I have this...problem.

[Shadowrider]

No your not alone. Don't even get me started.

I swear I don't think basically ANYONE could pass the drivers test I had to pass. Sitting at green lights while traffic is backed up for a block or two behind them without a care in the world that others might actually need to get down the road, getting on the highway and driving a 1/4 mile before realizing they ought to get up to traffic speed, I could go on all night...

Yes, it's that bad these days. Is it all the weed? Other drugs? All of the above? Just general apathy? I dunno but it's sure as hell changed and not for the better.

 

[okierider]

I will yell and scream at the fools as well, although the ones that get me are the ones that drive like they are the only person alive. And the jerks on bikes..... you know the ones! They demand you share the road yet peddle that butt down the center of the lane and run red lights and get pissed when you dare go around them ........... Bunch of them are really pricks and ruin it for the ones that actually share the road.

 

[Shadowrider]

Suddenly everyone turns into a character from Mad Max.

More like the walking dead in Walking Dead. That's my observation.

 

[hunter966]

Ugh no, you’re not the Lone Ranger! I too am like you in just about everything you mentioned.

My wife tells me you’re not going to change them, I’m not trying to, I just don’t want them to do what they do around me.

I for sure don't have the answer but if you find a couch to set on that can fit two big ol boys, count me in, cause I need to find an answer also.

I just try one outing at a time tryin to hold my temper and see how it goes.

 

[Glock 'em down]

Well, I'm glad that it's a "shared sickness" and that it's not just me.

And my commute is in rural Oklahoma. I don't know how in the hell you big city boys do it. I would be homicidal before 8am if I had to deal with what you guys do.

 

[rockchalk06]

Welcome to the club. We meet on Thursdays at 1500!

 

[THAT Gurl]

It may be more like a condition, or even a disorder. Regardless, I really do think I may need professional help.

For those that know me, I am the epitome of a gentle giant. I'm 6'3", weigh in around four bills, love my wife, love my daughters, love my grandsons, basically everyone. I'm a born again God fearing Christian, washed in the blood, raised as a southern Baptist. I try to have a calm demeanor and I'm very open minded as well as forgiving.

However...

All that bullsh!t goes down the drain whenever I climb behind the wheel of a car. Somehow, this dark, evil, demonic sonovabitch rears his ugly head and I scream and curse and yell at people who don't know the rules of the road, no more than they know their head from a hole in the ground. I don't know if most people just have their head up their ***, or if they genuinely do not know the rules of the road.

And I'm talking just simple stuff...sitting a red a red light with their right turn signal on, waiting for a green light...not passing the school bus on a 4 lane road after the bus's red lights and stop sign is turned off...sitting at a 4-way stop when they are clearly the one on the right, and next to go, but they sit there and stare at you. And don't EVEN get me started on the whole texting at the stop light, or worse, while driving thang. Hell, I saw a guy reading a book while driving one time! What the hell?

Anyways...am I the only one that screams and yells at people like a ING banshee on the road? I haven't chased anybody down and threatened bodily harm (yet) so maybe I'm not too far gone. But yeah, I could probably use some time on the couch.

Thank you for allowing me to rant.

Scott?!?!!?!? IS THAT YOU?!?!?!?!? How did you get Evan's login??!?!?!

I can tell you what the problem is -- when you are in a patrol car the Red Sea parts for you. Everyone is on their best behavior.

When you are in a personal vehicle ... Well ... Welcome to what the rest of us poor souls refer to as "traffic". Welcome to the real world.

I love ya!!

 

[THAT Gurl]

You guys REALLY do need therapy! It's JUST TRAFFIC ... Sheesh ...

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

All I can say is... If everyone drove like I do the world would be a much better place.

And, yes, Gurl... I do miss the company car on occasion. Except when running code... Every cop in the world knows your patrol car becomes invisible when the lights/siren come on.

 

[travisstorma]

I drive I44 from Tulsa to OKC usually two or three times a week. I'm just glad it isn't legal to shoot dumb drivers... Or semis that are going 75 then cut me off to pass another semi. By the time they pass them they are going around 60 with 20 cars behind them.