Some days I'm just amazed at the risks drivers take, and how nonchalant they are about the safety of other drivers.
Case in point. My morning commute has an onramp that merges into a major 6 lane highway. It's a short onramp and uphill, so you have to really get into it to get up to highway speed so you can easily merge. Its also one of those onramps where you have two lanes with a stoplight for each lane, and the the green lights alternate for each lane. The right lane merges into the left before you hit the highway.
I'm in the left lane and take off when my light turns green. The guy next to me takes off at the same time while his light was red. I think he thought he was going to hammer on it and pass me on the right, ala the red light stops where someone pulls up in the parking lane and tries to do a pass on the right. He was 50ish, not even a teenager trying to show off.
He failed. I think the hill and short distance was more than his car could make up. But instead of throwing the white flag, he simply started moving over into my lane while we were side by side. I've got 3 lanes of traffic doing 65 on my left, and an idiot moving into me on my right. He got really close - I slam on the brakes and he goes around.
I know it's a minor thing, but now that I'm hauling around a child I get more angry when people take risks that impact my safety. Worst case scenario, we could have touched and he could have spun me out into the traffic. In a better scenario(at least for me), my truck would have ridden his car right into the concrete guardrail.
Thanks for letting me rant, I feel better now. If you want to take risks with your own life, fine. But don't involve me and my kid.
Case in point. My morning commute has an onramp that merges into a major 6 lane highway. It's a short onramp and uphill, so you have to really get into it to get up to highway speed so you can easily merge. Its also one of those onramps where you have two lanes with a stoplight for each lane, and the the green lights alternate for each lane. The right lane merges into the left before you hit the highway.
I'm in the left lane and take off when my light turns green. The guy next to me takes off at the same time while his light was red. I think he thought he was going to hammer on it and pass me on the right, ala the red light stops where someone pulls up in the parking lane and tries to do a pass on the right. He was 50ish, not even a teenager trying to show off.
He failed. I think the hill and short distance was more than his car could make up. But instead of throwing the white flag, he simply started moving over into my lane while we were side by side. I've got 3 lanes of traffic doing 65 on my left, and an idiot moving into me on my right. He got really close - I slam on the brakes and he goes around.
I know it's a minor thing, but now that I'm hauling around a child I get more angry when people take risks that impact my safety. Worst case scenario, we could have touched and he could have spun me out into the traffic. In a better scenario(at least for me), my truck would have ridden his car right into the concrete guardrail.
Thanks for letting me rant, I feel better now. If you want to take risks with your own life, fine. But don't involve me and my kid.
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