There are many little things that bother me in life, my sister taking my brand new clothes to school with her, my parents down my throat about every little decision I make, people not saying please and thank you when I seat them at their tables during work, when supposed "gentleman" see you walking and don't bother to hold the door open for you, or how my brother is the slowest channel changer in the world. Believe me when I say, the list is endless. However, now that I have become one of the many drivers on New Jersey's roads, heading my list of bothersome actions is road rage and bad driving habits. It is something that I experience every day.
My definition of road rage is when someone gets angry enough when driving to use their car to deliberately try to make a fellow driver mad or to put another driver in danger. Picture this. You"re driving down route 22, the speed limit is fifty-five, and you"re doing sixty miles per hour, a safe enough range so that you don't get pulled over. Someone is coming up from behind. The person is right on your behind, there must be literally ten inches from the back your car to the front of theirs. For some reason they must think that you are purposely going that speed just to make them mad. So they decide to switch lanes. While they"re coming up on your side you look over and see them looking and shouting at you like you were doing something wrong. Then they decide to cut right in front of you, so you have to slam on your breaks, putting yourself at risk, and all the other cars behind you at risk. Some people are just so emotionally head strung that they take all of their anger that could be happening with their families, friends, or even their colleagues, and just release it when they"re driving. It bothers me so much that they don't care that they are jeopardizing my safety, the safety of others and of themselves.
I recently saw a report on Dateline on NBC in which the results of a study done to determine the distracting effects of performing other tasks while driving in a car was featured.
MY PET PEEVES While growing up I have noticed many different things that annoy me. ... Another pet peeve I have is when I am riding with one of my friends and they put in a CD, listen to half of the song, and proceed to change it to a different track. ... There are many little pet peeves that people have. ...
Liars, fanatical Christians (well any religion for that matter, but Christians are just the first that come to mind), racists, selfishness. I absolutely hate those! I"m not the only one though; everyone has things that just get under their skin. I, for one, have tons of pet peeves; however, it woul...
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Resident Evil Many of us have played the game Resident Evil. Sitting in the dark waiting to see if a killer dog or zombie is around the next corner. Your own life is in your hands. In the movie however, you just sit back and hope that the horrifying T-virus doesn't get out of the under ground...
English Composition I must apologize in advance for any emotions stirred as a result of the following points of view. In no way have I intended to single out any one individual in the passages to come. The truth in all honesty is that I have been disappointed with the curriculum presented to me...
My major pet peeve towards this subject is that I feel homework is assigned as busy work. ... There's the teacher's pet, the weird kid, and the know it all. ... Let's take the teacher's pet for example. ...
She told us one of her biggest pet peeves in life which was mispronouncing her last name. ... In my head I keep remembering my teacher saying her pet peeves and how she hates when people mispronounce her name, so do I professor. ...
Everyone in their own way is responsible and guilty of criticism or of being their own critic. No matter if you and your friends view a movie, watch a show on T.V., or even make remarks about something else's dreams and ambitions in life, that all aligns themselves with the concept of being a criti...
One day while reading a local magazine, I came across an ad for Fat Pat's Bar & Grill of Lafayette. The ad was a picture of the restaurant with the saying, "Never Trust a Skinny Cook " under the picture. The saying made me laugh; a bigger cook does normally mean they know how to cook food you can't ...