Friday, May 16, 2008

Return of the Bad Driver

I was driving through the parking lot at work today, and found another idiot driver. The parking lot is not bad. It has a main "road" going east/west and offshoots, each going one direction, either north or south. I am going east through the parking lot, going toward the row where I wanted to turn north. I see a car backing out of one of the spaces near the entrance. Like a good driver, I stop and wait for them. I wanted to make sure they had enough room to get out. But this idiot, instead of backing out of the parking spot, and going north with the flow of traffic, decided they wanted to back out of the spot, backwards down the road, and then back into the eastbound lane. I am sitting , and here comes the rear end of a Chrysler Pacifica right at me, not even trying to slow down. I laid on the horn, and they finally stop. (Too bad... I really would like a reason to get another car ;)) The worst part is that they then sit, in reverse, apparently waiting for me to get out of their way! WTF!!! Screw that! I just sit there, and they finally take a hint, and start driving. But, instead of going down the one-way road, they pull back into their parking spot. Whatever. Then, after I pass, they continue their journey in reverse. Idiot.

I know "the man" puts traffic regulations in place to "hold the driver down," and following the rules is lame. But sometimes, there is something above the law that people should consider - Courtesy. Yeah, it may have been another 100 feet to come out the back entrance instead of the front entrance, but you are already in a fucking car! You are not going to burn more than 2 calories pressing that accelerator pedal for 2 seconds.

I am going to start an Asshole Driver channel on YouTube or something and start posting videos of people being ridiculous. I think I can rig a video surveylence system in my car pretty inexpensively. Who knows.

Damn idiot drivers.