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Vicky's Pet Peeves

I posted this on facebook a little while ago, but decide to share it with everyone and even added a few. These are mostly my "driving" pet peeves, but yeah. As Sandy pointed out my sharing these are totally hormonal, though Ryan will attest to you that most of these existed before I was pregnant. Enjoy reading them!

  1. People who get over at the last minute - especially if you're on Daycreek Blvd trying to cut in front of everyone and get into the lane for the 210 West. If you see a blue-gray Jeep that is being a jerk and not letting you over that's me. :-D I'm doing it to let you know that in the future you should be smarter and get in the correct lane before Highland and Daycreek. I will do all in my power not to let you over.
  2. People who can't park in their own parking space. Oh, this is a biggie. If you catch me in an especially bad mood (call it my Latin temper) and you do this next to my car I may just open my car door wide enough to put a dent in your car. I have no shame. I park inside my lines (unless I'm parking next to an island/bushes, then I'll hug that side), the least you could do is the same. This does not however apply to someone who has to park crooked or over the line because the idiot in the spot next to them started a trend of parking crooked.
  3. People who do not signal when getting over or turning. Seriously people, how hard is it to use your dang blinker?! You use that little blinker as a courtesy to your fellow driver behind you to let us know "Hey, I wanna go this way." If you hit another car and don't use it, its soooo your fault so have fun paying for that bill. And if you hit me, I want to let you know that you'll not only be paying my car off but for my daughter's college education. Just an FYI for the future. :-D
  4. People who do not accelerate onto the freeway. Seriously people, the on ramp is your chance to get up to at least the speed limit. I can't stand it when the car in front of me is still going 45 mph by the time they get to the end of the of ramp. GO FASTER dingbats! If I had one of those cattle guards on my Jeep I'd be sorely tempted to "help" you go faster. Or at least push you off the side of the road. And if for whatever reason you find yourself (or your car) incapable of at least getting up to 65 mph do us all a favor and pull over to let the people who actually know how to use the gas pedal to go around you.
  5. People who still use their cell phone (without a hands-free device) or text while driving. One, it against the law, no matter who stupid you think it is. I am not afraid to honk at you if you're sitting there at a green light chatting away. Nor am I afraid to have one of my passengers call the cops on you. You hit me or someone else while doing either texting or talking on a cell phone you're just as horrible of a person who drinks and drives. And again, I will take you to the bank if you do hit me while doing either - you'll pay for my medical bills, what I owe on my car and Ryan's truck, Zoey's college fund, and a house for all of us. Is that too much? No, you deserve to be taken to the bank if your that STUPID enough to continue to talk on your cell phone or text. Like I said, I think of such people no better than drunk drivers (its actually been proven cell phone talkers are worse drivers than drunk people). So keep that in mind. (P.S. I laugh silently when you complain about getting a ticket for talking on your cell phone while driving. It just makes me feel tingley all over.)
  6. Tailgaters. My rule of thumb is if I can't see your headlights in my rear view mirror you are waaaaay to close and I'll tap my brakes to let you know to back off, which people usually do. The other thing I ticks me off is when I am the passenger and someone else is driving and tailgating - AND THERE ARE TWO OPEN LANES ON EITHER SIDE OF YOU!!!! I won't say anything, because I don't want to be a backseat driver, but know that it bugs me. Why do you choose to tailgate the one car in front of you when you have no cars on either side of you and you can just go around? One, its seriously dangerous to do that. You don't know what that car in front of you is going to do. They could blow a tire and loose control of their vehicle and take you with them. They could have to slam on their brakes and you go into the back of them. People, play it safe and keep at least three seconds worth of space between you and the car in front of your. (What is 3 seconds of space you ask? Pick a mark on the side of the road. When the car in front of you passes starting counting in Mississippi's [i.e. One Mississippi, Two Mississippi...] and if you get three Mississippi's or more by the time you get to that same spot than you have a good cushion of space between you. If you don't than lay off the gas!)
  7. Staying in your own turning lane. Apparently this is hard for people to grasp or even accomplish. Now, when there are two turning lanes (either going left or going right) stay in your own FRIGGIN' lane. The car closes to the curb/divider take the inside, while the other car takes the outer lane. DO NOT TRY TO SPEED UP AND CUT IN FRONT OF THE CAR THAT HAS THE INSIDE LANE BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO STUPID TO GET IN THE RIGHT LANE. Again, if you hit me while doing this I will get many things accomplished for myself and my family. This apparently seems especially hard for people turning onto North Mainstreet at Victoria Gardens.

And that's it for my driving pet peeves. If I offended you, I'm sorry. If you think I'm mean spirited or evil or whatever I am sorry, but seriously insert tons of sarcasm in the above and know that these are things that REALLY tick me off so I am going to write about them with at least a little passion. But seriously, these things are no brainers and people should be doing them or avoiding them to begin with.

P.S. Please excuse any spelling or grammar mistakes. I am not a perfect, and never claim to be, being and typed this all up fairly quick.

1 comments:

Sandy said...

two posts in one day! setting a record vicky! woo hoo! i think we all have blog farts though! :) hehe
PS...the pet peeves are probably just exaggerated when preggo...
(Eg:I flipped out on Taco Bell over the phone when I was pregnant for getting my food wrong...don't mess with preggo ladies and FOOD!) LOL hahahahahaha!!!!

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