The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #68997 Message #1168941
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
23-Apr-04 - 09:45 AM
Thread Name: BS: Road Rage
Subject: RE: BS: Road Rage
we have 'em all here - cyclists, mobile phone users, drivers putting om makeup or shaving or READING NEWSPAPERS!!, speedhogs, slowcoaches, hoons in fancy machines sharing their lack of musical taste with the whole world, the list goes on.
My special peeves - bicycle couriers who think 1. the pavement was invented for them, 2. they can zoom out from the pavement onto any spot on the road they want 3. road rules don't apply to them, they can go the opposite way to the cars (or even diagonally!!) - all this breaking several laws, but they still do it. (ps ordinary bike riders can do these things, but are not as obvious as the couriers)
Drivers using mobile phones (again, against the law & also dangerous) - & skateboarders!! We have a major intersection with a bus interchange next to the main railway station. The bus intersection is an island between heavily-used roads, but it has a pointy curve on one end that is a great place to launch out into the traffic! I think I aged 10 years the first time I saw a skateboarder launch himself up in the air & out on the road. No cars were close, but ...
What about a bit of pedestrian rage to even things up? I once scared 10 years off a driver's life & am so proud of it. This twit was turning around a corner, looking intently towards the on-coming traffic & completely ignoring the pavement. So I tapped on her car to remind her that there were pedestrians around too. I had completely crossed the 5-lane road when I heard a horn & turned back to see her still gripping her wheel!