outspoken1's Blog

Man, I know! I get a rattled nerve when some dude in a lawn service truck and trailer is going 45 on 75 like he owns the highway. Heck, he might just as well own it - what was I thinking?

I understand, outspoken1. It just seems that people are generally in a hurry to get wherever they're going and do it by any means necessary!

Quit honking at me ! I'm old and blind ! I can't see my speedometer, must less the road !

I'll miss my left turn !

Darn buses don't run where I want to go ! LOL

What I would really like to see is drivers that are paying attention to their surroundings. Not just what is in front of them. Safe driving requires paying attention to the front, rear and sides of the vehicle.

Too many distractions are going on in vehicles these days. Cell phones, text messaging, I-Pods, GPS, Putting on makeup, conversations in the car, eating, etc.

Bad things can happen real quick when cars and trucks are running 10 miles over the speed limt bumper to bumper and not paying attention.

Q: What are they thinking?
A: They aren't thinking.

I'm not into violence myself, but that is a good way to get shot now days. Hardly a day goes by that you don't see a road rage incedent on the news.

I do my best to treat other motorist the way I want to be treated. But it does seem that a few drivers are out on the road just to jack with people.

Ha ha ha!, just another form of being a Texas Yahoo my friend. I'll tell you what they are thinking since it is a really an unusual way of doing it. These people are called "lane squatters". They feel that they have just as much of a right to travel in the hammer lane as anyone else. They do not know what a hammer lane is or what it is used for (To drive nails?). They feel safer over there in the hammer lane because they don't have to worry about on comers swinging around them in front and off goers skimming their rear bumper. They also do not want to have to deal with non signaling lane servers’ on all four sides when they are traveling in the J.V. or sophomore lanes when on the highway. So you see, they feel that they are being safer driver's by traveling the speed limit (or less) way over there in the left (hammer) lane. They think they are being good citizens and doing you a favor.