Where Did These People Get Their Drivers Licenses?

[the_other_sandy]

I guess they really do give them out in boxes of Cracker Jack.

On my way to my friends' house this morning, not one, but two people decided to avoid a large puddle in their lane by driving around it into the oncoming lane and almost hitting me head on.

On my way home tonight, I was on a two lane road, and someone coming the other way decided to pass the two slower moving cars in front of him or her, even though there was no room to complete the pass without hitting me head on. I had to swerve off the road to avoid being hit. The other person blew right through where I'd been without slowing down or seeming to notice my existence at all.

Not even five minutes later, I was driving though the parking lot of my building when some guy decided he'd rather be parked in a space on the right side of the aisle instead of the left and pulled out right in front of me without looking. Then he panicked and stopped right in front of me instead of trying to get out of the way. Good thing for both of us that I have both good reflexes and good brakes.

Comments

[bookwurm.livejournal.com]

Gah. I'm glad you survived it all! It sounds like you may have your car's cloaking device turned up a little high.

I've been on the "being passed" side of the middle idiocy a few times. Hmm, do you think maybe there was a reason I wasn't going 10-15 mph over the speed limit on a winding road?

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

Darn Mazdas and their cloaking devices. I figured that's why my last one was rear-ended 3 times while it was completely stopped at stop lights and was hit once while parked, but I thought for sure I had this car adjusted right.