Re: Now I've seen everything

Puppy Lips · ‎05-09-2010

@suzyQ3 wrote:
You'd think that living in densely populated SoCal, I would have encountered every traffic gaffe or mishap.

Yesterday while driving home on a busy street (anyone ever hear of PCH (Pacific Coast HIghtway/Sepulveda Boulevard?), I came to a fairly major intersection in which the light was green for me. It had not just turned green, btw.

Thank heavens I was not going particularly fast, so I was able to catch out of the corner of my eye a woman dashing through her red light right in front of me. Okay, so stuff happens.

But she was pushing a baby carriage or stroller! When I was safely through, I blasted my horn out of sheer exasperation. This lovely young mother turned and flpped me off.

It really did shake me up.

I hope she regrets her response to you. I know if I am ever stopped for speeding, which happens occassionaly, I am initially mad (mostly at myself), though I am polite and respectful to the police. Then later I tell myself that it is for my own good and safety that I was reminded to slow down. Hopefully she will think about this occurance and be more careful in the future.

Or she could just be in the growing tend of people who think they could do whatever they want. There seems to be more and more rude and "entitled" people than ever before, and it is very disturbing.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead

Mj12 · ‎03-09-2010

@suzyQ3 wrote:
@hckynut wrote:

Maybe she was "multi-tasking", ya know! Cell phones seem to be the device of choice, even more important to some than the lives of their child, or even their own.

I don't live anywhere close to "what soon may become it's own country", but I see this idiocy ever time I drive our vehicle. Gotta see who's texting don't ya know!

hckynut(john)
Hahahaha, thanks so much for the little jab. Part of me wishes that it actually could happen, but I'm more pragmatic than that.