I know that 2 of you live in the USA, but for us Canadians, eh, it's a bit of an adventure when we brave the journey south. That being said, today my mother and I took a road trip from Vancouver to Seattle, Washington (well, not really Seattle...a bit outside of it where the outlet mall is >:D )
So, since I need some driving practice, I drove half the way there and half the way back and I noticed a few quite annoying practices certain drivers have.
For instance, the speed limit will be 90 km/h so I drive around 95 (give or take) in order to be neither too much below nor too much above the limit. And that's how much one should be driving. BUT! BUT! Some people don't think that's rock and roll enough for 'em so one after the other they'll pass right by me and zoom off. And I wanna stay with traffic flow but I also wanna stay legal here! But it annoys me so much that they're all probably annoyed at how "slow" I'm going when they're the ones not driving safe D:<
Then, there are the "I'm-gonna-change-lanes-oops-but-not-really" ones. I'm talking about the cars who put on their turning signals, drift halfway into my lane in front of me, but then decide they don't wanna and go right back to the other lane. It's like YO! I'M DRIVING HERE!
Even worse are the cars who DON'T have their signals on and then they start coming into my lane - whether they stay there or not, it annoys me because, well, you're blinkers are there for a reason! What if I didn't realize you were changing lanes and therefore didn't slow down and therefore BOOMCOLLISION! REALLY!
And then there are just a few small things like when a car drifts way too far to one side of the lane or wobbles from side to side (honestly, that just scares me because I start to think someone's driving drunk or something because seriously, why would you wobble from far left in your lane to far right?) or when someone does put on their blinkers but only while they're turning/lanechanging which doesn't give me any warning and defeats the purpose of the blinkers or when someone drives too close behind me and makes me feel like I'm not going fast enough but if I drive faster they go faster and keep tailgating me...
Anyways, those are a few little driving things I get annoyed by - although really, my annoyance simply comes from fear. Whenever someone does some aforementioned annoyance, I get slightly frightened about what could/could have happened and then I get annoyed that they made me afraid...It's a strange cycle
Luckily though, I do stay calm at the wheel and don't turn into one of those crazy emotional drivers :D
Well, that's all I've got for now. I'm on a two week Spring Break right now, so tomorrow will be a ski day up at Whistler which means that I should really get some sleep. Bridget, I'll read ya tomorrow :)
Current Mood Song: The Cell Block Tango from Chicago! The Musical (because we were listening to it in the car)
Currently Watching: RED (that movie with Bruce Willis...I didn't get to finish it on the plane back from Toronto so now it's time to see how it ends)
Today is awesome because: Seattle Outlets!! DUH!
- Sanja
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