I hate making generalizations about a group of people. So I apologize ahead of time. And no offense to YOU, the reader, if you are in Las Vegas. Unless you really are one of these people.<\/p>\n
Drivers in Las Vegas suck. <\/p>\n
Now, I learned how to drive in the New England area, like Boston and New York. They drive dangerously, too, but it\u2019s more like jerky risky moves. Maybe they\u2019ll cut you off, or beep the horn, or speed really fast. <\/p>\n
However, Las Vegas drivers tend to drive dangerously differently: They do stupid things. In this past week alone, I have witnessed at least five near accidents not even my own, three of which were when one car decided to change into the lane next to it\u2026but there was already a car there. Now, it wasn\u2019t even in the blind spot! It was exactly RIGHT NEXT TO THE CAR. Like, they were side by side! There was absolutely NO excuse not to look to your side! One time, car 1 started to move into the side of car 2, car 2 beeped and swerved, car 1 SPED UP, PASSED car 2, and CUT between it and the car in front of it. Wtf?<\/p>\n
Other times, I see cars waiting at the exits of a store or shopping mall, getting ready to make a right out onto the major street. The driver can\u2019t seem to judge distance, because they start pulling out when people are almost right there! <\/p>\n
I\u2019ve started freaking driving at least five miles below the speed limit. TWO times this week (I\u2019m not joking, I actually counted), I saw a car creeping it\u2019s nose out, so I went on my guard, thinking \u201cHaha I bet it\u2019s gonna pull out\u2026.it better not, though\u201d and it freaking did, and I had to jam on the breaks. Then my freaking Snapshot beeped.<\/p>\n
See, my insurance company called \u201cProgressive\u201d has this program where I plug this little machine into my car\u2019s computer. If I drive safely, like not speed and don\u2019t break hard, I can get a discount on my insurance premium. Now, I\u2019ve had an accident in the past, so I\u2019m trying so hard to be SUPER careful, so I figured, sure, I\u2019ll do it. I\u2019m like Super-Saiyan-Safety-Driving-Roxy. Right? <\/p>\n
No. I have to freaking break hard so many times every day because everyone else is reckless, that my Snapshot beeps and beeps and beeps. ;_; I swear to the Universe I am driving safely. I haven\u2019t gone even 5 miles over the speed limit and I\u2019ve missed so many turns just because I didn\u2019t wanna cut someone off trying to make it. Yesterday, I saw my exit too late\u2026I probably could have cut over hard over 3 lanes, but instead, I chose to be safe and take the next one. It took me like 20 minutes to get back to the correct road. But you know what? I\u2019m alive.<\/p>\n
Two days ago, something happened that actually inspired me to write this. I was in a 65 mph highway (I-15 S) and, of course, I was going about 65. I was starting to approach this car on the right. I had been fuming about hard breaking five minutes before, so I thought sarcastically, \u201cJust watch, this guy is gonna ram into me suddenly.\u201d<\/p>\n
I slowly went into his blind spot, I passed it and pulled up beside him, and HE FREAKING PULLED INTO ME. I swerved, not even having time to beep! And he swerved away, sped up, AND FSKING CUT ME OFF. WTF ~_~ DUDE, wtf is wrong with you? Why don\u2019t you look in your mirror, or maybe just GLANCE a little bit to the left? I was like RIGHT THERE.<\/p>\n
Seriously, driving in Vegas is scary. \ud83d\ude41 Not only do I have to pay attention to the rules, but I have to pay attention to possibilities where people might NOT follow the rules. <\/p>\n
Like, \u201cI\u2019m in a turn lane and I better watch out in case this biotch to my right decides he really wants to turn.\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019m alive now because I thought that lady might pull out of the parking lot and cut me off, so I slowed down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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