I am not a fan of driving in any sort of traffic but I must say that Atlanta traffic sends chills up my spine. One time prior to children, when I was on a photo shoot in Atlanta we were just trying to head for home and we were stuck in 6 lanes of bumper to bumper stupid traffic. I say it is stupid because even though we were completely at a stand still people were still trying to maneuver their way around. Ignorant. I heard on the radio that a hole big enough to swallow a VW bug had opened up and thus the congestion. Congestion? What I was sitting in was not congestion it was a full on arterial blockage in desperate need of surgery. Don't try to make me feel better by saying congestion. Congestion says to me that if you just blow a little, things will clear up. If you have a hole large enough to swallow a car, well then I am pretty sure we aren't going any where any time soon.
So, the other day when I realized that I would be subjected to Atlanta traffic yet once again, at rush hour no less, I got a little stressed. I have to say this time it wasn't that bad. Sure it was packed, but I was never about to come out of my skin. I did make a few observations that I would like to share with you.
1. Why is it that people still think that they can text and drive? I don't care who you are, you can't. Well, you can but the thing is when one operates a vehicle, especially in traffic, one must be watching not only the car in front of you, but the 11 cars in front of him, the car directly behind you, the cars on either side of you and whether or not your lane may or may not inexplicably end all of a sudden for no apparent reason. If you can do all of those things and text War and Peace to your wife then please make sure an apply for the role of God. I'm not saying you will get the job I'm just saying that someone needs to explain to you how you are not qualified to be making such decisions and taking other peoples lives into your hands.
2. If it says "It is unlawful to cross a double white line" what does that mean? Because I saw a whole lot of people doing it and nothing happened to them. I figured your car might blow up or something but after about the 20th car crossing over in front of me I stopped looking for the jet fighter that was going to shoot a law breaker missile at the offender.
3. I love the HOV lane.
4. Just because you have your turn signal on does not mean you are automatically allowed to change lanes especially when there is no where for you to go. Your turn signal does not cause my vehicle to evaporate. If you are patient I will by all means allow you to merge but when 4 lanes of traffic is stopped and going no where your inching over is gonna do nothing for you.
5. Can we ban billboards that cause my children to ask questions that I have no desire to answer especially when I am already trying to deal with stupid people?
I am not a big city type person. I can't handle traffic such as that. I am ok with what traffic I have to deal with from time to time and even that gives me hives. I look forward to the day when they have figured out how to orchestrate all roadways so that there is no such thing as a traffic jam. This is something we need to get a legislative committee on today. I am also ok with the George Jetson conveyor belt thingy to get ready in the morning. Please tell me someone is working on that one.
