This is what I get for going out in public today.

[zibmai]

I. Hate. Drivers. Here.

There's a few different sightings from today, all within a few hours of each other.

I went skiing today to the local hill. It's a pretty steep climb, so if you want to make it up without killing your engine, you'd better make sure your car can make it. I'm zipping up the hill and suddenly come up to a car full of teenagers. They're driving this massive 1980's Cadillac boat going 15 mph. There was a big stream of cars behind me with one big truck riding my ass. Sorry man, not much I can do! I'm not about to pass this car on a steep and winding road. That was just annoying, but nothing too bad.

I have to get on the highway to get back to town. It's a very short drive to and from the mountain. I merge onto the highway at 75, then top out at 80. There's a truck weigh station about 5 miles down the road with trucks merging back onto the highway. I see a car in the passing lane a ways back, switch my signal on and get into the passing lane so 2 trucks can get on the highway. Suddenly, this car is RIGHT on my ass. Shit, he's impatient. Ok dude, I have two trucks to pass then I'll move my ass over. I pass the first semi. Second is a couple hundred feet in front of me. I can see the impatient driver is from Utah. Dammit, not I have an angry insane Utah driver riding my ass and I'm trying to pass a slow moving truck. I speed up, but Mr Utah is so close I can't see his headlights. He suddenly whips into the right line, speeds up to what had to be 95, then cuts me off right before he hits the semi truck. I laid on the horn like nobody's business while screaming something along the lines of "IDIOT MOTHER FUCKER SADISTIC PSYCHO".

A few minutes pass and I'm back in town, huffing and still cursing in my head. I'm waiting at a stop sign on a side street, trying to turn left onto a one way street. Across the intersection is a truck who's going straight. I see a line of cars coming about a block or so away, so I start bouncing in my seat muttering "gogogogogogogo" to the truck. Truck goes and leaves me enough time to turn left. As I pull out into the left lane of the one way street, the car behind Truck zips in front of me, cutting me off. This fucking lady had something up her ass, because the look she gave me was uglier than a homeless crack head without teeth. I yelled "WHAT THE FUUUUCK" as she passed me, giving me the ugly look, went to back up out of the intersection but couldn't as the car behind me wouldn't let me. So there I sat, front of my car sticking out in the busy intersection, another car up my ass not letting me get out of the way as oncoming traffic moves around my car giving me nasty looks.

I hate going out on Friday afternoons. I should know better. Had to get these last two off my chest....anger....boiling over....

[Eisa]

Now I keep trying to figure out in my head where you were...

But that sucks. Stupid idiot people. I would have wanted to hit that last woman who cut in front of you. Stupid bitch.

[zibmai]

I was trying to turn onto 5th from Whitman, coming from Albertsons. Made the mistake of driving around that area at 4 when everyone in the city just got off work. Ugh.

[Eisa]

Oh, I'm sorry. That area sucks ass.

Although Yellowstone probably sucks worse at rush hour.

[wolfie]

There's a truck weigh station about 5 miles down the road with trucks merging back onto the highway. I see a car in the passing lane a ways back, switch my signal on and get into the passing lane so 2 trucks can get on the highway. Suddenly, this car is RIGHT on my ass. Shit, he's impatient. Ok dude, I have two trucks to pass then I'll move my ass over. I pass the first semi. Second is a couple hundred feet in front of me. I can see the impatient driver is from Utah. Dammit, not I have an angry insane Utah driver riding my ass and I'm trying to pass a slow moving truck. I speed up, but Mr Utah is so close I can't see his headlights. He suddenly whips into the right line, speeds up to what had to be 95, then cuts me off right before he hits the semi truck.

To you: Thank you very much. Having someone leave a space makes a BIG difference.

To the Utah driver: Is there enough salt on my rear guard? If you misjudge speeds and distances just once, you're going to eat it.

[Mytical]

I just don't get it. People seem to think that the laws of physics just do not apply to large trucks. Yes, the people behind the wheel go through special training, but even they can not defy the law of physics. They can not stop on a dime, need a lot more space to do things, and if you are right behind them..practically touching the bumper..THEY CAN NOT SEE YOU. They were not born on Krypton, so they don't have x-ray vision. See the mass, respect the mass..because the laws of physics DO apply.