The bigger something becomes, and the more people who participate, the more apparent it becomes that there are too many idiots in the world. The Internet is one example. Another would be roads. When there are a few cars, it’s alright… but as soon as there is heavy traffic it seems that the collective intelligence drops dramatically.
Today Nadia and I went for a drive. We intended to go shopping, but after a few close calls in heavy traffic we decided to quit while we had our heads and go back home - before night fell and the full moon came out. One woman, at a t-intersection, cut us off and nearly had us t-bone her. Okay. So she’s a bad driver perhaps? I dunno, but what makes it a great moment is the stupid expressions on their faces. I don’t mean rabbit in the headlights faces, I mean oblivious rabbit munching on a carrot in the middle of a NASCAR race.
Mmmm. Yummy carrot. hom nom nom nom nom.
We avoided at least three accidents - that I know of. The first one, the woman at the t-intersection, looked like she considered herself royalty. I’d imagine if we had hit her she’d have blamed us for it. Damn soccer moms.
Next, while trying to change lanes, the car behind us in the lane we wanted to change into sped up to close the gap - and I mean, really sped up, because the gap was quite generous. Then, when they nearly cause an accident and I shit my pants, they honk their horn at us. She changed lanes and overtook us, which was nice of her - let us know she was special enough to be talking on the phone while driving. It also gave us a good look at the damage on her front bumper bar, where it was apparent she’d done something like this before. And by that I mean speeding up, changing lanes, honking on horns, talking on phones and picking up plurals somewhere in that sentence.
…sometimes I wonder how people get their drivers licence. Or, to put it another way, sometimes I wish natural selection could work a little faster.
Gotta remember to start taking a camera out and about with us so I can document things.
Until next time!
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getting 3 hot wheel cars as a child is assumed to be a negotiated pass for your license these days.