So it finally stopped snowing (yay!) after about 3 days of straight snow. I don't mind the snow, as long as I don't have to go out in it or drive in it. Unfortunately it decided to snow Monday and Tuesday, so I had to go to work with it snowing. And that isn't the greatest of adventures (especially around the High School where many of the students have never driven in snow before).
But the one thing that really gets my goat--if I had a goat--are those people who think that just because they have 4-wheel drive, they can drive at or above speed limit and be safe. What about the rest of us? I have 4-wheel drive but I tend to drive to the conditions, which means that when it is snowy and there is a lot of snow on the ground, I will drive slow. On Monday when I was driving to work, I left about 20 minutes earlier than I normally do to make sure that I had time to get to work. As I was driving down State Street, I kept my car in the right most lane for those who decide they want to speed through the conditions to go on the left. I think that is pretty safe. So I'm driving along and this other car pulls up along side me on the left going about the same speed I am. I'm thinking to myself that it is nice to see other people taking their safety + the safety of others into their own hands and driving slow. Well, no sooner had we made it to the light, this big truck comes speeding up behind me. The light turned green and we started off again. I am going my slower speed and this truck is so close to my bumper that I can't see his headlights. If I would have had to suddenly press the breaks, he would have gone through my back windshield. I noticed that the driver in the car next to me was looking over and he sped up a little, which left a gap between his car, the car behind his, and mine. This truck roared into the other lane, laid on the horn, and squeezed between the guy's car and my suv. He flipped me off as he passed and I'm pretty sure that he flipped off the other guy too because he laid the horn on him as well as he roared past.
Can you believe it? I believe in Karma and his guy is really going to lose some points with that stunt.
Slow down people! The speed limit is posted for GOOD conditions. When it is bad conditions out, you shouldn't be going that fast!
1 comment:
I totally was thinking this same thing the last couple of days! I almost got hit by somebody on Monday that was going too fast going UPHILL, started to fishtail and then spun out. Seriously- you're not going to run out onto a sheet of ice- why are you going to speed on a snowy/icy road in a large machine? I don't like driving in snow if I don't have to, but when I do I do so with caution. It's the other drivers being around me that I'm the most worried about...
Anyway, I hope you guys stay safe!
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