This writer has more experience then he cares to with bad drivers. It goes hand and hand with riding a bike. Or crossing the street. Allow this writer to elaborate and differentiate.
Those of you who have read this writer's previous entries know that that this writer has been hit by cars twice and had countless close calls. Fotunately, this writer has had the good fortune of losing his bike (and nothing else) in these instances. Some people, however, aren't so lucky or blessed. We receive reminders of this on a daily basis.
This writer saw a YouTube video of someone showing a video of multiple close calls where drivers zoomed zoom the street, almost mowing down children. It's was to the point where this writer thought they were, in fact, looking to kill someone. Where did these people have to go that was so important that you would potentially mow down children to get there? The video hammered home just how little of a shit people give about other humans these days.
Here in Michigan, we have two seasons; construction season and Winter, aka Retarded Driving season. It seems like the colder the weather gets here, the stupider people's driving habits become. It's bad enough that the roads are iced over, which already increases the likelihood of an accident. We don't bad drivers making accidents a near certainty. In another instance of personal experience, this writer was recently riding his bike home when an IDIOT swerved over on the wrong side of the road, nearly hitting this writer, before swerving back to the right side of the road. Maybe they were just trying to be assholes, but this writer will chalk it up to being retarded behind the wheel, because things like this happen to often for it to be a coincidence.
This writer witnessed perhaps dumbest of all dumb drivers, when he saw a driver texting while making a turn. That is total garbage. What makes people do things like that? You know you could hit and/or kill someone when you do that so why? This writer thinks that people who text-and-drive should be charged with attempted murder (or murder if they actually kill someone). Heavy-handed? Perhaps, but what else is this writer supposed to think when these drivers knowingly get behind the wheel their actions could kill someone?
The biggest solution to stupid drivers is one this writer has said before and will repeat until the day he dies; Don't trust drivers. There's a whole lot of drivers out there that don't give a lot of fucks. Don't assume that driver are going to stop, even if they see you. You can't stop them from driving stupid, but you can avoid putting yourself in a position to be hit. Always, always, ALWAYS make sure your safety is in your hands.
Until next time...
