So I ran out to get my new glasses. The world is so much brighter now. Not in the way of intelligence after a few of the psycho drivers I saw. Here’s the two that made me wish I could teleport, fly, or never leave the house:
- Stopped at a red light, a woman gets out of the passenger seat and goes into the back seat. Seen it before, so nothing strange there. We start going along and I see her silhouette pulling stuff out of a bag. Then she holds up something with wiggling legs, waving arms, and pigtails. A diaper change while her husband was driving. I’ve dealt with stinky and wet diapers in the car, but I would NEVER do this. Especially when we’re passing various parking lots, stores, and side streets that one could easily pull over to. One wrong move and a dirty diaper is the least of your child’s problems.
- Be careful when leaving a parking lot and having to go across a few lanes of incoming traffic to get in the direction you want to go. If you can’t see what’s coming in the lane you’re aiming for then it’s probably a good idea to either wait or find a place to do a U-Turn. It’s stupid to gun your engine, shoot across two lanes that includes cutting off a bus, and nearly slamming into the people who had the right of way and NO IDEA YOU WERE THERE! I don’t give a crap that you’re unhappy about me letting you in and now you have a bus driver honking his horn at your stupid ass. I don’t care that the guy behind me decided to let you sit longer while she went by you. All I care about is that you tried to make our cars kiss because you thought a blind sprint was the smart thing to do.
This is why I try to walk everywhere. Though in Florida this didn’t keep me safe from cars since sidewalks down there are occasionally considered parking space or a ‘secret’ lane.
Legends of Windemere 
I can sympathise Charles. Here in Bristol, UK, we have the problem of people jumping red lights. It happens literally ALL the time! Red lights are red for a reason don’t you know! People have GOTto stop for them – it’s dangerous not to! (OK, rant over!)
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We have that here too. Seems to be a universal problem. Same with stop signs. Though, pedestrians aren’t much better over here. Many just run across the street wherever they please and think cars can simply stop on a dime.
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We have red light cameras now in Florida. Snaps your license plate. Run one and you get a ticket in the mail.
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We do have traffic light cameras – but not everywhere so people can get away with jumping them a lot.
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My area just put speed cameras at every school zone. A few kinks in the system at first, but they’re working now.
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We have those here. Florida have any ‘no texting/phones when driving’ laws?
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I think they passed one years ago about no phones, and people went to blue tooth so it would be more difficult to get caught, but nothing like that is enforced. They use it, though, when calls or texts obviously contributed to an accident.
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They try to enforce it up here. Someone I know was pulled over once for the phone. Florida has ‘no fault’ when it comes to accidents too, right?
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Yep. One thing cops around here ARE tough about is seat belt and child seat laws.
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I noticed that. Not that I got in trouble for it. I also remember a lot of vehicles driving around with loosely tied down furniture. I know I sound like I’m hard on Florida driving, but there were so many odd and dangerous things that I saw down there. It doesn’t help that my second day of living down there included dodging a teen on his phone while driving a pick up truck. I was on the sidewalk.
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I’m with you. Going out is dangerous. I went out yesterday and had a guy on a two lane road pass an oncoming car and couldn’t quite make it back. Lucky for me there was a big shoulder on my right.
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Those are the idiots that I wish would leave me out of their death wish.
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It is not just the roads. Parking lots are as bad. Nearly got creamed yesterday by a car zipping up the down lane, only to turn onto another lane where the pedestrians thought it was just cool to walk down the center of the lane instead of off to one side. Somebody is going to die.
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Parking lots are like video games these days. You have to dodge obstacles, feel like you need multiple lives, and a lot of people shouting about sleeping with everyone’s mother.
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Idaho drivers are horrible. From the old farmer who insists on driving 10 mph under the speed limit to the guys who insist on crossing three lanes at the exact moment of their turnoff. We have them all.
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Upstate New York has the farmer problem. You’re right that everyone has bad drivers. Though it’s always shocking to run into one of the really special ones.
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I feel you, although I am not a driver. I dont know what it is, but people here drive on the sidewalk like they are in Need for Speed and honk to me and my son to “get out of their way”. Heck, msot of the times I feel like people are trying to purposly run me over on the sidewalk.
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People get even worse when it’s raining, snowing, or even threatening to do so. I never understood why people think driving faster in snow is a good idea. Hope you and your son avoid the crazies.
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We try, but its hard when the security that is supposed to police and ticket the crazies is driving the same way themselves. It just makes me hate to go outside.
And its true about the snow, and rain too, always more accidents on bad weather, because drivers just panick or get frustrated too much as soon as they sit at the wheel on bad weather.
If you ask me, id ban cars and reinstate chariots.
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Does every driver in your area learn from Grand Theft Auto? That’s just terrifying.
I think a lot of people expect everyone else to be the safe driver. No idea really because I’m paranoid.
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Be careful out there, Charles!
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I’ll try. Be easier if I can buy a tank.
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(1) Don’t drink and wipe!
(2) Apply for position of taxi driver.
🙂
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1) Got it.
2) But I want to live!
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