by cmsellers » Sun Mar 04, 2018 3:52 am
I had to go out twice today, it was raining, and Texas drivers are absolutely terrible in the rain.
The second time it just involved people driving really slow, ensuring that I hit a lot more yellows than I'd hit if it weren't raining. Of course if I were a proper Texan I'd have run those yellows, but since I'm not a proper Texan and still haven't learned to run yellows like one, a good many of these involved the person in front of me getting through and me being stuck at the light.
The first time I went out today, someone pulled out of a driveway and made a left turn apparently without looking. I nearly rammed them in the side, but I was able to swerve into the oncoming traffic lanes (since there was nobody in them), and go around them. Just, holy fuck.
It was terrifying, and it's not even like this was a residential driveway on a quiet street, it was a business driveway on a busy street. And I grew up on a residential driveway on a quiet street and still never pulled out without looking. Was this other driver texting or just made stupid by the rain? I suppose I shall never know.