Therefore: You now get to read some stories about the crazy MD drivers.
Today, on my way to work, I followed one of the worst drivers I have seen so far. The road I take is a curvy, narrow road, a back way to get me where I need to go. At a light, I pulled up behind a little white car, something that looked like an Altima. I didn't think anything of it until the first left-hand turn. As the car was pulling into the turn, it didn't turn until the front wheel was off the pavement. Then he slowly moved back over into the center of the lane as he pulled out of the turn. This happened for every single left-hand turn. There are about a dozen of those. Now, I can understand accidentally pulling a bit too far off on one turn because you don't realize how narrow the road is, but every single one? And on one turn he was so far off the road that he was flinging leaf litter and debris onto the road behind him. It was a bit scary driving behind him.
On Wednesday of last week, something insane happened at work. Wednesday was my day off, which I used to attend a meeting and go to Annapolis to get my notary commission. When I came to work on Thursday, one of the offices that is normally used was dark and a coworker said that I probably wouldn't be able to use it either. I asked my supervisor where I should sit and why I couldn't use that office. Lo and behold, he showed me where a truck had crashed into the wall the day before. The windowsill is coming off, the whole wall is slightly bowed in and cracked from the windowsill to the floor, a few bricks are missing from the outside, and the bushes outside the window are all scraped up and pushed over. (Thankfully no one was in the office when it was hit, otherwise it could have been very, very bad.) Apparently, an elderly and rather infirm man's gas pedal got stuck in the depressed position. He was parking in front of the building to come inside for some business, and his car kept moving. The truck was almost damage-free, but the wall was definitely not that lucky.
The majority of drivers in this state speed. By a lot. Normally on a road with a limit of 55, the average driver is moving at about 65 or 70. Sometimes you will also see someone traveling at an average speed of about 90 or so. Incredibly dangerous and equally stupid.
Those drivers who are not traveling way above the speed limit are usually traveling at least 15 below the limit. In the left hand lane.
There is one thing that the previous two categories of drivers have in common is that they do no use their turn signals. Ever. In a line of 15 or 20 cars, I will be the only one who has turned on my signal.
Here are a few facts I've learned from these stories:
- No one in MD uses their turn signals.
- Speed limits are a suggestion, not a law.
- Walls are not an obstacle if your car is big enough.
- Stop light bulbs that go out are never replaced.
There may be updates to this post later on, as people continue to be stupid.
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