Friday, September 08, 2006
Road Raging
Over the past few months I have noticed an interesting phenomena. I am an aggressive driver. I drive fast. I take the lane when I need it. I pass drivers who are going slow. I don't believe that I am a dangerous or crazy driver, just that I drive at the more aggressive end of the driving spectrum. I always have. I drove that way when I had a grey Ford Taurus. I drove that way when I had a beat up Sunbird. I drove that when when I had a older model Ford Explorer. Now I have a new, somewhat sporty bright blue/purple Chevy Impala with windows that are practically black and a black car bra on the front. And suddenly drivers are responding to me in a completely different way. Before when I would try to pass someone, every once in a while they would speed up to make it more difficult for me, but usually they would slow down and let me by. Before when I wove in and out of traffic, people usually let me in. Suddenly, I find that people are speeding up to block me or creating a purposeful moving road block or racing me almost 95% of the time! It's weird! I am the same person, driving the same way I always have, yet now that I drive a nice looking car people act like I'm an asshole. I don't even have to DO anything and I find people road raging at me! It's the most bizarre thing. It's really interesting the psychological effect your vehicle can have on people. It's also interesting the effect it has on me. I'm getting a bazooka installed next week.
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A bazooka? Sweet!
also you might consider and oil slick dispenser, to give drivers the slip. hey it worked in spy hunter.
When I was driving in Maryland I saw signs everywhere that said something about how they have cameras checking for "aggressive drivers." I guess they discourage aggression there. In SC you kind of have to be aggressive. The hwy speed limit is 70 and most people drive between 75 and 80. On the city streets the speed limit is about 40 or 45, and there aren't very may left turn signals, so if you want to turn left and you're not aggressive, you're going to be stuck at the light all day.
SC sounds great!
How come the blog is ignoring my comment on the the first page? (i.e. said zero when I wrote one, and now says three comments, when mine makes four) Does blogger hate me?
Kiera, did you try hitting "reload" like five times? I don't know what the deal is with blogger, but it won't reload on it's own. Like, I checked the blog of this blogger who I know updates daily, and I kept checking for weeks and didn't see any updates. Then I decided to hit reload, and low & behold, there were tons of new posts that I hadn't read. Like.
Blogger does hate you. It knows you never post on your blog, so it's punishing you.
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