Friday, July 27, 2007

i stay up this late

dear fellow houston drivers -

you are all insane. i hate to break it to you, but it's the harsh reality. you are just all insane. i know it's a tradition and everything, but not blinking when you want to turn can result in being rear-ended or, not quite as bad but still horrible, severe anger from the person behind you. it is just not nice, especially if you are one of the common last-minute-breakers.

also, your merging is.. problematic. from the feeder onto a freeway, the ramp is meant as an acceleration lane. very few of you actually accelerate, deciding instead to pretend the lane is intended for you to go even slower than you were on the feeder. you can't do this and then make rude hand gestures at people going the actual speed limit. not nice, houston driver. not nice.

if somebody lets you in (probably because you drive an H3 and they drive a regular car), that does not mean cut so close as to almost hit them and then slow down to 30 mph. nobody really drives that slow unless they are in a village. and guess what, village roads are usually one lane, and therefore you would not be in such a situation in a village.

if you make a left turn onto a road while you have a RED LIGHT, do not expect that the drivers who are actually obeying the law will realize you are there. if they almost hit you, it is inadvisable to yell at them, especially if you have to follow them a few blocks until you can get next to them. if all they shoot you is a glare and the finger, you are lucky. and not in one of many neighborhoods.

there is so much more, so much more, that you do wrongly, oh drivers of houston. one day, hopefully, the courteous drivers will be allowed to drive some large destructive vehicle, and then you might want to watch out.

every day