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It's Sunday morning and I don't like to make a fuss, BUT, the drivers in Windsor are terrible. We can't change our roads but we can change the way we drive and we MUST influence others.
At the corner of Jefferson & Tecumseh, around 8:30 am, a shiny, black convertible Camaro pulled beside me at the stoplight; I was heading south on Jefferson. His first mistake was to pull up on the outside lane with no idea he was now preventing a string of cars behind him from making right hand turns. That's his prerogative, inconsiderate but not illegal. I knew he was sending the message he thought he was too good to wait in line with the rest of us. I got the message he was going to race me across Tecumseh; he was so anxious to go he almost started going when the turning light flashed. The good news was that he realized he had been blocking several cars wanting to turn right. Once across Tecumseh Rd, he drove the speed limit. I just laughed at the poor, small minded fool. When we passed the abandoned police station, he decided to put the accelerator to the floor. Again, I laughed at him when I caught up to him at the red light at Jefferson & Quality Way. The light turned green and he drove like an idiot, getting the car to go as fast as it could. He wasn't getting on the expressway, so I tried to let go of the negativity. I laughed one final time thinking of how big a fool he is to drive in that fashion, in a flashy car with vanity plates. So, if you know a bearded gentleman that owns a black, convertible camaro with vanity plates, let them know he has been reported to Road Watch. Then ask him why he drives like he owns the road.
I thought that it would be smooth sailing now, I had encountered my idiot for today. I was proven wrong. Just past Central Avenue, as the expressway becomes two lanes again, the lady driving in the right hand lane decided the expressway was also a garbage can. While I'm pulling beside her, in the outside lane, she threw out a cigarette butt (hitting my closed passenger window), a drink cup and various other paper garbage. WTF?? Stop asking why the city doesn't clean up and correct your behaviour! If my passenger window had been down, the cigarette butt was in my car. It was a light blue, Ford Escape with magnetic ribbons on the back hatch. Sadly, she didn't have personalized plates.
We can do better, we deserve better. Somebody out there knows these people, plus more, that drive in arrogant & dangerous ways. Our roads aren't as bad as our drivers. Let's fix this!