Folks ask
if I miss “the big city.” Yes, I miss a lot of things about living in a big
city, but the traffic is not one of them.
Why would
I miss drivers who do not know how to use a blinker? What is so difficult about
turning on a blinker when switching lanes, or turning it off when finished?
Why would
I miss drivers who think they alone own the Multi-Trillion Dollar Roadways when
we all know they’re in the same tax bracket as we are? These road hogs honk and
cuss and gesture obscenities as if they own the place and I am trespassing.
Why would
I miss those who ride my bumper so closely that I can see them in my rear-view
mirror as if they were riding in my back seat?
Why would
I miss the drivers who force themselves into my lane after I have been in line
waiting my turn, or those who shoot into my lane from a non-turn lane and then honk
at me as if I am the one in the wrong?
Why would
I miss those who depend on my benevolence to offset their stupidity? I’m the reason they made it home today - the
fool who swerved into my lane before clearing my front fender, or the idiot who
waited until he saw the whites of my eyes before darting out in front of me at
an intersection. You’re welcome. You owe me your life.
Why would
I miss the speed demon who passed me up because I was going too slow for his
taste and then refused to make eye contact when we met up again at the next
light?
And I do
not miss the sadistic bozo in front of me who waited until the left arrow turned
yellow before making a run for it, leaving me to sit through another red light.
Or his cousin, the jerk who blocked the intersection during a go light instead
of waiting back at the intersection like the rest of us, and now no one can
move because his vehicle is in the way.
Yes,
there are lots of things I miss about living in a big city, but the traffic and
their drivers are not among them.
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