{"id":2509,"date":"2021-04-21T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T04:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=2509"},"modified":"2022-12-01T09:21:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T14:21:22","slug":"r-really%e2%80%bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=2509","title":{"rendered":"R- Really‽"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My wife and I were driving in our car on a beautiful Sunday afternoon to a friend\u2019s house not far away. We live on Long Island in New York. We were on a two-lane road, one lane in each direction with a solid line between them. You know where the rule is you\u2019re not allowed to pass over the solid line. As we were driving, someone in a van behind us decided that we were going too slow, actually, we were going about 5 miles over the speed limit. Driving about a foot from the rear of our car, I guess was their signal to us that we were hogging the road and should speed up. Our choices were to ignore the van behind us and hope we didn\u2019t have to make a sudden stop, speed up to increase the distance between the two cars, or try to pull to the side of the road and let the idiot pass us. The decision was taken out of our hands when the driver decided to pass us anyway at approximately 15 m.p.h. over the speed limit. Really‽ Are you f-ing serious? Why did they possibly need to go that fast on a pleasant Sunday afternoon or any afternoon, morning, or night for that matter? Were they late to get home for the start of a baseball game?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, this is the way of life here in New York. This is not an isolated incident. All these drivers, who obviously don\u2019t remember what they were taught in driver safety school or what the actual laws about driving are, lie to themselves by thinking, \u201cWhat a good driver I am.\u201d It\u2019s the attitude of, \u201cI\u2019m the most important thing on the road, so get out of my way. If you don\u2019t floor the gas pedal when the light changes to green, be assured my horn will remind you of exactly who has priority here.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

These speedsters join the yellow\/red traffic light runners and the \u201cWhat Stop sign?\u201d drivers that frequent our travels in the car. <\/span><\/p>\n

My wife who was born and raised in Iowa, says that it\u2019s only in New York that this type of driving exists. At least these types of drivers didn\u2019t exist in Iowa. Is that true? Am I living in an isolated area of egoistical, lunatic drivers? Let me know in the comments.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve ranted about these types of drivers before in a 2017 A to Z Challenge and even came up with some fun solutions back then. Feel free to read that blog if you\u2019re interested. <\/span>https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=875<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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The longer I drive a car and the more irresponsible drivers I come in contact with (figuratively not literally), the more my brains seem to dream up new ways to deal with them.  Here are some new devices coming to a car near you:<\/span><\/p>\n

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