Two guys were gunning their motorcycles and doing wheel stands in traffic this afternoon — doing 70 or so in a 55 zone. What’s with these kidneys and livers on wheels?
Meanwhile half of the rest of traffic seemed to be signaling for turns they decided not to take. I should have guessed, as no one in Albuquerque signals for an actual turn or, god forbid, a lane change.
Then there was the woman at Costco who refused to back up a few feet (no one was behind her) so I could more easily get into a parking place. Instead she honked (it is easier to honk than to put a car into reverse I guess). It took me a reaaaaaaal long time to make it into the place — I’d probably still be maneuvering if other traffic hadn’t eventually come along behind her.
On the back of her car: “Be Loud for Christ.” I guess that explains the honking.
We all have driving stories and like stories about past surgeries, they can cause the eyes to glaze over… but here’s a short one. Years ago I was leaving the gym on my way home when a car cut in front without signaling or leaving enough space. It caused me to swerve before stopping behind him at the light. I had just been through the McD’s drive-thru and I got out of my car and turned my strawberry milkshake upside down on his hood…. That was tremendously satisfying for me but foolhardy and I doubt it made any change in his driving practices.
A better story is the time a man opened his car window and dumped his ashtray on the grass just as I was walking by….