Since I'm primarily blogging about life on Long Island, I thought I'd take a moment to bitch about the way people drive around here. Has anyone noticed the fact that almost nobody actually stops at stop signs anymore? The best you can hope for is a "coast thru". Nobody seems to even stop (at a stop sign) when a pregnant pedestrian with a dog is standing at the corner with one foot in the street. You'd think at least the fear of a lawsuit would stop them or slow them down.
I've taken to being an irate crazy person and gesticulating at drivers who do not stop when I"m already crossing. One old crone just shrugged her shoulders as I pointed at the stop sign to her. It took all my strength not to flip her the bird. Instead I hit my head with my hand indicating my shock, disgust and dismay. I really wish the police could pull some obnoxious drivers out of their cars and slap them around a little. That would be much more effective that a ticket.
I think the population is becoming largely medicated and therefore the driving skills are dropping off. Half of Nassau County is in a Zanax or Paxil induced fog. They may be happy but they cannot drive for $hit.
4 comments:
I think a Gestapo-like crackdown is needed. The streets of Brooklyn are just as bad, and pretty soon it's gonna be like "The Road Warrior".
We need tickets. Lots of tickets. And besides, Nassau County needs the money.
Yeah, Nassau County could really pull in some big bucks just by focusing on this one issue alone. I'd say in Brooklyn they could clean up big time on double parkers alone. That's one thing we don't see too much of out here.
Maybe we should just ride bikes like the Chinese.
I remember a rather funny Chubby Brown sketch about a policeman stopping a driver who went through a stop sign without stopping - something about the driver protesting that he'd "slowed down", and the policeman taking out his truncheon and continuing to beat the driver, asked him if he wanted him to stop or slow down :)
trouble is, nobody gives a shit on the roads, everyone's in a rush to get nowhere in this city.
cops are at fault... they turn a blind eye to anything less than homicide these days.
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