Originally Posted by
jeremywhitehorn
it must be something in the air with the crazy drivers - i had a cabbie literally screaming full volume at me on saturday night after i slapped his mirror when he was creeping too close to me. when you hit a bumper/hood/whatever like that drivers must assume that you've broken something. i dunno.
on an unrelated note, i just realized that as i don't have cable, all that i get on tv from now until june is hockey and american idol. i mean i like hockey like any good canadian...
I don't think many drivers really understand how tough their cars are. Its a metal casket designed to take various collisions from other vehicles - it can take the whack of someone's hand. On the other hand, drivers have a disproportionate lack of of courtesy to anything that isn't them. Its incredible to see the carelessness with which some drivers will take left hand turns or ignore cross-walks. Just last night, I took a stroll down to Sobeys, and had to use the cross-walk at Davenport & Shaw. AFTER pressing the cross light, 4 cars blasted through the crosswalk without taking notice. Incredible...