Dangerous ***holes on the road this morning
… and I don’t mean potholes.
As I was sitting at a traffic light with 2 left turn lanes, in the right left turn lane, I noticed a pickup truck to my left pull up closer to the car in front of it, so that it was directly next to me. I looked up and saw the passenger (and possibly even the driver) in the truck making faces at me. I thought to myself, “Wow, you don’t see that every day. What is this, high school? Or a college campus on a Saturday night?” I avoided making any more eye contact with them, because I didn’t want to react and give them any more satisfaction.
When the light turned green, and I was turning left (making an appropriately wide turn, so the people next to me had room to turn, and the people turning the opposite direction had room, as well), I heard some honking. I had no idea why, but assumed it was directed at the people turning from the opposite direction.
I soon noticed that the black SUV in front of me, in the right lane, had a middle finger sticking out of it, towards a white SUV in the left lane. I looked over at the people in the truck next to me, and they were clearly entertained by this display. I decided to back off a little bit, because I feared something stupid might happen between these people.
The truck next to me decided to get up closer to the white SUV, and then moved over in front of me, and pulled up next to the white SUV. They lingered there, for a minute, presumably to make their own immature gestures at the people in the white SUV. Then, the truck swerved over towards them a little bit, making them swerve a little bit towards the median. This was exactly why I had backed off, because I wanted to be prepared in case some idiot caused an accident.
Thankfully, the truck then sped up and passed the white suv, and shortly after that, they turned. The rest of my commute was uneventful. That was more drama than I’m used to during my morning commutes, and am just glad none of these idiots took it any further.
Accidents suck, and it just seemed like someone was begging for one. I should also point out that most of this took place near an elementary school, at a speed of around 40mph, while the shool zone 25mph speed limit sign’s lights were flashing. I’m glad the kids were already in school, so they were not put at risk by these immature drivers.
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