Bad Drivers

This week has been a driving adventure! Where did all you bad drivers come from anyway????

Tuesday I was driving the Jeep to transfer it to the buyers name (Side bar - yeah we finally sold it!!) I had to kill some time waiting for the buyer so I ran to the mall - while driving through the parking lot, "Hyped-up Starbucks Mom in the Minivan" backs out at like 50 MPH and nearly takes out my side - She stopped when I laid on my horn. Survived the near miss.

So then I'm pulling out of the bank (still in the "sold" Jeep) on the way to the County Clerk's office - I'm turning left across 2 lanes of traffic. Guess what, so is the idiot in the right hand turn lane. So fortunately, I was paying very close attention and slammed on my brake and avoided dingleberry in the shiny Volvo.

I handed the guy the keys and transferred the title before I wrecked the darn thing.

That was enough in my mind - but no, not for all the other drivers who seem to have taken a sabbatical from driving when the gas was jacked up and now have forgotten how to turn, stop and go.

Driving my car now - someone nearly, I mean nearly, hits me head on this morning. WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE DRINKING??? I honk; we both swerve - I don't want to leave me house ever again.

But I have to - so I'm driving down the street - Speed Limit is 45 and "Mr. I don't feel the need to buckle my toddler in" is driving 35 (in the fast lane) and jerking his car all over the place. I think he's playing some version of the warped game "throw the kid around the car" and I pass him on the right - yes - not supposed to do that - but sometimes I do, because I don't want to see toddler hit the window.

THEN - OMG - I just want to go home - Lady eating her bowl of cereal, putting on make-up and talking on her cell phone (hand-held, not hands-free) - ok I exaggerated a bit - runs over the ALREADY DEAD animal. UGH - OOOOOH - and it bounces up in the air - Did I mention my car sits like 6 inches off the ground... I had to break hard to avoid this flying animal - I mean thank GOODNESS my top wasn't down right??? HOW DO YOU RUN OVER AN ALREADY DEAD ANIMAL???

SO if you think the gas prices are just killing our wallets - you are seriously overlooking the bigger picture of those people who are truly forgetting how to drive and are going to kill those of us who do it very well!!!