Pet Peeves with Regards to Bay Area Driving
So the Mercury News came out with a list of Bay Area driver pet Peeves yesterday. Ranked at number 1 was incorrect merging techniques. That was an interesting choice, but I find that I encounter horrible merges far less than other irksome driving habits. So, I’ve crafted my own list of 5 pet peeves. Check it out.
Turn Signals . This is really a driving basic, but so many Californians seem to not know they exist. Turn signals help indicate what direction you’re trying to go in traffic. You can use turn signals to indicate a desire for a lane change, or simply a turn onto a side street. Turn signals are the new coolest thing. Try them out.
People speeding up when you do signal . For those of you who do signal, how many times have you found that your signaling causes the person in the next lane to speed up, and not let you in. “I’m getting to that stoplight before you!!”. I thought this was the norm, until this last trip to Hawai’i. There, I signalled, and people let me in. I was dumbfounded. What was going on?! Simple courtesy, I tell you. California drivers should try it out sometime.
BMW Drivers . So you bought yourself some status. Now you just need some class. Sure, there’s nothing funnier than the new rich overpaying for shitty cars, but BMW drivers are the biggest perpetrators of points 1 and 2, and for some reason they think they’re justified. Just think about it, when was the last time you were cut off by a BMW?
Subaru Drivers . What the hell is wrong with you guys? Frickin hostile, I tell you. Maybe it comes from your indecision regarding whether to buy an SUV or a station wagon, but you guys come across as maladjusted. Just the other day I was trying to make an exit in the city, and was signaling for about 6 blocks, but this tyrant Subaru driver wouldn’t let me in. I sped up, she sped up. I finally made it in the lane, and she throws up her hands like “whaddafucyoudoing?! I OWN this lane! I’m in a Subaru, goddammit!”. What the hell is going on with these guys?
Retards in the mist . It doesn’t rain in the Bay Area. If you think it does, I invite you to experience real rain in Colorado, Texas, New York, Hawai’i, or anywhere else in the United States. Still, at the slightest sign of drizzle, people freak out and get in accidents. Sure, first “rains” are the worst, being that they loose all the oil and whatnot from the road, creating a slick layer, but oftentimes this is before the road is even really wet. But, something has to be said for the Darwinian survival of the fittest. With enough “rainy days” we can steadily decrease the number of drivers on the road, and hopefully restore short commutes to the bay area. Yah, like that will happpen. Stop tailgating, stop turning your wipers on full, and you’ll be fine.
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Last time I noticed a BMW driving like an asshole?
Honestly?
The ride home from work yesterday.
“Retards in the Mist”?! Too funny! It’s so true though.. I see people refusing to leave the shelter of awnings because it’s “raining” and those that whip out their umbrella for two drip drops. Maybe they’re afraid their make-up or hair products will run?
I’m not sure why nasty tailgaters just don’t switch to a left lane, raining or not. I guess some people get no respect so they take it out on others when they’re driving. Or maybe it’s the opposite and they’re bossy in life, bossy when they drive. Maybe I just have to accept the fact that some people are jerks and there’s no excuse for a rude driver.
Chris is much better at letting bad drivers slide than I am. On O’ahu, even though the number of cars almost outnumber the length of road, drivers are courteous and almost sweet, slowing down to let you in on the freeway and waving you in. In Hawai’i, people use their car horns to signal amiable salutations. When I first came here, I was like “wow, all these people know each other? They keep honking at each other”. LOL.
I guess I’m still adjusting to CA drivers, so I’m still hoping it’ll get better. Until then, I’m just happy that I’m driving the dubbed “good karma car”.
you seem to have overlooked the welding mask wearing, white dust glove donning, blind as a bat asian mother sitting on 2 telephone books in the biggest mercedes ever catagory.
Ah yes, I call them “the exterminators” after that movie with the guy with the facemask and the blowtorch.