PM, October 18, 2005, Blogger lorena said...

all the dim-wits here who don't know what blinkers are.

oblivious chatty cell phone using drivers.

being cut off or being tailgated.

 

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