Speed Freak.
7-27-98
In this lil chapter of the ongoing bitch that is my life, I'd like to ramble about Speed. No, not the icky nasty drug that we're all sposed to shun, (even though I *have* been told by one of my very close friends that since I seem to be immune to caffiene, speed should be my next drug of choice. It's just too bad it's so fucking expensive. *sigh*) uh.. oh yeah, I'm talking about speed as in going very fast in cars. You know? vroom vroom? (or PuttPutt, depending on what kind of car you have.)
Anyways, this topic came about just the other day, while I was making the 100 mile trek across the bay area from my parents house to my newly aquired apartment. Now that i've moved out, I actually spend entirely too much time "visiting" my parents house, but I figure once my fridge is stocked at my own place, it will put a stop to that. Back to my point.. This trip takes all of an hour and 45 minutes (Max, w/ traffic), but I've done it in an hour and 25 minutes *yay*. You get to traverse about 4 different major california highways, and see about a dozen or so different animal carcasses strewn about the side of the road, it's really quite nasty.
The thing that really pisses me off is this: The speed limit on *most* of these freeways is 65mph. I say most because whomever thought up the speedlimit for Hwy 17 decided they should make it a whopping 50mph. Whoo. Those SpeedDemons.
But anyways, one would think that with a speed limit of 65mph, people would *go* that fast, right?
right.
And the "Fast Lane" should be reserved for people who want to go faster than 65, right?
right.
So, if this is true.. Why the Hell are there people on the freeway going 60mph and lower? Not only that, but why are they in the fast lane?! If everyone is passing you on the right, Don't you think you should get out of their fucking way? Isn't that just common sense?
I mean Shit! Someone could get into an accident driving that slow! If I had a BIG ass car, and LOTS of insurance, I'd run them over! Swear!
I think they should have a "Slow as Fuck" lane to complement the FastLane. This way, all the people who drive *below* the speed limit have their own special lane, and won't be in the way of everyone else who have someplace to go. Oh, and they should all have little electro-shock thingies attached to their break pedals, so that if they break incessantly for absolutely no reason whatsoever, the negative re-enforcement will teach them not to do that again. I should probably write a letter to the auto manufacturers while i'm thinking of it, so that they can start putting this all into produciton.
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