Driving Me Crazy
by Phil
Richardson
As one ages,
you become aware of the waning standards for
giving out driver licenses. Otherwise, how could
there be so many unqualified drivers on the road?
In the past few years I have witnessed increasing
instances of stupidity on the part of young
people who are clearly unfit to drive.
Yesterday, for
example, I made a legal turn (right on red) and
was almost hit by a young man driving a yellow
car. Didn’t he understand what “right
on red” means? I had the right to turn. As
usual in such instances, he honked at me, which I
barely heard over the squealing sounds his brakes
made.
No sooner was
I out on the freeway when another idiot who was
behind my car started honking at me. I was going
45 M.P.H. (well below the speed limit) and
he kept waving at me to get over into the right
lane. I don’t like driving in the right lane
because people are always slowing down to make an
exit. I could have explained this to a rational
being, but this guy kept getting closer and
closer to my bumper. Since he was driving a semi
(he was way too young for this kind of
responsibility), I decided to give him a break
and pulled into the right lane. As he passed, he
gave me a friendly wave of the hand although I
wonder what he was pointing to with his middle
finger.
After that
incident, I stopped at a gas station and was
treated rather rudely. I had just put my credit
card into the slot when a voice came over the
loudspeaker “You’ve got your card
upside down.” Now how was I to know which
way the card went? Then, while I was filling my
tank, he came on the speakers again and said,
“No smoking while you’re filling your
tank.” These anti-smoking people get on my
nerves. I will not go back to that gas station
either.
To add insult
to injury, I was arrested just a few days later
because of a silly rule. I was driving down
Johnson Street when I noticed the flashing lights
of a police car. When I pulled over, the officer
came to my window and accused me of running a
stop sign. I explained to him that it was a
stupid stop sign and that hardly anyone stopped
for it since there was so little traffic. Being
young, he ignored my logic and gave me a ticket.
There is no
doubt in my mind that the younger generation has
a lot to learn about driving.
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