Ok, this could turn into a rant. But the way people drive is horrendous. We just forked over almost a thousand bucks to our local garage to completely replace my husband's clutch system---I mean clutch, pressure plate, all the way up to and including the flywheel. Why? Not because of how he drives, but because some jackass a week ago decided he was too important or whatever to wait in the construction zone like everyone else and did a u-turn, which is illegal last time I checked, on the interstate, right in front of my husband, without looking or caring that he put not just his life, but Ronnie's and everyone else in that vicinity's in danger. Ron was in the fast lane and had to downshift and then upshift so fast to keep him from hitting the dude and from getting hit himself, that his clutch and stuff ended up in pieces. Talk about pissed!!!! We both were. So next time you think of doing a u-turn on the interstate, think about what you are costing someone else, not only in terms of money, but maybe in terms of someone's life.
And when did turn signals become optional? When I took driver's ed many moon's ago, rarely did you see someone who did not use their turn signal. Now it seems like no one uses it and quite frankly, if I get one more person who gets ticked off at me b/c I get ticked at them for just shoving themselves into the lane in front of me when I had no way of reading their flipping little minds, I'm liable to go road rage. Not to the extreme in the movie, but at least a few good hits of the horn, the brights flashing at them, and maybe a good old finger gesture or two, although I really try not to use those.
And on that subject, once again, for those who regularly travel Rt 60 thru the B'ville area and the mall, ya'll know that the right lanes merge into the left at certain points. Always have, always will. So WTF with the deliberately putting yourself into the lane that ends 500 ft up the way and expecting the rest of us who were in the correct lane to begin with to just let you cram yourself in front of us at your whim? Sorry Charlie. Yeah, to avoid the inevitable crash, I will let you in, but you will get a mouthful at the same time. I've seen me do it.........Just use your brain...
And then there is the lady who, the same evening Ronnie lost his truck, I am driving from checking on him to BMS to get my kid from track practice, when, at the light in front of the grocery stores, some lady in a late model blue midsize sedan has parked herself across nearly 3 lanes of traffic---you can tell she came from the far right hand lane by the way she was aimed across the other two, just to avoid missing her turn into Kroger. Hello???There is another turn into the parking lot jsut up the way a bit, plus you can always go to the drug store and flip onto the crossroad and legally turn back around to get back to the store. Think, people, think... I know it hurts to do so, but no pain, no gain.........
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Those who don't need to read it, will. Those who need to read it won't. You cannot cure stupidity. I know. I'm 25 years older than you and stupidity is still the same as it was when I was a kid.
I have also noticed that the signal light is now passe. Apparently they cannot get to it with that third arm they don't have. The other two are busily engaged min holding the cell phone, the newspaper, the cup of coffee or coke, the cigarette, the --well what is the use. They just do not have the required three hands for modern day driving. It disappeared about the same time their brain did.
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