Why I Hate Driving

I was driving home after a LONG night shift, therefore I was already a little irritated. And you know when you are already irritated every tiny little minute thing that could possibly bug you does! Well that is what happened. So as I was driving, I was noticing how terrible drivers really are. C'mon people. Nobody is perfect, but let us at least try to make the world a little bit better.

So here is what was totally irritating me:

People who don't signal. I understand if you are in the middle of nowhere and you don't signal to move lanes because NOBODY would see you, therefore rendering it useless. But please don't just all of the sudden drift into my lane giving me no preparation so I then have to slam on my breaks to avoid rear ending you since it would be "my fault" costing me lots of money and my insurance premiums would increase. So next time... just let me know that you are coming over!

Running through an orange light. This means between a yellow and a red. Guess what... they put up a yellow light on purpose. When I was in San Fransisco, the second the light turns red, the opposing light turns green. SO if you ran it, you would likely get into an accident. But here in Utah, there is a delay between when the light turns red, and the opposing light turns green therefore training us all to run orange or even red lights. I too have been guilty of doing this on occasion. I blame the system. Whoever decided that making this delay would be safer, just created bad habits from us all!

Road block. I need to merge over so I don't miss my exit. However, Mr. Semi and Mr. Van are both going 45 mph and the car behind said Van is not letting me in (Even though I am signalling!) because he too is irritated at the road block created by Mr. Semi and Mr. Van. Just let me get over so I don't miss my exit!

Construction. I know they are improving the roads, but it is such a long process, and it seems as if the project is never complete. I think it is coming on 3 years that I-80 has been a mess! And it constantly changes so I never know what to expect. Is 13th east exit open or is it 7th east?

Thanks for the vent session :)

Happy Driving People!