Thursday, November 15, 2007
learn to drive, people!
or just learn to be courteous, at least!
so every morning as i drive to school there is inevitably some parent stopped in front of the driveway for the faculty parking lot.
never mind that they also stop at the green left turn light, as soon as they cross the intersection, dropping their kids off while all the cars behind them that are also turning get stuck in the intersection.
never mind that the kids walk all over the street, ignoring traffic signals, no matter if that means you get stuck in the intersection behind them.
EVERY SINGLE TIME i’ve driven to school there has been someone blocking the driveway. even the time that i got to school early at 6:30 and there were no cars in the street except for me and the car blocking me. and i’m not even exaggerating! i’m guessing the mom thought she was the only person in the street so she had pulled into the driveway and stopped and was saying bye to her kid. i drive up and sit there waiting for her to move her car outta the way. ugh.
today was the worst, though! i got stuck in the intersection. then when i got up to the faculty parking lot, there was someone parked there. ok… i guess that’s standard. and then when that car drove away, the car behind it pulled up, stopped in front of the driveway, and then dropped off their kid THE WHOLE TIME BLOCKING ME FROM ENTERING THE DRIVEWAY, EVEN THOUGH I WAS SITTING THERE WITH MY LEFT TURN SIGNAL BLINKING!! and then all these cars had built up behind it so when that parent was done, i had to wait for all the cars to get out of my way. the last car in the line started slowing down right before the driveway and i was thinking - hmm… maybe she’s gonna let me in!
NO! she stopped right in front of the driveway! i looked behind me to see if she was waiting for the line of cars to move and she had a 50ft gap between her and the car in front of her! she was just stopping at the right spot to block me from turning left.
gRRRRRR!!!
OH MY GOSH PEOPLE LEARN TO DRIVE!!! OR JUST LEARN TO BE COURTEOUS!!!! OR JUST STAY OUTTA MY WAY!!
please.
thank you!