Letter to the Editor (drivers)

I am going to send a letter to the editor about the circle I mentioned yesterday. I have been meaning to do it for about 4 years now since I started working at the Bank and travel the circle on average of 16-20 times a week.

I got fucking cut off again this morning entering the civic circle. Up yesterday's average from a few times a week to at least 3 times a week.

Another case of seeing the car coming on the inside lane about 5-10 over the limit of 25 MPH, seeing that the car in the middle lane was patiently waiting to yield, and KNOWING IN MY HEART that this fucker in the 85 black datsun pickup was not going to yield and then going to double lane change in front of me...

If I hadn't slowed down, he would have t-boned me, and the asshole probably would have thought he had the right away...even though there is a FUCKING YIELD SIGN AND IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR 50 YEARS. Fuck.

Luckily I was not as happy this morning cause I had to run all the way home for something I forgot, and this was on the way back to work, and I just found out I have about 25 hours of work to try and squeeze into the next two 9-10 hour days with no breaks...for no overtime. Luckily because I FUCKING LAYED ON THE HORN ABOUT 5 FEET FROM HIS PASSENGER SIDE DOOR until he was through the circle. About 10 seconds at least. He actually stopped changing lanes for a second before he realized I wasn't going to hit him, and then proceeded with his illegal non-yielding double lane change with no signal. I hope he peed just a little bit. I know that fucker in the passenger seat did. I could see it in his eyes.

Note: also, you must check out Mulgrew's blog. The post about the wine competition and drinking in Seattle is so funny, I feel good about not crashing into that fucker above so that I was around to read it.

Lucky Drivers

The following people that drove like idiots/assholes in front of me in the tiny window of 15 minutes I was on the road today, you are lucky I was in a semi-good mood. And don't have a magic tire-popping device, like a .44

• The person that didn't yield from the inside lane around the circle. Happens every week, but still pisses me off.
• The person who pulled into the intersection and then didn't switch lanes to get out of the intersection when their light turned red, blocking me during an entire green light.
• The person who blew through a red on the next green light after the intersection was unblocked by said dumb bitch, and amazingly didn't hit me or the person coming the other way who just had to sit through an entire green light. Just so you know, that light wasn't even CLOSE to yellow. It was red at least 50 yards before you got there. Fucker.
• The car that went straight from the right hand turn lane, cutting me off as I was going straight. Again, this happens at least a few times a week on this road next to my work, but never ceases to amaze me.
• The car that crossed 3 lanes on a one way road to get into the left turn lane in front of me.
• The next car that crossed 2 lanes, realized they also needed to turn left, and blocked all 3 lanes. You are welcome for letting you in.
• The NEXT CAR that crossed 2 lanes, same story. DID I NOT HAVE MY LIGHTS ON? You are also lucky I am a nice person and let you in.

This may not seem like a lot, but remember that I drive at most 3 miles to and from work and did very little other driving today. I drove about 6 blocks to my wife's work, and Nate drove to lunch. This amount of stupid/inconsiderate people in less than 20 minutes worth of driving is very close to a new record for me.

Speaking of which, Nate got a dirty look from some old guy who didn't think we should turn in front of him while the car in front of him was also turning. Is it a full moon today? What the fuck is wrong with people?