Today's entry spurs from a moment when I genuinely feared for the intelligence of a fellow human being. I was cruising down the freeway at a modest 80 miles an hour or so and lo and behold a car went absolutely flying past me. I glanced to my right (I was in the center lane, and she was in the slow lane. Seriously. The slow lane) and I see a girl no older than twenty who must have been doing at least ninety miles an hour. Not only that she was not even looking up at the road but was focused oh so intently on her phone as she was texting away to her bff that oh so important text that just couldn't possibly wait until she wasn't doing NINETY MILES AN HOUR!
Now, I don't have a problem with people who drive in excess of the speed limit (obviously, as I tend to do it myself) as long as they're not driving recklessly. I also don't have a problem with people sending the occasional text message while driving, I understand, sometimes you just have to tell your boyfriend what a jerk he's being right now! But seriously? BOTH AT THE SAME TIME? Do you have a death wish or something? Or are you just interested in potentially maiming/killing everyone around you along with yourself when you wreck your car.
Obviously I get a little sarcastic when I see things like this but truly it makes me weep for humanity sometimes. Then again, if we go with the survival of the fittest idea, when she finally does kill herself with that oh so important text on the freeway, maybe we'll become stronger as a species for it. I certainly hope so, otherwise I hope she smartens up somewhat.
Now, I don't have a problem with people who drive in excess of the speed limit (obviously, as I tend to do it myself) as long as they're not driving recklessly. I also don't have a problem with people sending the occasional text message while driving, I understand, sometimes you just have to tell your boyfriend what a jerk he's being right now! But seriously? BOTH AT THE SAME TIME? Do you have a death wish or something? Or are you just interested in potentially maiming/killing everyone around you along with yourself when you wreck your car.
Obviously I get a little sarcastic when I see things like this but truly it makes me weep for humanity sometimes. Then again, if we go with the survival of the fittest idea, when she finally does kill herself with that oh so important text on the freeway, maybe we'll become stronger as a species for it. I certainly hope so, otherwise I hope she smartens up somewhat.
One of my BIGGEST pet peeves too! Too bad she couldn't learn her lesson that day, such lessons being taught by a cement one or any other object besides another human being suffering for her mistakes. I hate this so much because I myself was rear ended on the freeway during rush over by a 18 year old chick texting. failing to look up that traffic was STOPPED she carried on right into the rear end of my car. Good times
ReplyDeleteOne time, I was trying to get home from the U fast, and it was, like 10 at night and cold, and screw it I have a 30 minute drive back home. I was in a van, pretty large, it was windy as heck and I was going at least 90. And I didn't hit a single damn thing. If I can drive a van in gale force winds at 90 mph and be fine, you can take your eyes of your phone for the three seconds it takes to check your mirrors.
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