Jul 02 2008
Worst Driver Ever
Maryland Plate - 74T 260 (I believe). Red pickup truck. Driver and Passenger. Waiting behind me at the light to make a left turn onto 424 from 3 South, 18:00 on 7/1/2008. The light turns green but an ambulance with lights and sirens is in the left lane next to me, so I wait to see if it is turning. The passenger throws a bottle cap at the ambulance, it hits the ambulance, bounces off and it hits me. No big deal, just littering and you know, being a douchebag. I rant about how people who disrespect ambulances should have their privilege to them revoked. They’re behind me on 3 until I turn onto a side street, at which point the passenger tosses water on my car.
Water is no big deal. I guess what makes me mad is mostly this: Throwing crap at an ambulance is actually dangerous. If that cap had gone in through an open window, it could have hit the driver in the eye, which could have led to an accident, which would have delayed the ambulance from reaching its important destination. I take emergency vehicles seriously. These are people whose job it is to help all of us when we have a problem - a fire, a heart attack, a hostage situation. Disrespect towards emergency vehicles belies disrespect for society. If you don’t respect society, get off the road society saw fit to pay for by instituting taxes.
So I’m calling people out, license plate and all. You don’t have a right to drive, it’s a privilege. No one needs their stupid car, it’s a luxury. Before you start whining about getting to your job, you can move closer to your job. You’ve evaluated your priorities with a vehicle as a given because you didn’t think about what would happen if your privilege to drive was revoked.
Among the problems I see with drivers in this country is that they see driving as a necessity. It’s not. Move to a city, get a job closer to home, walk or bike to the grocery store. We’re none of us entitled to drive, entitled to a car, entitled to cheap gas. It’s not in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. So grow up and treat it like the privilege it is.