Traffic, Patience, and Life

Well this is it, my first blog post ever. Those of you who know me know that I do not like to read, let alone write. So if it is a bit rough, I apologize. Let me first start off by saying that our trip to Tennessee was a lot of fun. It was really great to hang out with Jeff and Annie and to get out of town. Now, I also want to let you know that I am my father's son and have little to no patience. The trip down was good.....for about an hour and half until a semi and another car decide to swerve into my lane while going 75. This is going to be a long post, hang in there people. Most vehicles are equipped with turn signals. USE THEM people! Seriously, replacing car parts is not cheap or fun and lives can not be replaced. Ridiculous. When patrons pull this maneuver they get the Tony look of death. If you ever want to see it, make me really mad. They used to get a whole lot more than that, but I am working on my anger issues. I feel sometimes I could crawl in the back seat to make sure people get the full effect of the face I am giving as I pull around them. No brake checks or retaliation is usually required the face says it all. Now lets discuss passing and cruise control. Passing may be the easiest thing ever done. If you are in the passing lane, pass. If not then get over. It kills me to see people who are not passing other cars just ride out the passing lane like they own it. Mirrors can often be very handy. Tony's Rule of the Road # 34: If you have more than 5 cars stacked up behind you in your mirror and you are not passing cars, move over. It is so dangerous, people do not even realize it. Moving on......Cruise control. I am not and idiot and I realize not all cars have cruise control. However, it is NOT hard to maintain a constant speed without it. This constant passing a car, and them passing you back gets so annoying. Especially if this person pins you in the right lane behind a car you are about to pass. You know what I am talking about, you all do. People are stupid, it takes more gas to constantly speed up and slow down then it does to go a constant speed. So this all took place on the way down. The way back was not too bad.....except for construction. Readers, if there is a sign that says Left Lane Ends 2 miles.......It is going to end in 2 miles, hence the traffic back up for the last 10 miles. Why continue to speed through the left lane until the last minute. Lets be honest, most of the time this does not get you anywhere. Second of all, if traffic is bumper to bumper anyway, why risk squeezing your car in at the last minute to possibly wreck and delay your time even more. It is simple, merge as soon as possible when it is safe. Right lane, alternate allowing cars until everyone merges. Traffic would not have to stop or slow if people did this. I know you are reading this and it appears to be common sense, but think about it. How many times have you been in one of these situations? How many times have you caused one of these situations? Some people are so oblivious about what they are doing on the road. I honestly feel give some people cars is like give babies thumb tacks. It is never good. (SIDE NOTE: These people can be identified as 1 or more corners of their car has a lens or headlight missing and there is often body damage too.) It all boils down to common courtesy. It is a quality we seem to lack in our busy lives. Now extrapolate all of this out. Think about the time, lives, money, gas, oil, Earth.....UNIVERSE that could be saved it everyone drove like Tony. Thanks for reading....I feel better.