Stupid local drivers
Posted by:
KeepOnTruckin
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Date: August 18, 2006 05:57PM
Ok, so today I didn't have to go to work, so I decided to save the environment and ride my bike (after using a shovel to move the dust off it) up to the Colonnade shopping center to get some stuff I needed. So, as I was coming back, while I was waiting for the light to change so I could go across, three cars come up beside me. The first is a student driver. The next is is the classic soccer mom. In an SUV. On cell phone. With 3 kids in the back. Watching a movie. The next car is a cop. So, it's a red light, and the cars next to me are all about to turn right. The sign says no right on red when pedestrians are there. So, the student driver waits. Behind him, the SM audibly yells at the kids to shut up about Barney. I couldn't hear the kids or the show, incedentaly. Then the SM looks ahead, sees the light is red, and decides that the SD isn't moving when he should be. So, the SM leans on the horn. THe SD doesn't go. The SM leans on the horn some more. This happened for about 10 seconds, until the SD finally turns while I am still there. Then the SM stands on the gas and her car goes rocketing around the corner, nearly on 2 wheels. Then the cop lets me go across, as the light turned green, and then puts on the siren and pulls over the SM. I found that amusing.
As I am continuing back, I see some skid marks and a dented tree and a destroyed mailbox. Well, not realy dented, but some bark missing. Then there's a camera guy and some reporter. I looked for a news truck but didn't see any. So I went home and popped on the news, and Fox has got this live report about how a guy with an asian-sounding name crashed into a tree on Union mill Rd (where the camera and skid marks are) and died. That was at 4:30 this morning. He was going too fast and crashed. More info soon.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/20/2006 02:53PM by KeepOnTruckin.