I think just once I would like to call the number that you see on the back of those company trucks that ask you to call to talk about how the person driving the truck is doing. Except it wouldn’t be to bitch about their driving, it would be to heap copious amounts of praise onto them. How many people do you think actually do that? I’m betting as many people who nominated C. Thomas Howell for an Oscar.
Nobody cares about good drivers. In fact, there is no such thing. A good driver is anybody who lets you out when there’s no serious hope of merging. However, should that same person let another person out when you’re behind THEM, then they need to rot in Hell for all eternity.
Unlike most people who would just as likely shoot you in the face as tolerate you being a “good driver”, I’m ok with the “one person out” rule. That means, if there is merging going on, or you’re driving the car that would block the side street with several cars in front of you stopped at a red light, then you can let one car out without repercussion. Should you decide to be the charity driver of the week though and let more than one person out, then there’s a good chance I might get out of the car and strangle you with your own seatbelt. It depends on how badly I have to take a shit right then and there.
Of course, there is no bigger douchebag than the over-indulgent Samaritan driver. You know who I’m talking about. That asshole who will slow down to let you cross the road when he’s the only person ON the road. When you actually inhibit my progress by trying to do me a favor, don’t be surprised if your little hand-wave motioning me to cross is met with a sudden impulse for me to urinate all over your vehicle. Hey, after all, one good deed deserves another, and I hear urine is great for shining tires!
While I was searching for a picture to go along with this post, I happened upon this website that “makes” bumper stickers for you to put on your teenager’s car so that the people behind them can call you to tell you how they’re driving. The website says it is a “great deterrent against speeding” but fails to mention that it also is a great deterrent against your kid getting laid or getting in the car at all. I guess both of those things are pretty beneficial too so I implore that you get one of these if you want celibate sons and daughters who hate your guts, which as we all know, is what a parent is there for in the first place.


