I'm glad I don't drive every day

[waider]

To the motorcyclist who dramatically swerved around my stationary, signalling-to-change-lane car yesterday before glaring over your shoulder at me: riding a motorbike gives you the ability to weave between lanes of traffic. It doesn't give you the right. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, doing so is illegal.

By the same token, when a sign says "bus lane not in operation", the thus-marked lane is a normal lane, and ducking your taxi into it in an attempt to overtake on the wrong side is once again illegal. Looking unhappy because I didn't stand on my brakes and risk being tail-ended to let you back into the queue of traffic you were trying to jump isn't going to help.

And that was just two of the many fun incidents from yesterday's 10-mile drive. Frankly, if I had to drive this route daily, I'd have exploded from stress long ago.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Waider, I have a 17+ mile commute every day thru' which Boston's finest drivers negotiate roads changing from 2 lanes to 1 with none of the proper signage and other things like applications of various face paints, reading papers, coffee drinking, paper reading, text messaging etc. I know it's the same the world over but bear in mind most of the idiots here are not negotiating a gear stick and therefore feel they HAVE to be doing at least three other tasks. Sometimes you have to anticipate that these idiots will do something and you are fine. In New York you know they will cut you off. Boston, you've a better chance of winning a lottery than guessing what a B-town driver is doing next.

http://www.curledup.com/wildinth.htm

---written while doing 73 mph in the break down lane!