Memo To Drivers : Ways to Not Annoy Others on the Road

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By CatWalksDogs


Notes for the Road

Please turn down the bass in your car. I ensure you that it doesnt sound better when your whole car is rattling, also, your music sucks anyway.

It is illegal to turn left onto a one way street if you are coming from a two way street. Please spread the word, because people have obviously forgot.

If someone is parallel parking, honking and swirving around them just narely missing them really isn't going to help them out (big suprise!!). Be patient, take a breath and get over yourself.

If you are crossing the street at an intersection (as a ped) I dont ask that you run, or even speed walk to get out of my way, however if you see the light has changed to Dont Walk (insert blinking orange hand here) then do not go sprinting out into the road, cars have been waiting for you peds to get across safely, you missed the light so deal with it and wait your turn .

If you know that you need to be in a lane ahead of time, lets say hypothetically to get onto 405, especially if this lane backs WAY up at peak traffic times, do not get into the lane next to it that is going much faster only to throw your blinker on and thrust your car into the line. You dont cut in the line at the grocery store do you?? (and if you do you are sick) so please do not cut in line with your car.

If you are sitting at a stop sign, and oncomming traffic does not have a stop, (for example, getting onto the ross island bridge [both east and west]) do not expect oncomming traffic to let you in. If it was meant for every other car to go there would be two stop signs, as it is it is a COURTESY for them to let you in. My personal rule is if you expect (i.e. do a california stop and almost roll into me) I will not let you in, however if you have come to a full stop and you do not seem like a douche than I will let you go.

If you are a pedestrian walking against the light in front of the entrance to the CPSO lot on the PSU campus, and i have the green light to cross and enter, I WILL honk at you.

On the same note, if I am exiting same said CPSO lot and you are an oncoming car turning left (onto Broadway) and you do not yield to me (Yes, you must yield to oncoming traffic if you are turning left, who knew??) I WILL honk at you!

If you are in your car, believe it or not people can still see you. So it is not polite to stare. Just because you are behind glass you are not invisible. Also, if you are a dumbteenager sitting in someones backseat at night, staring into the cars lights behind you will not help you figure out who it is, it will only make you look stupid and annoy the person you are staring at.

Everyone makes mistakes, it happens, just accept that you as a human are flawed. So, if you make an error on the road do not get angry as a way to justify it. YOU fucked up, big deal, say 'sorry' 'my fault' or if that is too self depricating a simple 'woops!' is also ok. Giving the finger, honking back or yelling something that isnt the least bit intelligent will not help your case whatsoever. I promise that when you arrive wherever you are going in such a hurry, they wont all laugh at you.

Despite what you may think, and brace yourself this may come as quite a shock, but your after market spoiler on your honda doesn't look good. Not only that, but you arent fooling any of us, we know that that big, miscolored piece of metal or plastic flopping around on your truck does not help out your preformance. Really its only effect is to make us laugh at you and wish that we too could be so ignorantly blissful.

Since some people think throwing money away is cool, and impressive I can only assume that people drive hummers in Portland to show how much money they can throw away in gas and how much earth they can destroy. This is going on the assumption that the streets of pdx are easy enough to manuever on that you wont need an assualt vehicle big enogh to fit an entire volleyball team. But who knows, maybe all those people with hummers really have 12 children and live in a home only accessible by crossing extreme rural turrane. If you have no purpose for driving an exessivly large vehicle other than your own lack of self esteem, please take a deep breath..look in the mirror... and get over yourself.

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