Please don't make me pull what little hair out that I have left!
I have one promise to make to you, my fellow members of the motoring public, and one promise to ask that you make of me. That is that during this year we promise to each other that when we are approaching our exit, that we won't speed up to overtake the person in front of us, only to immediately slow down to make our exit.
Unless there are very extenuating circumstances, to do such a thing can be considered unfunny, dangerous, and the most violent of the stupid things that a person can do, as to mark the person who did it as one having shit where his brain is supposed to be.
What might be an extenuating circumstance? There was one time when I was travelling along the A7 motorway with a line of trucks nose-to-tail, thereby making a solid fence that blocked any traffic that was in the middle lane from turning off. My exit was coming up, so I had to put my foot down to get ahead of those fools so that I could make my turnoff the motorway. I was just barely able to make the move, but ever since it has re-played over again in my mind. It was about five years ago that I did that, and I only did it because my choice was to go on to the next exit and then come back.
Normally we know when we are approaching our turnoff, so we get in line behind the car that is in front of us. To do otherwise is to subject the other driver to unnecessary risk. So, please, don't do that. It's just not funny.
Copyright (c) 2013 Eugene Carmichael
