Monday, December 17, 2007

Number Eight: P-Plater Rant

This rant has been coming for a long time.

I acknowledge that there are some young P-Platers out there who are imbeciles and don't follow the road rules, but the greater majority of us do. The stereotypes placed on all of us who obey the law is appalling. I'm not saying that I'm a perfect driver: sure, sometimes I speed or don't completely stop at stop signs on roads that I drive everyday that I know aren't busy, but for the most part I am fairly safe.

But you find that some of the worst drivers out there are those with their black licence. There has been countless times when I've had someone tail-gate me and then suddenly pull out into another lane to get around me, dangerously swerving from one side of the road to the other. They also think they can pull out in front of you when you are only ten metres away because you're obviously going so slow that they will have enough time. Just like today while I was trying to find a parking spot at Westfields. There was this woman in a four-wheel-drive who just pulled out in front of me suddenly, causing me to slam on the brakes. And she put her hand up and waved at me. Like that gesture would make everything alright. And then, to top it off, she cut me off again five minutes later while I was still looking for a park. And she waved again! Aah!

Does a wave that follows a mistake on the road make it OK for black licence drivers to assert their authority over P-Platers? If so, maybe when I crash into your car, I'll get out and just wave at you because I know that you'll understand.

We drive on the same road, fuckwit.



Lovemeg

5 comments:

CherryTango said...

you should beep your horn in anger...*nods wisely*
...road rage gets to all of us eventually eh? xD

Liv said...

far out though, road rage is fun, is it not?

correct me if im wrong, but sometimes its just really satisfying...

and i mean just the verbal abuse road rage, not the tail-gating creepy stuff... just the abusive stuff... lol

love it

Anonymous said...

What an annoying lady! You should have stuck your finger up at her... If it was me, I would have started twitching and grinding my teeth at the second sight of her. What a bloody annoying lady, and I'm reading about it! :P

Joel said...

I don't drive yet, but I've seen this plenty of times while in the car with friends.
People are idiots, that's all there is to it.

Harley said...

Unfortunately as an L-plater it seems these people must be trying to give examples of what not to do. Who knows, maybe she was waving to show it was a lesson. Unlikely though.