I am having major woes & issues with the way people drive around here...they seem to never have had to learn the rules of the road, or the courtesy of driving...just hand them a set of keys and say "Have Fun Out There!"
Where I grew up, people talk about how cold it is, was or will be.
Where I currently live, people talk about what accident they were just in, nearly in or will be in.
Here are just a few examples of the crazies out there, and it's not just limited to people on 4 wheels:
Motorcycle Man - this guy was insane. Before I continue...you must know that almost all streets here are 3 lanes wide. Texas never caught on to the idea of a turning lane, so that is what the 2 outside lanes end up becoming...which sucks...because people here don't use their blinkers either...and you are driving behind them, suddenly they come to a slow and turn, but you have no idea WTF they are doing. Anywho, back to Motorcycle Man...
I am driving in the middle lane (trying to avoid the Sudden-Turners) and I can see up ahead, there is someone on a motorcycle. I remember (from Drivers Ed - something not required in TX) that you need to give extra room to a motorcycle:
(a) because you should
(b) because it's nice
(c) because you don't want to run him over
(d) because you will hurt the under carriage of your vehicle if you run over a motorcycle and you could get a hole in your oil pan
I digress...
I am driving behind motorcycle man and getting closer, I see that he is TALKING ON HIS CELL PHONE - DRIVING A MOTORCYCLE WITH ONE HAND - TALKING ON A CELL PHONE! Idiot! At this point...I want to run him over, just to teach him a lesson. However, I hold back, because HE nearly hits another car, because HE is not paying attn and switching lanes (without using a blinker of course! & still talking on his cell phone!) Then HE turns and yells at the car that HE almost ran into...yelling at this car, while he is still talk-talk-talking away. I am appalled. I decide for sure that I am going to run him over, or at least speed up and honk at him for being such an idiot. Then I remember that I am in Texas, and he is probably carrying a loaded weapon while driving down this pretty street. I back off and decide to take the next turn...you know, mix it up...not take my normal driving routine just in case he is also a psycho mind reader!
The People in My Apt Parking Lot - Stop signs are not optional! There is a stop sign by the walkway to my apt building. Maybe because it's Red, or says STOP, it's hard to see for some reason. When I am walking to my building, I have to yield to the drivers, even if they are hundreds of feet away - because everyone drives so fast it will take them a nano-second to reach me and squash me. When I am driving and I get to that stop sign, and there is someone behind me, I do the full 5 sec stop before I go. I believe in the theory "Teach By Example" - also one of the reasons I use my blinker in a state where a blinker is voluntary. Plus I know it just pisses them off.
The People in My Work Parking Ramp - they are all so stupid! This is the ramp where you drive in and go round and round in circles to the top and then back down again. But it's not like most parking ramps where the traffic is one way...no, they made it a little interesting by offering two-way traffic at all times, so it's like playing chicken...and then you throw in the pedestrians that are trying to walk from their cars to the building and it's like playing Frogger! When you are driving up, you should turn right, because that is the way it works. However, lazy people are looking for a close parking spot and look left and see one and turn left and practically crash into the people who are coming from the left because they are leaving (*one or two parties may also be talking on cell phone). Today and yesterday, I looked left and saw 1 emptied space. Instead of turning left, I turned right and can turn the corner like I was leaving and grab that space on my way out. Just as I am approaching, a left turner decided to sneak the spot and nearly crash into me - Today and yesterday. So, I am mad that they stole the spot, plus mad that they are so comfortable with vehicular manslaughter. I curse them with dinged doors and scratched paint and keep driving. Plus, my ass is not fat because I know it's ok to walk an extra 20 ft.
School Zones - I just don't get it. There could be a high speed police chase between some homicidal maniac and all the police in the world - driving mach 10 down the streets, but when they get to the School Zones, they would all slow down to the 20 mph, once they get to the end, they would resume their crazy-ass driving. I can only assume that tickets in a school zone must be in the $1200.00 range.
Rain - what ever you do, try not to drive in Texas when it's raining. Your day will probably end with a Toe Tag and your skin most likely blue and hopefully your limbs are still attached.
Don't even get me started how Pedestrian Non-Friendly this city is!
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