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Road Rage Realized
By Laurie | August 27, 2009
Every day as I make my 45+ minute commute to work, I fear for my life. I know it sounds melodramatic (and maybe it is), but that’s how I feel. Let me explain:
Recently a major highway near our home became a toll road. This is both good and bad. It’s good because it made it super easy to travel in between our part of town and the area where my new job is. Without this highway, it would take eons to get to work. I probably never would have even considered a job in that part of town if it wasn’t for the brand spanking newly completed toll road. You’re probably thinking it’s bad because it’s a toll road, and that means I have to pay. You’d be wrong. I’m happy to pay if it means I don’t have to sit in traffic and I can quickly get from point A to point B.
My real issue with why it is bad is the speed limit. Yes, this is me typing this. The same Laurie who has gotten three speeding tickets in a 10-year time frame. Don’t judge, I know there plenty people who have had way more than that. I deserved them all too. I have a bit of a lead foot, plus I drove a Mustang. The last ticket was debatable though, simply because I was keeping up with the flow of traffic and nearly everyone else was actually going faster than I was. None-the-less, I was still speeding and deserved it. I can take ownership for that, and for getting caught. That was probably almost five years ago now, and that was my last one. I have kept a clean record in the good ol’ PT Cruiser, but I digress.
The posted speed limit is 70 on said toll road. That’s fast, even for me. I mean, I go probably 75 in the fast lane most of my commute. The crazy thing? That is simply not fast enough for most of the other folks traveling the same direction. I kid you not. The Lexus and BMWs tail me closely daily ushering me to speed up. Going 5 miles per hour over the speed limit doesn’t even appease them. Oh no! They get angry, swoop around me going at least 85, and change lanes in front of me without signaling to show just how tough, pissed, and angry they really are. If it’s an especially sassy or douchey person, they’ll flip me off as they pass. Road rage, much?
Where are the police on this toll road?! I want all of these people to get tickets! It’s not like this happens every once in awhile. It’s every day of the week, both to and from work. Can you imagine what an accident going those high speeds would look like? I know that it wouldn’t be pretty. These would be the kind of accidents that cause causalities.
I fear that I am going to be one of them. Either I’m getting old, or getting wise.
Topics: Daily Ramble | 2 Comments »
Crazy drivers! It always bugs me when people pass me even though I’m already driving over the speed limit. Every once in a while (OK, once or twice) I’ve seen someone who flew by me pulled over for speeding a little further down the road. Ha! It’s hard not to laugh.
My question is, is there a reason you’re in the fast lane? Are you passing slower drivers?
Posted by: AnnaOh I know that in which you speak very well.
That’s one thing about OKIE drivers their pretty laid back…almost to laid back.
Posted by: Jean M.