Ranting About Driving

[HarryPotterHimself]

Okay, tonight I was taking a friend of mine to night school, and we got stuck in traffic in a part of Pittsburgh called Oakland, where the University of Pittsburgh is... We were there for three fucking hours! People here get fucking scared when one flake of fucking snow falls.

 

[Christopher123]

Yep. Other drivers are one of my biggest pet peeves. And today we had a mini snow storm. Not really enough to even cover the ground but just enough to make the roads slick. First real snow of the season and I'm telling you, people literally forget how to drive.

I almost ran into the back of some jerk in a pick-up truck because even though I was keeping myself at a safe distance, he decides to hit his brakes and make a turn at the last minute.

Instinctively, I hit my brakes (then quickly backed off so I wouldn't go sailing into the ditch) but we both started sliding all over the road anyway. Thankfully there were no cars coming in the opposite direction because I had to swerve over into the other lane to keep from hitting his ass end.

THEN after he causes all of that (the guy behind me was sliding as well to keep from hitting ME), he decides NOT to make the turn and heads on up the street to the light. I was like, "Well you dumb motherfucker."

The guy behind me was flinging in arms about like he was saying, "What the hell was THAT all about!"

So there's my first close call of the season with people who freak out over a little bit of snow on the ground.

 

[Missec]

I understand what your saying. Its like here, one flake of snow and these people act as though they have never seen it before. Or even have drove in it. I dont get it, it always snows here in the winter.

 

[Scrub]

Okay, tonight I was taking a friend of mine to night school, and we got stuck in traffic in a part of Pittsburgh called Oakland, where the University of Pittsburgh is... We were there for three fucking hours! People here get fucking scared when one flake of fucking snow falls.

That surprises me. I went to school in that area and I was impressed with how people handled snow. You want to see poor drivers in snow come to Philly.

 

[looseliam]

Fuck, the thought of snow around here and people start driving 20mph.

I swear, people should thank the g-d in heaven I don't drive a tank!

 

[RationalLunacy]

Try living around here where you have to dodge horse-drawn Amish buggies.

 

[columbusguy]

come to ohio. the worst drivers ever. it took me over an hour and a half to get to work today when it was hardly even spitting snow. everyone automatically just slowed down from like 80 to 35. all four lanes northbound were at a dead stop at one point. was so crappy

 

[shahmask]

what's snow? we only get ice. if there's precip and it's below freezing, everything closes. highway walls and ditches get full of cars.

 

[TaigaStar]

I think whoever said "hell is other people" must have foreseen the way driving is nowadays.

 

[TaigaStar]

So why didn't you just take him on your broom, or if you're a poltergeist and all, why didn't you just fly him there.

I mean Honestly Mr.Potter be more practical.

Do you know how much it costs to fuel a broom these days?

 

[_AJ_]

Try living around here where you have to dodge horse-drawn Amish buggies.

you mean like this

 

[HarryPotterHimself]

Do you know how much it costs to fuel a broom these days?

You have no idea. Yeah, my family lives in Amish country, but the cars up there know how to drive... the Amish dont bother me when it comes to horses and buggies, normally I can pass them. People here suck so bad it's not even funny, and to make matters worse, that night there was a Penguins game and a Steelers game, both home... whoever scheduled that needs anally raped with a fucking telephone pole.