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The benefits of driving as opposed to other transportation

If you are like me you probably hate traffic. There is nothing worse than spending a morning or an afternoon in your car, in the middle of the road, staring at the back of the car in front of you. The only thing worse than being stuck in traffic is being stuck in traffic with a group of homicidal, psychotic morons trying to somehow squeeze there car in front or behind yours. Isn't it is funny how people tend to change into a completely different individuals once they get behind the wheel of their vehicle? Usually nice, patient, decent people turn into violent, mean, inconsiderate people who only care about getting home and do not care who or what they run over in the process. I call these people traffic Hyde's. Case in point. The other day I was stuck in traffic as usual when I heard the sound of horns blasting next to me. Naturally I rubbernecked to see what was going on. The problem was that a larger than normal truck was trying to cut in between two cars in order to get to the exit that was coming up in about two feet. Why the driver waited until then to try to make the exit I do not know. Of course the small cars that the truck was trying to cut in front of were the one's at fault and the fact that there were cars behind and in front of them was in no way a good excuse for not being able to move. Well somehow the truck ended up squeezing in between the two cars and got to the exit lane. For some reason though the driver of the truck thought that the driver in the front car he squeezed in between should have rear ended the car in front of them in order to make room to let the truck through. Since this did not happen the driver of the truck was extremely upset. To my amazement saw the truck come to a complete stop, the window then was rolled down & the driver poured a cup of coffee all over the windshield of the car below. Not wanting to leave a stone unturned the driver of the truck then began to curse at the car driver and with his finger informed all of us that the car driver was #1. The truck then drove off. Did I mention I hate traffic? If you think the traffic Hyde is bad then let me rain on your parade and tell you about an even worse driver, the traffic dare devil. This individual is normally weak, easily persuaded, puny, and basically a wimp, that is until they get behind the wheel of their vehicle. It is when they step behind the wheel that a new person is born. Suddenly a typical geek is transformed into a suave, buff, fearsome superhero who can


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