You Are a Bad Driver

In an earlier post I estimated that I drove 1200 miles a month. Once I thought about it, I realized that I fill up my tank 2 times a week, I get about 275 miles a tank, and that's 2200 miles a month(!). All the driving over the last couple years has forced me to come to terms with a cold, hard fact: nobody knows how to f***ing drive.

This might be the product of a bad morning of driving (one hour and 45 minutes to get from Long Beach to Mission Viejo, ahhhh!), but these are things that people do on the road that are ruining my life and destroying my faith in humanity:

-Not using blinkers. Really? Is it that hard? I understand on older cars (since up until 2 years ago, every car I owned was practically the same age as me) that there might be a bulb burnt out or whatever, but when a brand new Mercedes, Lexus, BMW, etc. doesn't use them something in me snaps. Is it that hard to raise your hand the 6-8 inches required to signal your lane change or turn? Why were you even born?

-People who speed up to get in front of me and then go slower than I was once they get there. If I have to tap on the brakes and make the cruise control cancel, there will be Hell to pay. Also, people who only speed up when I'm trying to get around them, why are you terrible?

-People who hold their cell phone away from their face and act like that means they aren't talking on their phones while driving. The whole point is that you have both hands to operate your vehicle, just because your phone isn't touching your face doesn't mean you're a more aware driver now.

-People who don't understand how a two-lane highway works. This one is huge, HUGE! How did people even pass driver's exams without learning this?! The right lane is for driving in, the left lane is for passing people. Do not get in the left lane and set your cruise control for 58 mph. Likewise, do not drive like a maniac in the right lane, get right behind me when I'm already going 80, and ride my ass because you feel like driving 90 mph on the toll road. Furthermore, do not give a face of shock and surprise when you do this and I give you the finger.

-Lookie-loos. A fender-bender, a dude changing his tire, someone being pulled over... really not cause for slowing down to a crawl to see. Stop doing this. Everyone. Mind your own beeswax.

I'm sure I can and will think of at least 10 other things that other motorists do that turn me into a fire-breathing, profanity-using, finger-giving monster, and I'll add them when I do, but for now that's it. Just stop doing these things for the love of everything that is good.

<3Abby