Kaonashi Ga Suki

As I had mentioned a few days ago, my boyfriend and I have been doing a lot of driving since last week because he’s been apartment searching. We’ve been making long commutes from my humdrum little town in BFE all the way to beach cities and back again.

During our long drives on the freeway we’ve encountered all sorts of idiots who lack the ability to drive. People who try to beat us to the carpool lane by zipping past us at breakneck speed. People who jabber on their cell phone and realize too late their exit was approaching and cut through several lanes at once, ignoring the extremely large semis that can squash them flat if it hits them. Mental giants on surface roads who make left turns in a no left turn, no U turn lane, slowing down traffic as a result. Geniuses who think they can shave a few seconds off their commute by tailgating your ass the whole time.

But one of the things that really piss us off are the rubberneckers. These people are like anti-superheroes: They have the ability to slow down traffic to a crawl in a single bound. One minute we’re flying down the uncongested freeway happily, making good time. The next minute, we’re inching along, losing precious time. We think to ourselves: What happened? What’s going on? Is there construction? Was there an accident? Is someone dead?

I can understand that human beings tend to be curious people by nature, but human beings also supposedly have brains and thus, can use proper judgment. However, often times this is not the case, and many people choose to slow down at accident sites as if they’re observing monkeys at the zoo having sex. Why is there this cumpulsory need to watch scenes of accidents? Perhaps they’re genuinely concerned for the safety of those involved. Perhaps they want to make sure they avoid any dangers, such as broken glass. Or maybe they’re just nosy.

Personally, I think it’s that they’re just nosy, at the expense of everyone else behind them.

For lack of a better word, I’ll just say that rubberneckers SUCK!

rubberneckers, driving, traffic