So this has been on my mind for a while now. Every time I drive to work on what my husband and I affectionately call the “Speedway” (and no, it isn’t the freeway, just a neighborhood road), I wonder why everyone is in such a hurry. Is it that they woke up late and need to get to work or do they all just love their jobs that much they can’t wait to get to work??
Well I think it’s NO to both questions. I just think that people know they can get away with driving whatever speed they want since we have opted not to keep our police officers. And if they aren’t driving like their hair is on fire then they are running red lights!! And some people want to drive so fast that they will ride your butt to get you to move the same speed……well that works so well for anyone behind me!! Sorry, but I have to slow down a little, there are somewhere between 1 and 3 other lanes for you to use, please engage your signal and get over before you have to wait an extra minute to get where you have to be so fast to do whatever is so all fire important that you risk everyone’s life for it.
What’s really funny is that these same people that are in such a hurry get well ahead of me and just a little bit I catch up with them as they have been sitting at the red light for the last minute or so to so some more, mean while I have been driving a respectable speed and never had to even slow down or completely stop. I usually get to the red light as it is changing to green (which by the way is the color to pass thru the intersection, not red) and I get to keep moving. Imagine that, never had to stop and wait at all. Much better for your vehicle, just an even drive, keeps everything working the way it should, saves me a TON in gas! I have better things to do with my money then put it in my gas tank or drop my car off to the mechanic cause something broke or wore out with my lead foot.
These people who insist on driving so fast have made many more of us defensive drivers. I am that way anyway because I also ride a motorcycle so I have to be aware of everyone around me but in my car????? My family gets upset with me when I comment on someone behind me or beside me, I’m always looking for where someone is since I never know if the guy behind me is going to be driving 80 when myself and others are going the speed limit of 45. And then when they can’t wait to get around me fast enough to actually leave room between me and their car, they almost take off my fender or something that then requires me to hit my brake for a moment to avoid being hit.
I think all these people need to become a part of the racing world on a race track. They can go as fast as they want and have all of those around them do the same. But they shouldn’t race, just open it up to them to go out there and drive around for a while. Maybe they would get the adrenaline rush out of their system and who knows, maybe if a few other cars hit them around a bit, they would see what the rest of us feel like just trying to get to work or the store.
All I’m asking is that you be courteous to the rest of us on the road, not everyone wants to fly on wheels. I do however want to get where I’m going in one piece, have my car get me there in one piece and of course…….come home the same way.