Fidgeting Drivers
What the hell is wrong with some people … ?
I have had the utterly terrifying misfortune to be the passenger to some of the worst drivers in the history of vehicular travel. I’ve never heard anyone mention this particular annoyance of mine, so I can only assume that it either does not bother others as much as it bothers me, or that several people have decided to do it to me specifically, completely independant of each other.
What I am talking about is the non-stop, incessant fidgeting that some people exhibit whilst behind the wheel of their cars. In the extreme cases, I would estimate that actually driving the car safely and avoiding obstacles in the road is placed somewhere near 5th or 6th in the list of these people’s priorities.
Literally every few seconds, they’re fiddling with their seat, they’re twisting air conditioning knobs, altering temperature guages, changing radio stations … seemingly anything other than just watching the damn road! If I employed this technique, I’d be a nervous wreck myself within 60 seconds, never mind how my passengers might feel!
It’s always the ones that believe themselves to be the best drivers on the road, too. The ones that weave in and out of lanes, cutting other road users up left, right and centre while remaining completely oblivious to the turmoil they’re leaving in their wake. If you’re reading this and thinking “I’ve never been honked at for bad driving” or “there’s nothing wrong with changing the radio station a few times while you’re moving”, chances are YOU are one of these arseholes that have been pissing me off for years.
All drivers should be required to take a refresher test every 12 months – not for basic road safety or highway code knowledge, but to check that they have not turned into one of these cocky fidgeting, knob tweaking, button pushing, glove-box rummaging twats that are putting the lives of everyone on the road in danger every day.
Next time you get into your car, just think about what you do while you’re supposed to be concentrating on the road. If you make more than one adjustment in any 5 minutes of your journey to ANY setting in your car that is not indicators, windscreen wipers or headlights, you’re a fucking menace and need your licence revoked before you kill someone. If it does get that far, let’s just hope that you only kill yourself … although, chances are you’re the kind of tosser that would walk away from the crash laughing, without a scratch while your victims lifeless corpses sit mangled in the car you plowed into from behind at 80 miles per hour.
MisterShouty 