But, in my opinion, one of the two of you is the bigger a-hole. Slow the heck down.
And may I point out that calling while driving is the second most dangerous thing you can do in a car. On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:11 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Eric Roberts < > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > >> >> When I was doing my last gig, it was in the western burbs of Chicago. I >> live about 60 miles outside of Chicago and had to commute in about 40 miles >> to get to work. The worst part of that is the State Route that I have to >> take to get up to the interstate. It's about 10 miles or so and takes me, >> time wise, 1/2 of my commute (for a total of about an hour...so 10 miles of >> highway takes 30 mins and 30 miles of interstate also takes 30 mins). This >> is a 2 lane highway that has a lot of semi traffic and it has a lot of >> lights, so rarely does the traffic get near the speed limit as it takes a a >> long time for a loaded semi to get up to speed. Once I am on the >> interstate, it is pretty smooth sailing, with the occasional asshat doing >> 55 >> in the far left lane while everyone else is trying to do 80. If I get up >> behind a slow poke, I flash my lights a few times and then honk the horn if >> they don't seem to get the message. After that I call the state police and >> report them as there is a law in IL that slower drivers have to give up the >> lane to faster traffic. While it is true I am breaking the law by going >> over the speed limit, they are also breaking the law and posing a greater >> hazard to drivers because they are driving slower than the rest of traffic. >> It does get real frustrating when you have to slow down because some rude >> person that is going slow is refusing to give up the lane. >> > > A slow moving car causes more accidents than someone who is speeding. > Hitting your breaks repeatedly...or slowing down to let merging traffic > in......things like that, are more hazardous. > > People think they are being cautious or responsible drivers when they do > that, but the opposite is true. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353339 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
