Utard Drivers

ive discovered that i need to be a more observant passenger while riding in the S.O.'s vehicle. normally im the sort thats just listening to the radio or zoning out while glancing at the scenery flying past.

however, the other day or so, the S.O., kids and i were going back to our place from our latest excursion, and stop at a red light, which is the norm to do so i hear.

of course im a jersey transplant and i'll always be a jersey girl deep down. so when a light turns green, i always wait a few seconds before depressing the accelerator due to the fact well...if you actually drove on a green light in jersey you'd be dead. you always had to take into consideration the 3 - 4...sometimes 5 vehicles running the red light.

so anyway. we're in the left turn lane with an suv in front of us, waiting for our turn signal. across from us is the regular traffic with their eyes glazed over waiting for their turn to drive. in the right hand lane across from us is a blue suv crackhead.
when we get our turn signal...the suv in front of us *gasp* decides to turn onto the little side street. the blue suv crackhead also decides to turn, without their right of way, onto the same little side street.

we're going to assume the suv in front of utilised their horn...for suv crackhead driver, while still driving, turns and looks at the coming traffic with a glazed over yet incredulous look surrounded by her wind blown 80s hair, continues to cut off the suv in front of us.

the S.O. and i simply shake our heads at some drivers stupidity.
the suv in front of us gives blue suv crackhead a wide berth, which seems reasonable considering the circumstances...

suv crackhead...i assume at this point, must believe this little side street has 2 lanes on our side of the street...she's incredibly wrong. so we watch suv crackhead hug the curb and go a snails pace...the suv in front of us doesnt want to go around her...and well neither do we...

and then i remember...theres cars parked on this street sometimes...
lo and behold...half a block up theres a line of parked cars as well as a garbage cans...
the S.O slows down...
the suv in front of us slows down...
blue suv crackhead doesnt see the parked cars right away...
she swerves around the garbage can...and would have hit the vehicle in front us if we hadnt all slowed down...
she brakes...and brakes...and brakes some more...
almost as if she's expecting the parked cars to magically begin to move...
i suppose at some point she realises '*gasp* they're parked!'
swerves around them into the normal traffic lane...
stops dead.
and turns down another side street in a turn so wide if there was oncoming traffic on that street...they'd be dead.

its at this point i really start to pay attention to the other drivers on the road...
now keep in mind, like i've previously said, i'm a jersey girl.
i'm used to speeding at break neck speeds on the highway
people running red lights
the occassional asshole cutting you off in order to get to their exit on the highway...
oh and rubber necking.
none of that bothers me in the least...

what i dont understand is people incessantly riding in your blind spot.
and if you speed up to get away from them...they also speed up...and for a moment you think...oh. they're going to pass me. but no. they stay exactly where they were when you were going 5 mph less.
yield signs are apparently just pretty to look at not for adhering to.
stop signs are a suggestion.
and apparently...its legal for you to make a right hand turn onto the street im making a left hand turn onto if theres 2 lanes.
that boggles my mind.

they speed up if you're making a turn...eventho your turn wont impede their driving whatsoever.
they block intersections...
and pretend they cant see that you're trying to go straight...
they think the speed limit? this is my favourite.
its a suggestion. their whole explanation of why they go 35 when the speed limit is 45?
well...45 is the fastest you CAN go...doesnt mean you HAVE to go 45...

makes me wonder...who taught them how to drive...
no wonder they never leave this state...
they wouldnt be able to function anywhere else.

calgon take me away.
thank goodness we only have 3 more years here...

i bid you adieu