Originally Posted By: AZjeff
Originally Posted By: The_Nuke
First thing's first: I propose that California should take immediate steps to either
a) officially rename all its freeways to reflect the popular vernacular, i.e. remove the "I-" designation and replace it with the word "The" on all roadway signs,
_OR_
b) provide some sort of incentive to its populace to get them to start referring to their freeways by their official names, e.g. I-45 is pronounced "eye 405" instead of "thu 405".
In other words, everyone should be on the same page when it comes to talking about their freeways, but more importantly, that page should be correct.
It is my firm belief that many people are secretly annoyed by this inconsistency; annoyed to the point of madness actually, and it is this simmering pot of emotions that is ready to explode at the slightest provocation, perceived or otherwise, and ends up leading to examples of extreme arse-hattery such as was displayed in that video.
We will only be able to start resolving our problems with each other once we start following the rules we ourselves put in place for our own benefit.
Is anyone with me on this?
Or am I just becoming delusional from conference call fatigue and speaking gibberish?
You're saying people engage in road rage because they call the freeway "The 5" instead of I-5 or Interstate 5? Interesting. You'll have to get Arizona to buy into your proposal because they do it here too. In Pennsylvania the habit is to just call it the number, "You take 80 to exit 214.." , is this as annoying as adding "The"?
Sure glad to know you do it right in Texas and have no road rage problems.
I don't know why people do it. Impulse control problems, issues with rage, extreme narcissism, apathy, and any number of mental defects are all reasons most likely.
I know that I do not engage in road-rage, and I have never even come close to doing it.
I also know that the habit of calling freeways "the xxx" drives me insane. The more I hear it, the more my eye begins to twitch and I start to smell burning hair. I suppose it's not out of the question that if I had a CD playing on a loop in my car of people giving directions using that sort of slang, that I _might_ eventually black out and wake up in the hospital to find I had engaged in road-rage and caused much death and destruction.
I sure hope I never have an opportunity to put that hypothesis to the test, but if I do, and I fail, I will at least know _why_ I crossed over to the dark side.