What are they thinking?

I just recently finished a road trip from my home in Southern California to Las Vegas Nevada. I was astounded at the number of rude, moronic, selfish, and downright stupid drivers there are on the road these days.

I am no speed demon but I do like to get somewhere as quickly and legally and safely as possible. Maybe I just come from the old school that taught me that if you are driving slower then the cars in the lane on your right, get over. I was also taught that you should move over to allow faster drivers to pass. But then again I was also taught to make a right turn at a red light if it is safe and to use my turn signals. All of these things seem to be absent from drivers education classes over the past 30 years.

I cannot even count the number of times I came upon vehicles driving in the fast lane of the freeway that were literally driving the speed limit or slower. And they would not get over to allow you to proceed. Are these same people that selfish and rude all the time or only when they get that big hunk of metal wrapped around them? I tend to think that they are just plain rude and selfish all the time even when they are dealing with their families, friends and work mates. There is always that theory that suggests that these rude drivers only stand about 5 foot nothing and are constantly being kicked around by their wives, husbands, bosses, kids, etc. etc. But once they get in that big ol' SUV they become 7 foot tall and rule the world.

It's times like these that I wish I was a cop and was allowed to pull these jerks over and ticket them for being rude.

I have a habit of trying to get a look at the drivers face as I pass them by but more often then not the windows are so tinted that you can't see in or ....... (here it comes) .... they are on the damn phone. I have literally watched some guy going 75 MPH down the freeway and all of a sudden he gets on his cell phone and like magic, the car slows down to 55 or 60. Obviously these people have a hard time multi-tasking or even doing just 2 things simultaneously. But these types of people are the reason that cities, counties and states are making cell phone use while driving illegal. If you want to bitch about not be able to talk on your cell phone while driving, you only have yourselves to blame.

And one more thing to bitch about concerning this subject. I can only hope that the sum-bitch that won't pull over for an ambulance, paramedic or any other type of emergency vehicle, somehow gets affected by this rude behavior someday. Just think if that ambulance carried you or a close family member and people didn't want to get out of the way for fear that they may lose 5 seconds off of their drive time or even worse, they could possibly allow someone else to move in front of them. Gasp!

Come on folks. This is where common sense should kick in. When you see the emergency lights or hear a siren, look around you and then get the fuck out of the way. Plain and simple. God I wish I was Cop sometimes.

So lets think about the other drivers on the road. Be courteous and smart. Let someone by you if you are traveling slower and by all means, get over if you are traveling slower in your lane then the lane on the right is traveling.

If you are driving in the carpool lane and you are moving slower then the cars next to you, GET THE FUCK OUT! That isn't so hard is it? Move the fuck over so others can go by. You still get to crawl at your snails pace and other vehicles can speed on down the road and not bother you. It's a win - win situation.

Of course there are a bunch of excellent reasons why you should not be rude and selfish on the freeways of America but the main reason is that the next driver you piss off may have a gun.