Is it just me or do tailgaters make other people crazy? I simply do not understand the mentality of a driver who thinks that it is a good policy to position his car 2 inches from my back bumper while traveling at 80 miles per hour down the freeway in the fast lane. Do they not realize that if I have to brake suddenly, they will be in my back seat faster than you can say “howdy-do, pleased to meetcha”? And they will be arriving via the heretofore unknown back door, rather than the regular entrance on the side.
I do realize, and appreciate the fact, that in California Land, you cannot leave the “proper” distance of one car length for every 10 miles per hour, between vehicles. The very second a large opening starts to appear between two cars, some fool will jump into it so HE can have the pleasure of visiting my back seat first. However, something over 2 inches is definitely required for safety, both his and mine.
I usually drive in the fast lane because, well, I drive fast, however, I guess “fast” is all a state of mind. Apparently my 80 mph puts me in the “little old lady from Pasadena” category in some people’s minds. I readily admit that I frequently speed on the freeway. It seems to be a way of life around here. I believe the freeway driver’s motto is “drive fast or get the hell out of my way”, so since I’m usually in a hurry too, I drive fast. However, no matter how fast I go, (and 80 is my personal limit) it never seems to be fast enough. There is ALWAYS somebody pushing right at that back door and silently saying, faster, faster, faster or get out of my way. Sometimes, they are not so silent and they actually flash their lights or toot their horn. I readily move over to let them fly past. If I’m going 80 and they go rocketing past me when I move over, my question is, exactly how fast do these fools want to go?
I do realize, and appreciate the fact, that in California Land, you cannot leave the “proper” distance of one car length for every 10 miles per hour, between vehicles. The very second a large opening starts to appear between two cars, some fool will jump into it so HE can have the pleasure of visiting my back seat first. However, something over 2 inches is definitely required for safety, both his and mine.
I usually drive in the fast lane because, well, I drive fast, however, I guess “fast” is all a state of mind. Apparently my 80 mph puts me in the “little old lady from Pasadena” category in some people’s minds. I readily admit that I frequently speed on the freeway. It seems to be a way of life around here. I believe the freeway driver’s motto is “drive fast or get the hell out of my way”, so since I’m usually in a hurry too, I drive fast. However, no matter how fast I go, (and 80 is my personal limit) it never seems to be fast enough. There is ALWAYS somebody pushing right at that back door and silently saying, faster, faster, faster or get out of my way. Sometimes, they are not so silent and they actually flash their lights or toot their horn. I readily move over to let them fly past. If I’m going 80 and they go rocketing past me when I move over, my question is, exactly how fast do these fools want to go?
3 comments:
This drives me crazy! I hate when people are ride my but, esp on the interstate. It is just so unsafe! Such a cute picture, by the way!
Is the puppy yours? It is too cute. I think people get in the car thinking they can go wherever in ten minutes and really that is impossible especially leaving your house ten minutes after you were supposed to be there.
No, it’s a “generic” puppy picture but boy, she’s a cutie for sure. I have some wonderful shots of my babies when they were little, however, the vast majority of them are not digital.
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