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I never said I was a victim of ([info]circumstance) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-07-19 10:11:00


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Current mood:Suicidal

It's not rocket surgery.
Msnbc.com has a recurring feature, "Ads of the Weird". This week's column discusses an Australian PSA which implies that men who speed are deficient in the sausage department. (I know, I know, a clever idea that no one ever thought of before!)

The comments are full of everyone's Personal Philosophy of Driving, which (like driving itself) turns wanky and obnoxious immediately:

Or maybe people just like to drive fast and it has nothing to do with being macho or manly. Driving fast doesn't mean you have to drive stupid, and I think it's just as likely that people driving BELOW the speed limit cause an equal number of accidents as SOBER drivers driving ABOVE the speed limit. If you don't like someone driving fast behind you, GET OUT OF THE WAY. Especially if you're in the left lane people c'mon, learn how to drive.

John B


Aaaaand they're off. After wading through a couple pages of this, it's enough to make me want to give up driving forever and dust off my trusty old bicycle, rather than chance sharing the road with some of these people.


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[info]kadath
2007-07-19 07:13 pm UTC (link)
Also I'm from Los Angeles, so I drive like a maniac sort of by default. By LA standards I am gentle as a lamb, driving-wise, but I still had to relearn how to drive when I came to Seattle because I was WAY too aggressive. Turn signal does not equal declaration of war, what?

Really? My friend just moved from Mass. to SoCal, and he says the drivers there are unbelievably polite. Massachusetts must be the Ebola of driving.

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[info]lysana
2007-07-19 10:51 pm UTC (link)
There are reasons I didn't learn to drive until I was 35. Growing up in MA is in the top two.

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[info]dragonfangirl
2007-07-20 06:26 am UTC (link)
Polite, but aggressive. The saying goes that nobody in LA honks, because they're afraid that someone will pull a gun and shoot them.

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[info]drhenryjekyll
2007-07-20 03:48 pm UTC (link)
Same goes for Texas!

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