Learn to FREAKING DRIVE! (Rant)

[Lingering Grin]

So, I went out real quick to the store cause I was out of some essential supplies (re: beer).

Well, it was raining... still is a little, but it was raining HARD earlier, and the power went out for a moment (about 2 seconds tops).

This however did cause the traffic lights for two blocks to go out. Making them flash red repeatedly.

Now, here's my rant.... LEARN TO DRIVE DIPSHITS!!

If the light is BROKEN, it immediately becomes a FOUR-WAY STOP! You don't just follow the other 10 jackasses through the light while trying to avoid the single car (ME), that actually waited his turn and is now trying to weave his way through a stream of complete douche-nozzles.


I ended up rolling down my window (in the rain mind you), just flicking off the entire intersection and strolled through... since you know, I actually followed the traffic laws, and it was now MY TURN to cross the street.

It's called right-of-way nimrods: learn it, live it, love it!

[sixums]

I have found that when it rains, even a sprinkle, that it makes all drivers immediately turn into mentally challenged monkeys behind the wheel. I generally have a lot of burning rage for drivers because I see so much stupid, but never have I seen more idiocy than when it's raining. Any kind of water condition really. Rain, snow, cloudy... it's like people instantly think they're all going to DIE if they actually follow the rules of the road! Mix the douche-nozzles in with the overly cautious drivers, and you've got a road full of suck.

All around my boyfriend's apartment we have jug handles instead of turning lanes at lights because there's just far too much traffic and too little road. It gets so busy that when the people in the jughandle get the light to flip around, they will keep going 6 or 7 seconds (a LONG time if you think about it!) after it's turned red. I just step on the gas when it turns green and lay on the horn when they do. Stupid move, I know, but it's the only way to get them to stop!

[ditchdj]

How about the idiots that use the straight lane as a lef-turn lane and then get pissed when the cars in the REGULAR left turn lane cut them off? They usually look like Newburgh residents, the ones that are full of money and think rules don't apply to them. Sorry numb nuts. Where I come from, respect is earned, NOT inherited. Ironic that most of them are actually decended from German peasants that came here literally with NOTHING but the shirt on their backs.

[Pagan]

Then there's the geniuses that go straight out of the left-turn lane....

[mattm04]

Then there's the geniuses that go straight out of the left-turn lane....

On my way to work one of the busiest intersections with a light is like that. Each left turn lane gets a arrow also. If they truy to pass me to get infornt of me i will do my best to drive as close to the DOUBLE YELLOW to not let them in. If they do pass they get the horn.

Over the winter that was bad head-on crash caused by an idiot who went straight in the left hand lane, when the arrow was red, flew down the road the wrong way (going north in the souh bound lanes) to pass north bound traffic and smashed into a dump truck at about 45 MPH. The dump driver walked away but the idiot had to be cut of of the tangles wreckage. He was taken to the hospital for some broken bones and charged with several offenses.

[powerboy]

How about the idiots that use the straight lane as a lef-turn lane and then get pissed when the cars in the REGULAR left turn lane cut them off?

Had that at one point today. Today was my day off, so of course I am going shopping. And that happened.

Another thing that happened, was when I was in the turn lane to get onto the freeway. Well I was turning right and a car turned right from a stop sign. No big deal, it is there for that reason. But we had this one older lady on a cell phone, not paying attention. Come driving up right beside me. Oh did I mention, that it was a single car lane...meaning that she was on the shoulder. And yes, she was speeding.

[ditchdj]

He was taken to the hospital for some broken bones and charged with several offenses.

He survived. How did your community get so "lucky"??? You might wanna start playing the lottery if you dont wanna work anymore....

[protege]

I have found that when it rains, even a sprinkle, that it makes all drivers immediately turn into mentally challenged monkeys behind the wheel.

They do that here too. As soon as it starts to rain, *every* road in the county turns into a damn parking lot. I can understand that the roads get a little slick, but 5 mph? Part of being a good driver is being able to handle the conditions. I'm not saying to have to do 90, but either learn how to drive in rain/snow/ice, or stay the hell home. Quit clogging up the roads for those of us who *do* know how, OK?

Oh, and for the people who *do* 90mph on ice and snow...just stay home. I really don't like it when you wrap yourself around a tree...which forces everyone else to slam on the brakes (or look) at your dumb ass. All you're doing is increasing the chances of *another* accident. Again, learn to freaking drive.

[Gerrinson]

Warning: Rant mode activated.

Yeah, during the summer my commute home really sucks. Take's me a 1/2 hour to go 13 miles. Which isn't too bad, really, but 8 of those miles take about 7 minutes. Which leaves over 20 minutes to get through the other 5.

And here, it's not when the rain starts that people slow down. Oh no, it's when the bloody storm clouds are visible on the horizon. Maybe if you drove more than 15 MPH under the speed limit, you'd get home before the damned rain!

And if I have dry laundry to carry into the house, I guarantee that someone will drive far enough below the speed limit to ensure that I get home about 30 seconds after the torrential downpour begins.

Tonight (and tomorrow night) James Taylor is performing locally, so we'll have the local cops stopping north & south bound traffic (the direction I'm driving) to wave through east & west bound traffic who are bringing $$$ into their town. Of course, the north/south road is a 4 lane state highway and the east/west roads are two lanes only, but they're the important ones. This morning they were already out and held up the north/south lanes for SEVEN FULL MINUTES to wave through 1 or 2 west bound cars at a time. If they see a car travelling west, even if it hasn't reached the intersection, they continue to hold up all the highway traffic. I try not to speak badly of cops in general, but the local yokels are money grubbing pigs working solely to bring money into the town and causing a massive traffic jam while they're at it!

Rant mode complete.