OK, so it's March.
My March rant...
People that don't know how to drive in snow and ice.
They won't go fast enough to have enough forward momentum to make it up a hill, end up skidding, getting stuck, hitting other vehicles, and making other drivers have to stop/slow down... then back down the hill, stop, trudge up to where the stupid &%*!!! is invariably spinning tires and creating ice, and push the vehicle(s) to the side and do first aid until the cops and tow trucks arrive.
Or they drive so slowly (invariably straddling both lanes on a 4-lane or straddling the center line on a 2-lane... and won't move over to let anyone go by) that traffic backs up... won't even get out of the way of the plows or emergency vehicles.
Or, they go so fast they can't stop and end up rear-ending someone driving reasonably or stopped at a red light, or running a red light and either T-boning or getting T-boned, or losing control and sideswiping parked vehicles or creating a new road into a ditch or lawn, or destroying some kid's snowman... same result as above.
Or they drive with chains (even when they aren't necessary), and improperly installed, throw a chain, and break someone's window/windshield or otherwise damage someone else's car. Usually entailing a tow, and sometimes an ambulance.
If they bother to stay at an accident they caused, most of the time, they try to blame everyone else and get fifteen directions of bent out of shape when they get well-deserved ticket(s).
And failing to move over/slow down for emergency, maintenance, and safety equipment and workers... with salt/water/ice-drenched workers and cops, property damage, and occasionally death or serious injury.
And failing to remove the snow and ice from the whole vehicle and all of the windows... either causing accidents because they can't see, others can't see their lights and turn signals, or others get blinded by the trail of white-out conditions coming from the backs/tops of their vehicles... or windshields of tailgating vehicles get broken by flying ice coming off of uncleared vehicles....
And the tailgaters in snow and ice that are even more likely than usual to have an accident...
And most of the time, these non-driving &%*!!! didn't have a good enough reason to justify even driving anywhere in the first place! Especially when they don't know what they're doing...
'nuff rant (for now).
My March rant...
People that don't know how to drive in snow and ice.
They won't go fast enough to have enough forward momentum to make it up a hill, end up skidding, getting stuck, hitting other vehicles, and making other drivers have to stop/slow down... then back down the hill, stop, trudge up to where the stupid &%*!!! is invariably spinning tires and creating ice, and push the vehicle(s) to the side and do first aid until the cops and tow trucks arrive.
Or they drive so slowly (invariably straddling both lanes on a 4-lane or straddling the center line on a 2-lane... and won't move over to let anyone go by) that traffic backs up... won't even get out of the way of the plows or emergency vehicles.
Or, they go so fast they can't stop and end up rear-ending someone driving reasonably or stopped at a red light, or running a red light and either T-boning or getting T-boned, or losing control and sideswiping parked vehicles or creating a new road into a ditch or lawn, or destroying some kid's snowman... same result as above.
Or they drive with chains (even when they aren't necessary), and improperly installed, throw a chain, and break someone's window/windshield or otherwise damage someone else's car. Usually entailing a tow, and sometimes an ambulance.
If they bother to stay at an accident they caused, most of the time, they try to blame everyone else and get fifteen directions of bent out of shape when they get well-deserved ticket(s).
And failing to move over/slow down for emergency, maintenance, and safety equipment and workers... with salt/water/ice-drenched workers and cops, property damage, and occasionally death or serious injury.
And failing to remove the snow and ice from the whole vehicle and all of the windows... either causing accidents because they can't see, others can't see their lights and turn signals, or others get blinded by the trail of white-out conditions coming from the backs/tops of their vehicles... or windshields of tailgating vehicles get broken by flying ice coming off of uncleared vehicles....
And the tailgaters in snow and ice that are even more likely than usual to have an accident...
And most of the time, these non-driving &%*!!! didn't have a good enough reason to justify even driving anywhere in the first place! Especially when they don't know what they're doing...
'nuff rant (for now).
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