It always amazes me how little holiday spirit most people have around the holiday season. This really translates when you're out on the road.
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I had lunch there with an old friend of mine. We went to a nice taco shop near his house and I have to say the food was really good.
Overall, everything was a really enjoyable experience.
On the way home three different cars cut me off.
There was a long stretch of road in which the sun was shining in everyone's eyes. The car in the right-hand lane swerved into my lane without looking behind him, and nearly touched my car going about 50 miles per hour.
I had to slam on my brakes because that would have been a collision that would have knocked us both off the side of the road.
He never even noticed.
Another car pulled out right in front of me going about 5 miles per hour even though I was going 40 and I barely had time to switch out of the lane. That appeared to be another person that wasn't paying attention to anything that they were doing.
The final incident happened when I was pulling left into an empty street.
I looked both ways but there was nobody coming.
When I pulled down the street a black car was suddenly behind me honking the horn and screaming at me as if he hadn't coming down the street the whole time.
It's clear that he had suddenly pulled out onto the street and started flying down before I had even been able to get into the lane.
I have to say the way people drive during the holiday season is pretty frustrating for the most part.
I guess it's just the way that it is. You need to be extra careful when you're on the street during the holiday season.
I needed only my first family event of the season to remind me some less than capable drivers are forced into the roads https://steemit.com/steemitbloggers/@zekepickleman/every-song-has-minor-notes-mlacpe32
When those things happen, I am reminded why it is so nice to move from the big city to a small town where I can drive like an old guy.
Smile and wave! Really pisses them off!
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I had something happened to me like that when I ran into the grocery store to get pizza but it was a whole lot worse.
I posted about it something like a year ago but I try not to think about it anymore.
True that. People seem to change their demeanor when they are behind the wheel of a car. I drive the speed limit. I really do, just ask all the drivers that honk at me. When people honk at me when I drive the speed limit in the right hand lane, I wave to them. Maybe that gets them more mad, I'm not really sure, but if I take offense at a person honking at me then that's bad news for both of us.
We need to enjoy life and be safe on the roads.
Here..... I have thought people, in general, have been driving more crazy than I have ever seen before. I don't know what it is, but there seems to have been a reckless change for the worst. You truly need to be on your A game to drive to protect your own life. It's terrible and I don't live in a big city !