Cursed By Bad Drivers

My students in New York joke with me all the time about how bad New Jersey drivers are. I hate to admit it but it's true. Just today alone I almost got into two accidents because of two complete idiots behind the wheel.

First, I'm merging onto Route 17 and I have just enough room to get in front of a car without actually cutting him off. The guy actually speeds up when he sees me trying to merge, flies around me, and then cuts me off to get off at the exit. This is all within a space of like 100 feet and I had to go from like 45mph to almost a complete stop. Why the guy couldn't just slow down a wee bit is beyond me. Instead, he had to get there first and almost caused an accident.

Then again, Route 17 is typically like that and is to be expected.

What I didn't expect was the idiot tow truck driver who ran a red light and almost hit me. I've learned in New Jersey to not hit the gas the minute the light turns green because "yellow" seems to mean "speed up" here. So I waited. When it seemed safe, I go to make the turn and then slam on the brakes. I caught the movement out of the corner of my eye just in time. When I honked at him, the guy turns to me and give me the finger! I look up and low and behold, I'm the one with the green light. A string of curses at the idiot followed soon after.

I hate New Jersey drivers.

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Iago de Otto said…
It's all starting to come together for me here. I am beginning to see the outlines of a pattern, the background to the scenario, the geometrics of the storyline. You live in . . . New Jersey . . . and . . . you work . . . in . . . New . . . Hampshire. No! Ah, I almost had it there. Dammit, Jim!

Whoops, this isn't Star Trek, what was I thinking? No wonder I got thrown off. Pay (slaps self) more (slaps self again) atten . . . (and again) . . . shun!
September 22, 2008 at 4:14 AM
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