Rouge Rage
Anyone who's ever been in the car with me or on the phone while i'm driving knows I have a bad case of road rage. Not the kind that will end you up in jail mind you, but the kind that gets my blood boiling enough to blow the horn a few times. Lately I've been asking myself, "Ed, why are you so Hellbent on these mofos?" to answer myself and others who think I need a prozac or something, it's kinda simple...I DON'T WANNA DIE OVER SOMEBODY ELSE'S IGNORANCE!
Now before I land myself in a big pit of finger pointing, let me say that we're all prone to a traffic faux pas every now and again. But the infractions I'm talking about are the people who drive offensively, with no consideration of their actions. We've all seen them. There's the cutter-offers, the non-multi-taskers, the my-radio-is-more-important than-my-lifers and my favorite (sorry ladies) I-got-to-get-out-the-damn-car-looking-good-so-I-need-to-paint-
my-mug-while-I-drive-cause-it-gives-me-my-best-lookers." Not only is that later not true, but "damn, wtf!?!"
Here's the rub. There are countless people who are critically injured or killed by people everyday because of these driving incidents. It's just a shame that someone would have to lose their life because you wanted to eat a bowl of cereal while driving or you needed to put your foundation on.
The other half of the anger is the lack of courtesy on the road. It seems that it's a crime against nature to allow a person to pass you nowadays. I've tried to understand the rationale behind it, a person gets in front of you and time will stop, the 12 feet allowed will warp the space-time continuum and you'll instantly be thrown in a scenario that will make you at minimum 30 minutes late to your destination.
The last time I checked when letting someone pass in front of me, it took all of about three seconds, that's about the time it takes to inhale without exhaling. My logic may be a bit off, it could be more like two seconds, but I know it's not over five. Is it simply unbearable for people to be kind for five seconds? It' just fives seconds people...by the time you say "oh hell naw" to the person who wants to get over in your lane, they could have let them in.
I guess we have to have good and bad drivers just like we have good and bad cholesterol or good and bad bacteria. But those things take more than a few seconds to kill you, what will be your excuse. Now I have to admit, i've driven while under the influence and even driven while exhausted. I'm blessed that I've never hurt myself or others while under those conditions. I've tried to curb that behavior as the wisdom stick has been knocking me upside the noggin.
I know I should control my rage, but I just don't get why I'd let someone put my life in danger like that without saying somthing about it. I know it doesnt' make me mister popular on the road, but who cares...i'm still here.
Now before I land myself in a big pit of finger pointing, let me say that we're all prone to a traffic faux pas every now and again. But the infractions I'm talking about are the people who drive offensively, with no consideration of their actions. We've all seen them. There's the cutter-offers, the non-multi-taskers, the my-radio-is-more-important than-my-lifers and my favorite (sorry ladies) I-got-to-get-out-the-damn-car-looking-good-so-I-need-to-paint-
my-mug-while-I-drive-cause-it-gives-me-my-best-lookers." Not only is that later not true, but "damn, wtf!?!"
Here's the rub. There are countless people who are critically injured or killed by people everyday because of these driving incidents. It's just a shame that someone would have to lose their life because you wanted to eat a bowl of cereal while driving or you needed to put your foundation on.
The other half of the anger is the lack of courtesy on the road. It seems that it's a crime against nature to allow a person to pass you nowadays. I've tried to understand the rationale behind it, a person gets in front of you and time will stop, the 12 feet allowed will warp the space-time continuum and you'll instantly be thrown in a scenario that will make you at minimum 30 minutes late to your destination.
The last time I checked when letting someone pass in front of me, it took all of about three seconds, that's about the time it takes to inhale without exhaling. My logic may be a bit off, it could be more like two seconds, but I know it's not over five. Is it simply unbearable for people to be kind for five seconds? It' just fives seconds people...by the time you say "oh hell naw" to the person who wants to get over in your lane, they could have let them in.
I guess we have to have good and bad drivers just like we have good and bad cholesterol or good and bad bacteria. But those things take more than a few seconds to kill you, what will be your excuse. Now I have to admit, i've driven while under the influence and even driven while exhausted. I'm blessed that I've never hurt myself or others while under those conditions. I've tried to curb that behavior as the wisdom stick has been knocking me upside the noggin.
I know I should control my rage, but I just don't get why I'd let someone put my life in danger like that without saying somthing about it. I know it doesnt' make me mister popular on the road, but who cares...i'm still here.
posted by beaunoir at 11:05 AM
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