I used to think like this about driving, that it was only a matter of time before I would be in a car accident. But I now realize that we can do a lot to avoid this scenario by being vigilantly alert behind the wheel and driving defensively so that we are not put in these high risk situations. I have to drive a stretch of highway every weekday to get to work and I have come to realize there is no mystery as to why traffic accidents occur.
The highway is basically a race track for most of the drivers on the road and it's crazy. One of the main effects of speeding is tailgating and this is what really burns me up, because my safety is being jeopardised by someone who is behind me and is therefore out of my control. These people amaze me because as far as they're concerned, they're in a hurry and everyone else on the road is in their way.
It's a narrow minded, reckless attitude. When you are inside your car, barrelling down the highway, you achieve a false sense of security, an invincibility that does not exist. If you've ever stood on the side of a highway, and seen how fast these automobiles are flying by, you realize how difficult it would be to stop abruptly at those speeds. Many times as I've headed home, I've seen massive traffic backups on this highway, because of some accident that was obviously the result of speeding.
These people are in such a self important hurry, they absolutely have to get where they're going NOW, but because of that short-sightedness, they end up being far later than they ever imagined, but the real impact is that they screw up the schedules of hundreds of other people now trapped in the traffic backup. This blinkered, me first attitude is pandemic on the streets, and it makes driving a stress test on a daily basis.
So in response to this, I have created some bumper stickers that tell these people exactly how I feel about them crowding my space! Check them out by clicking on the image below.
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