So being one of the people in the group that doesn’t blog very often, I find myself on long drives pondering what I could possibly blog about. You know what? The long drives are not the time to be pondering that…
I’ve posted about this before but I really REALLY hate driving in this area. Some examples of frustration are the following:
Two hour commute home on a Thursday. No accident, no weekend shore traffic, just rain. I understand everyone can’t afford a car with great traction, traction control, or even tires over 15 inches but..
Lesson 1: If your car can’t handle driving the speed limit in the rain, move the **** over so other cars can get where they’re going!
Morning commute. Cars in the 2 left most lanes of 4 laned Rt 66 going the speed limit and pacing each other. Right car slows down, 2 cars pass the left car in the right lane. I follow suit and guess what? The mother ****er had the nerve to give me the finger! I did the only mature thing you can do in that situation… intentionally cut the ****er off.
Lesson 2: If people are passing on the right, you should be polite. Move over!
Lesson 3: If you aren’t passing anyone, you should not be in the fast lane! Stay right, pass left, Mother F***er!
Going home from work there is a 3 mile backup. One would assume it’s some crazy traffic where the Toll Road and 495 meet. No, there is an accident on the other side of the toll road. Stop slowing down! If you really care, turn on the traffic channel!
Lesson 4: If it’s not in your lane, your speed stays the same!
On top of all this frustration I realized it costs me ten bucks a day to comute to work. That’s more than I spend on lunch or dinner on most days. You want to cut down pollution? …reduce this oil demand? How about you let me keep that ten dollars a day and get me some Video/Teleconference in my home. There should be some government supported plan so we can all be Literally Awesome at work. Where is Al Gore when you need him? He could surely fund this with all his earnings from his invention of the internet!
OK, so there you have it. For all you people that notice that I don’t advertise semi-annual updates… hopefully next time my post will be a bit… happier? 
21/10/2008 at 4:15 pm Permalink
I didn’t realize you had to drive to NoVa on 66 every day. I feel for you…. that road was created and built by the devil himself.
23/10/2008 at 5:07 pm Permalink
I know right? I think the route is missing an extra “6″. US Interstate 666.