Here's something I just saw a few minutes ago and applies to anyone who drives in South Florida:
FHP will be cracking down on those who tailgate, improperly change lanes or ignore traffic signals over the next two days. Troopers will also keep an eye out for drivers violating the Move Over Law or driving under the influence. http://www.justnews.com/traffic/20222628/detail.html
Wonderful. I tailgate, improperly change lanes, ignore traffic signals, and violate the Move Over Law. I do not, however, drive under the influence of alcohol. But it seems that I do drive under the influence of the stupidity of other drivers.
I tailgate behind people driving in the left lane at 65 or below who are passing NO ONE.
I am forced to improperly change lanes because slower traffic does not yield. Actually, no one yields. What is a yield, anyways? So, I am left with no other option except to pass on the right and swerve in and out of traffic if I want to get where I am going any time within the next century.
I must ignore traffic signals, because the douche-bags driving so fucking slow on the left hand lane are usually texting, half-asleep, day-dreaming, or a combination of the three, and have not noticed they have left their turn signal on for the past 5 miles. Not to mention, many people still have not discovered what a turn signal is, or what the difference is between left and right.
As for the Move Over Law. I cannot move over for stopped FHP because it is impossible to get out of the left lane when everyone around you has come to a complete stop because of this damn law. Yey to more fender-benders, pissed off motorists, and traffic stand-stills that come out of nowhere forcing you to slam your breaks and pray the driver behind you is paying attention! W00t!
Can't we enforce a SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT law, so the left lane is already mostly clear of traffic and safer for FHP and motorists who have to pull off the road? Isn't that the smarter more intelligent option?
I guess not, since Florida has no such law in place. I don't know why I am surprised.
Driving faster does not necessarily mean driving dangerously. A fast driver must pay more attention to the road. You cannot drive at 80 while being preoccupied with your phones, passengers, switching stations, reading, or putting on makeup. It's almost impossible. You are forced to pay attention at higher speeds. Going slower just means more time to comer mierda (translation= eat shit; context translation= be innatentive)!
Germany's autobahn has no set speed limit, although 80mph is recommended. They also have significantly less accidents than we do here in the states. Go figure.
So, I will continue to drive intelligently--uh--I mean aggressively. If you're cruising on the left updating your facebook status, I will cut you off so that you can appreciate the rear-end of my car and before I do that I will tail-gate your ass.
This is one of my eternal rages...
ReplyDelete"Can't we enforce a SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT law, so the left lane is already mostly clear of traffic and safer for FHP and motorists who have to pull off the road? Isn't that the smarter more intelligent option?"
South Florida is a vehicular clusterfuck. There's a never ending downward spiral/circle that unites the increasingly aggressive and incomprehensible driving with our complete lack of viable public transportation. Granted, I acknowledge that the latter is a much bigger and harder issue to tackle, but they both feed into each other.
Wasn't there a "road rage" law passed last year, where you could be ticketed for not moving out of the passing lane for the way of someone driving faster than you...WITH NO MENTION TO WHETHER THEY ARE DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT OR NOT? When the hell has that ever been enforced? Instead, we have shady cops hiding in popular intersections to hang out tickets for going through a stop sign. Or the asshole FHP that like to hang out 10 at a time under the I75 overpasses to hand out bullshit speed trap tickets to GOINGTHEFLOWOFTRAFFIC speeders.
It's a matter of what's easy for them, and what brings them the most money. The driving mentality will never change here if there are no negative consequences to the idiotic and inconsiderate "whatever the fuck, bro" driving style everyone adopts.