I just came back from a trip to the post office for stamps for a new marketing mailing. In Tampa, the main post office that is open 24 hours a day is located at the Tampa International Airport. I got in the Jeep, popped open my Diet Coke, and tuned the radio to cool jazz (94.1). The Tampa weather is gorgeous today (a bit humid) and I'm thinkin' my life is pretty good at the moment.
But as soon as I got on the Veterans Expressway, the other drivers wanted to "mess" (fill in your own four-letter word) with me. I don't know why...I drive 5 miles over the speed limit, I hang in the right lane, I let other people merge...what's not to love?
This young guy with his boom-boom music so loud that it is vibrating my car as we're driving at 60 mph decides to stay in the left land right beside me. Right next to me! There is a line of cars behind him and they are not happy campers!
Clearly he's never taken a defensive driving course - with him blocking me on my left, I have no way out in an emergency.
Lights are now flashing at him but he doesn't adjust his speed at all. What's up with that? So I did what any of you would do. I floored it to 75 mph and let the line of cars behind me go around him. All I ask is......WHY?
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