As is appropriate for living in Atlanta, I’ve got some more traffic comments today.
I saw a great bumper sticker the other day.
New driver at the wheel.
Stay back…way back!!!
While that might be embarrassing for the kid, it’s a great idea but I think that car is actually one that I have the least worries about. Chances are that teen is driving with a parent or another adult and are at least trying to follow the rules of the road. It’s the 50% of nimrods on the road who have either a blatant disregard for the rules of the road or are simply clueless who should have bumper stickers attached to their car.
Some bumper sticker ideas for the truly bad drivers out there.
I’m the Reason auto insurance is so high!
Never took Driver’s Ed
Blinkers? We don’t need no stinkin’ blinkers.
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On I-285 by Spaghetti Junction, there has been a billboard ad for a Cadillac dealership that sums up a city that is utterly dependent on cars to get around town. The billboard says “It’s not the traffic. It’s how you sit in it.” I initially thought that a phrase like that would apply to a city like L.A., where the importance of what you drive can partially define your social status.
The more I thought about it though, the more this phrase really applies to any city that has such horrendous traffic issues where the situation is beyond help. On the surface it might seem that this motto might mean “Hey, you’re gonna sit in traffic, might as well look good while doing it” but I prefer to see it as an overall defeatist attitude towards traffic. To me, this billboard represents the portion of the population that likes to bitch about traffic yet does nothing to help rectify the situation. Let’s keep on voting down public transit expansion options and at the same time let’s get the shiniest car that makes us look good while we sit stationary and spew toxins into the air.
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In the Department of Losing Faith in Humanity, Megan got rear ended this morning on her way to work. It was strong enough of a bump to push her car forward at the stoplight so, like any decent human being, she pulled over into a gas station lot to talk to the driver and assess the damage. It was a woman in a minivan but instead of pulling over like she should, she sped off. A fucking hit and run. Thankfully there was minimal damage to her bumper (go Volvo!) but I’m still stewing at the thought of what an irresponsible jackass that lady was. It was still dark at the time so she couldn’t read the license plate. I can only hope that karma does what it’s supposed to do to people like that.
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I hate to make light of a morbid story but in today's AJC there is a report of a man who was shot during an attempted carjacking. Why did this story stick out to me? Because he was driving a Chrysler CROSSFIRE.