an event from yesterday…
I had a close call on the way to work yesterday. I was going to post it yesterday, but found I wasn’t really in the mood to blog about anything at that point. And so it appears today.
Anyway.
I had a really close call on the way to work yesterday. I mean, by inches.
So, I’m driving east on the 101, about two miles past the I-17. I’m in the middle lane, tootling along at about 68-70mph, minding my own business, probably singning to a random song on the radio. A black ford pickup truck is in the lane to my right. And I am not, I repeat, not, in his blind spot. The front of my car is probably even with where the hood of his truck meets the windshield.
Do you see where this is going yet?
I suddenly notice the distance between us has grown smaller. I realize he is moving into my lane.
Um, excuse me, I’m in this lane already!!! He didn’t even give me the courtesy of a friggin blinker!
I lay on my horn, glance to my left (there is a big red pickup in that lane, but it’s behind me so it’s not in my way), and start slowing down while inching to the left to avoid being hit by the fucker in the ford.
Usually, when I hit my horn when people are coming too near to my car, they hear it and lurch back into their own lane. This schmuck kept on moving into my lane! It’s like he didn’t even hear my horn.
I was able to slow down enough to get out of his way and back into the middle lane where I was before. But not without flipping off the asshole in the Ford first, of course. I think I had to actually slow to about 55-60 to get out of his way (speed limit is 65 on that freeway). I was a jumbled bundle of nerves at that point. And then I got pissed.
I punched the gas to catch up to the Ford (I wanted to flip him off again). By the time I caught up with him, he had moved back into the right lane. I paced him, looked over to prepare to flip him off again, and saw that he was jabbering away on his friggin cell phone!! No fucking WONDER he didn’t hear my horn! He was too caught up in his conversation to even realize what was going on around him. Since he wouldn’t have seen it anyway, I didn’t bother with the bird. Instead I let loose a bunch of cursing, sped up and passed him so I could get ready to exit to the 51.
I really don’t know how I managed to keep from getting hit by this guy. I even managed to keep my side mirror intact, although I’m sure he got pretty close to it.
While cell phones are good for having in the car in case of an emergency, and while I do use my own in my car while driving, that guy is probably a real good reason they should probably be banned from being used by the driver of a car while it is in motion. When I use mine, I try to be careful and make sure I don’t become one of those assholes who become totally oblivious to the fact they’re supposed to be in control of their vehicles and that they’re not the only people on the road… and when I have my headset, I make a point to use it instead, that way I have both hands free to handle the steering wheel and stick shift…
I think what annoys me the most about that whole thing, is the fact that he probably had absolutely no clue he nearly side-swiped someone that day. Because he was holding the phone with his left hand, which was blocking his peripheral vision, and the phone was at his left ear, which is probably why he didn’t hear my horn.
Gah! He’s lucky he didn’t do that to some ganster packing a gun. That sort of thing surely would have gotten his ass shot dead.
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