Monday, November 15, 2010

Utah Drivers

So I've always felt that Utah drivers were the worst that I have ever encountered, including living in Texas. Travis disagrees and says that California is just as bad or worse because of all the traffic, but I have proved him wrong... On my way to work I make a right turn to get on the ramp for the highway. This turn is at a light and it's usually red when I pull up to it. So the other day I pull up and look left to see if I can go ahead and turn right even though the light is red (which is perfectly legal) and I notice a car in the lane next to me in the through lane. The light is still red and all of a sudden the car goes straight through the light and just keeps on going! It took me a few seconds to realize what was going on, I looked up and the light was just changing to green after the car was gone. So I realized that the car was waiting for the opposite light to change to yellow and then going ahead through the red to get a second ahead! I couldn't believe it...until a few days later I realize that the same car is sitting next to me at the same red light and it starts to go again (light still red) unfortunately this time a car was racing to catch the yellow light and was almost t-boned! Everyone was slamming on breaks and I think my eyes almost popped out of my head, I couldn't believe it! This guy almost got into a serious car wreck, which would have totally been his fault all to save literally 2 seconds of time! I'm sorry if I sound a little crazy, but I really don't want anyone doing that to me if I'm rushing to catch a yellow (not that it's all that legal either but still not that bad). Yesterday Travis and I saw someone do it at the light on our street, I can't believe this is a normal thing, but it sure seems like it. So I claim Utahans as the worst drivers ever!

4 comments:

  1. I completely agree 100%, Utahn's are AWEFUL! I see examples of HORRIBLE driving every single DAY! And it makes me so mad, they're so careless, thoughtless, and self-centered, and they act like as long as they can't see you, nothing bad will happen. It makes me so mad!

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  2. wow that's crazy! Jesse sees a lot of crazy drivers here in Vegas too. One actually just run straight through the red light in an intersection, and the other one he told me about was changing lanes like crazy (like steep turns, not even slowly) and then suddenly changed lanes again close to the red light. It was crazy! Makes me scared to go out there and drive by myself (I don't have my license yet).

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  3. hahahahhahaha that made me laugh!! Erin that is just crazy--be careful out there! I've always heard that Utahans are the worse drivers but I didn't imagine it was this bad!

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  4. I have to tell you Erin that I keep referring people back to this post as some sort of proof that Utahans are bad drivers! ha!

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