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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]panthea
2007-07-26 04:02 pm UTC (link)
Boston streets are a bitch and a half. I've lived here for six years now, and generally I don't start finding my way around where I live very well until I'm about to leave the area.

As an added bonus, where I live now is just on the corner of a major street that goes all the way through Cambridge-- a street which is divided by a median, and where you can't make a U-turn anywhere along the way. If I miss the turn to my street, I'm screwed.

My college roommate said it best: "In Boston, three rights don't make a left, they make a wormhole."

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