in article , John Gaquin at
wrote on 7/3/06 7:48 AM:


Maybe it's some kind of SoCal thing. You ought to drop in on
rec.autos.driving. There are about 4-5 people (I think 3 from California)
there sound a great deal like you in general outlook, if not in detail.
They regale the whole newsgroup with almost daily tales of near-death
experiences, always at the hands of some other totally witless, incompetent,
oblivious driver. They've even invented cutsie nicknames for the different
types of drivers who inconvenience them, or don't see the traffic world in
quite the "right" way. They refuse to even consider that their own driving
style, self-described (in their case) as including abrupt acceleration and
braking, rapid lane changing, etc., may have just a little bit to do with
their virtually constant brushes with danger. It's always the other idiots,
and their incompetent driving, that force these guys into horrendous
circumstances.

This is funny, and it reminds me of a guy I used to know whom I christened
"F***in' cops". He'd storm into work at least once or twice a month
muttering "F***in' cops!". And yes, as you've probably already guessed, he
got one or two traffic tickets a month. Naturally, it never dawned on him
that driving the speed limit might be the answer to his troubles.