I was running some errands yesterday and drove down to Orange County. On the way I saw - a flipped over car (first one I've seen in real life actually), an accident involving at least 5 cars all pulled over to the emergency stopping lane, another accident involving 2 badly smashed up cars with many CHP cars and orange cones blocking off the right 2 lanes. Yes, this all happened during a 3 hours drive around LA. I would have been on the list too if I wasn't careful...
As I was cruising along, out of the corner of my eye I saw a car changing lanes into the one next to mine (I'm always on the lookout for those situations) and behold, the car kept coming and was driving straight into me! I beeped as I quickly checked the other lane and swerved just in time. The old woman beeped back at me - WTF?! She failed to check her blind spot and nearly caused an accident and she has the guts to beep?! The Bitch clearly does not realize she made a mistake and therefore cannot learn and is out there causing more accidents as we speak.
Seriously, America probably has the most number of idiots on the road than any other country. Why?! Because you can drive at the age of 16 and driving tests are like child play. It also never ceases to amaze me why legal drinking age is 21 but driving age is 16. Is driving not more dangerous than drinking? I don't care if you drink and screw up your life but please realize that you can drag others down with you when you are being a fool on the road. What people need is common sense - but I guess that cannot be taught...what can help is by enforcing more stringent driving tests and rules on the road.
the States has crazy drivers - with LA probably the worst coz got the most number of cars.
ReplyDeletei pretty much hating driving in melb coz it's just traffic jam all the way - esp i drive a freakin manual car! I had to beep 2 fucking blind idiots, real bad - so of course they aint got the guts to beep back at me.
i only encountered one lousy driver who didn't check blind spot in perth on the hwy.