Word on the Street

I saw a comic strip earlier this week that said something like “When you’re waiting at a traffic light to turn left, why would you inch forward into the intersection besides to block my view as I’m trying to turn right on red?”
That came back to mind as I was trying to turn out of BJ’s a few nights ago. Why on earth did that girl in the Explorer pull out into the intersection???

When I’m riding my bike, I like to play “Who’s the dumbest driver on this road.” It’s a great game to play. Helps me be prepared with the horn or the brake when somebody merges into my lane. I’m starting to think Beetle drivers are just bad drivers. When I’m riding I feel like most drivers are very courteous to me — giving me more space than they would give most cars and generously yielding the right of way. Unfortunately, some drivers just don’t pay much attention.

I’m not really into telling people they can’t drive safely while on the phone. DC drivers cannot drive safely while they are on the phone. In DC it’s illegal to drive while talking on a cell phone without a hands free device. So I constantly see people driving around, either with an ear piece in, or with their speaker phones on, and holding the phone out in the air. I also see the people with the ear piece in and gesturing with both hands, while the wheel just goes untended.

That’s all I can think of to complain about right now.