Dear driver of the big white van who decided the perfect time to suddenly move from the middle lane to the left lane (and of course, without using blinkers), was just at the moment I was merging into traffic from the left lane on-ramp at Island Crest Way and I-90… fuck you!
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LOL. And to everyone driving an Audi or Beemer trying to pass me off the exit ramp as I’m signaling and starting to merge.
You shoulda rammed him, Goldy! That’d teach these fucking rednecks that we liberals aren’t wimps!
@1 In military strategy, the idea is to destroy a ship that cost the enemy $1 billion with a missile that cost you $1 million. The same principle applies to road warriors. You drive a beater car and use it to crinkle a body panel that costs more than your whole car is worth.
I see right through your scheme, Goldy. You are just trying to deflect attention from the fact that it has been several weeks, and Obama has not saved the world.
Island Crest Way and I-5? That’s a hell of an on-ramp.
:)
A few years ago, I was in Belleveue patiently waiting for an elderly man to vacate a parking space, with my blinker on to warn other drivers of my intention to take that space. Just as I was turning into the space, I was cut off by a kid driving an apparantly brand-new Lexus who grabbed the space.
Just as I was trying to keep my cool, remembering that Jesus said we must forgive those who trespass against us, he gets out of the car, looks straight at me, flips me a bird, mouths “f… y…”, and laughs as he goes into the store.
Now, this guy was a complete and total idiot. Not only was he trying hard to provoke a reaction, he ssemed to be oblivious to how precarious his own situation was. He was already in the store. Here I was, still in the parking lot, with his car in front of me, and I could have done anything I wanted without him being able to prove a thing. As for myself, I was driving an older car with no significant value (I avoid wasting money buying new cars whenever possible, and subscribe to the “drive it forever” philosphy).
So I park and go into the store. I resisted the temptation to at least “key” his car.
As I’m going through the checkout line, I find myself behind the guy in the checkout line. He doesn’t recognize me – maybe the sun was reflecting off my windshield, or something. So I start up a conversation with the guy behind me. I say… “Did you see what happened to that silver Lexus out there? Some idiot flipped a bird at an old driver, and now he’s got his car messed up pretty bad. He’s going to regret it when he turns on his engine.”
You should have seen the look on the guy’s face. He practically ran out of the store. As I left the store, I smiled as I watched him worridly looking over every aspect of his car, wondering what was going to happen when he turns on the engine.
So, did I sin, or did I just give the youngster a valuable lesson which will save him further hardship and grief later in life?
@6: LOL. Sin or no sin, the local “old drivers” community thanks you.
Haha. I can just picture Goldy is his little piece of shit Nissan having a furious stroke….no wonder it’s sunny today!
Road Rage is a treatable mental illness Goldy.
Go see one of your Progressive Mental Health professionals today.
rhp–
That is a good one.
Calm & cleverness can overcome RAGE everytime.
We’ve all been in tough circumstances where you have a CHOICE in how you respond.
Goldy comes to his Blog and vents his rage.
Telling.
Had Goldy pulled the guy over and vented, he probably would have gotten the shit beat out of him…like the little girls used to do in Elementary School in the wealthy Philly ‘burbs… to fleece him out of his lunch money.
Huh @5,
Yeah… well… I guess I was still in shock after almost being sideswiped into the wall on I-90. Fixed it.
I love that Goldy. :)
Imagine that. Somebody in Bellevue, or the greater EastSide in general not using their blinkers. I bet that area has the greatest per capita amount of new high end cars and it’s amazing how many were shipped with broken blinkers.
Or maybe on cars that expensive blinkers are an option/accessory and the owners just can’t afford to add them?
-take care
Mr. RcGuy;
I can reliably report that in Bellevue, you are certain to get a ticket for having a burned-out tail light if you drive a ten-year old car and have a driver’s license which shows you don’t live in Bellevue. It happened to me – the back turn signal worked fine until I had to make one turn in Bellevue, then suddenly it didn’t work, and a motercycle cop pulled me right over and ticketed me – even though NOBODY was around at the time to have even seen my signal, if it had worked.
I can’t imagine getting a ticket under those circumstances in Seattle or Everett. The cops there have better things to do with their time. In Lynnwood an officer politecly flagged me down (he was heading in the opposite direction) to warn me that one of my headlights was out, but he wasn’t about to waste his time writing a ticket for it. I just promised to head right to the auto parts store to get a replacement.
My co-workers who live in Bellevue say they will get pulled over for a burned-out tail light or turn signal, but once the cop sees the Bellevue address on their driver’s license, he/she will give them a warning. The rule seems to be different if you live elsewhere.
@13
I worked in the Redmond/Bellevue area for about 8yrs. I’ve never seen as many people that don’t use blinkers concentrated in such a small area. I can honestly say I never saw anybody pulled over for it though. Right place at the right time I guess. :)
Actually I’ve never seen so many people that believe a Red (STOP) light is just a suggestion.
The ASL sign for Bellevue can be roughly translated to Douchevue.