Bad Driving

Here's a peeve, won't call it a pet, but it makes me peevish

when I'm trying to get somewhere ... especially on a Sunday.

People seem to have no kinesthetic awareness when they

are driving. Two cars driving side by side doing exactly the

speed limit in the only two lanes available while 10 cars line

up behind them praying for a chance to pass is my peeve.

Stagger that shit people, it's simple. It's not only simple

it's safer. You are much more likely to get into an accident

while driving right next to some unknown quantity than if

you are two car lengths ahead or behind it. It gets you

out of harms way or gives you more reaction time. What

are you gonna do if some sack careens into you from the

right or left? Nothing, that's what.

Now you add into that equation the number of people

lining up behind you who would have to slam on their breaks

or slam into your ass and it behooves you to step on it or at

least let the guy next to you go faster thus creating a space

through which other cars might pass. But people don't do

that. Watch them next time, it's like a sickness. People will

actually adjust their speed a bit here and there just to stay

alongside other drivers. I believe this is based on some

psychological need to be a part of the herd. And as goes

traffic, so goes politics. In fact, I bet you find more

"moderates" who plug up traffic than conservatives or

liberals who, think what you will about their politics, are

not just sitting on the pot. They are definitely shitting.