Coast Driving....Cheating Death!!!!!!!!!!

Okay so while I am visiting the coast I am probably only gonna write a few blogs...only if I have the time.  When I am deciding on what to write, during the day I am just randomly thinking of things and something will stick in my mind that I think 'ohh i should write about that'  Well while I am down there I have thought of a bunch of things...one of which I am gonna write about today.

Okay soooooooooooo....I am not sure if I have just gotten used to living in a small town where the longest traffic jam is usually about 1 minute.  There just isn't that many impatient drivers in a small town cause there doesn't need to be.  That does not mean there are any BAD drivers, cause there is for sure!  But it just isn't as prevalent.  But I used to think I was just more patient now, cause I know I will get there soon enough.  But inevitably when I come down to the coast I end up getting huge road rage....usually in response to shitty drivers or other impatient drivers!! 

For example...yesterday on the freeway around Abbotsford I was driving along doing 110...and I had a tail-gater.  Now I couldn't go any faster if I wanted to because there was someone in front of me...and we were all doing 10 over the speed limit.  So this guy is weaving behind me and riding my ass then decides to go around only to pull in front of me!!!!  Honestly did you get anywhere faster??  Did that give you any satisfaction?? Did you just really need to see past my big truck...cause your little import car didn't help you with that?  I mean really?  If I had to slam on my breaks while he was behind me...I probably wouldn't of have any damage to the truck, but his little pettily car would of be toast!  So what ends up happening after all this....I get angry with him and then I drive more aggressively.  ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!  It still makes me mad!  lol

Or people who butt in without any courtesy.  For example....you are heading into a construction zone, going down from two lanes to one...and you get the guy who has to stretch it out still he can't go any further, while the rest of us are waiting nicely.  And he forces he way in like that little space belongs to him...and then NOT EVEN A THANK YOU WAVE!!!   JERK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Yield Signs...........by definition : In road transport, a YIELD (Canada, Ireland, and the United States) or GIVE WAY traffic sign indicates that a vehicle driver must prepare to stop if necessary to let a driver on another approach proceed (but has no need to stop if his way is clear).  Okay so apparently here yield sign means: I know there is a chance I might be hit by someone coming...but there's room for me to squeeze in so lets risk it and go anyways...no need to stop...road big enough!  Well at least I know my heart and my adrenal glands are in good working order and brakes on the truck too!!!  Just because the road is big enough please do not merge...especially when someone is coming off the freeway and in the process of slowing down, while you are chugging along at 20 km

Why do we need to get where we are going so fast....what is the big urgency?  Cause the consequences totally out weight the rush to get anywhere.  I mean really....are you in a rush to get into a massive accident, or hurt someone else cause you aren't paying attention?  Are you in a hurry for your own death? 

So when it comes down to it, when I feel like this while I am down here, I realize that we made a good choice for ourselves by moving away from the lower mainland.  I have realized that I have a personality that doesn't deal well with pressure and stress....and when I come down here...I feel claustrophobic and stressed out all the time!  I can't handle living in a place that makes me feel rushed and stressed out.  So for me...it reminds me that I am where I am supposed to be in life and that is a good feeling.