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My morning commute filled with the usual death defying feats of idiots on cell phones was brightened a little today. I saw a cute custom license plate that read ‘kidzBgon” on a cute little convertible car. See custom plates like that make sense. I am still puzzling over this one I saw several days ago… TTPGURU ok what top toilet paper guru? Top tipping Guru? Someone please help me out here! Good custom plates should take a few seconds to get maybe a minute but several days- NO! Think before buying custom plates people- your decision affects everyone else that sees it.
While I am enlightening the public on driving courtesies let me share another experience. I was making a left turn at a light and was 3rd in line. The first car just sat there when the light turned green until she could make her turn. She didn’t bother to move up into the intersection so the car behind her could move up and be able to make the light. In AZ that is a big driving FOUL! You move your car up so someone else can make the light too! Other states may be different but you’re in Arizona now son home of drivers who have spent half their lives driving blindly as the sun beats through your window at sunset. Those steely eyed glints are not our attempts at looking like cowboys folks. Neither are the concealed weapons that we are allowed to carry. This is your final warning-move up when you are turning!
What really brightened up my commute today though was seeing 4 fire trucks at the water park. Oh man, 4 truck loads of sexy firemen in itty bitty bathing suits, getting a nice golden tan, going down water slides!! I have spent all morning trying to gather the women in the office for a little “off site meeting” but the boss won’t allow it. Darn it! We are talking firemen here. This is an emergency! Oh well a girl can dream can’t she?!
For some reason I get a lot of my ideas for articles when I am commuting to or from work. Probably because God knows I don’t want to concentrate on driving- that would give me an ulcer. The problem with this is that I have to remember all my wonderful, possibly pulitzer prize winning ideas until I can get somewhere to write them down.
I could use a little tape recorder- I even own one. But it would be easier if I could just type it into my lap top. Heck people text message while driving why not?
I know there is talk of some states creating a law making it illegal to text while driving. Is that really necessary? Do we really need another stupid driving law? I heard that in CA they are trying to pass a stupid driving law that will make it illegal to drive with your pets on your lap. Come on people! Do you really need a law telling you that this is not a bright idea?
So while there is no stupid driving law saying that I can’t drive while typing on my laptop while steering the car with my toes- I still have enough common sense not to do it.
I think the general “reckless endangerment” laws fully encompesses these things.
Speaking of idiots and driving I read this on MSN…
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24594248/?GT1=43001
He buckled in the case of beer and left his 5 year old child to sit on the floor of the car. Idiot. What really gets me is that the case of beer was buckled between 2 adults in the back seat- so that means between 3 adults no one thought there was a problem with this! This happened in Darwin, Australia. Darwin indeed.
As I was driving to work this morning, late as usual, I discovered that some idiot decided to turn on the ramp meter to the freeway. For those of you who have not had experienced a metered on ramp let me explain… There is a stop light that makes you stop right before getting on the freeway. I am sure it is supposed to help traffic or some other BS like that.
What it really does is force you to floor it to try to match the speed of the cars already on the freeway to be able to merge without causing a 15 car pile up behind you. This is really good for your gas mileage. Also, if the idiot in front of you never had Mr. Joseph, my drivers ed teacher, and doesn’t realize he needs to match the speed of the traffic on the freeway to get on- you run the risk of rear ending the imbecile.
My conclusion, there is a conspiracy with big oil and insurance companies. They are the ones putting up those stupid meters on the on-ramp so we burn through more gas and have more accidents!
I would tell you more but they are watching me through my computer monitor. Plus my little foil hat needs to be changed because after a few days the foil glare loses it’s protection!
