Look Where You’re Going, Chatter-Monkey
Idiocy Meter
Asshole Meter
ARRGH, look at the road and not just the car directly in front of you, you freakin’ idiot! I’m sorry, but if you can’t learn how to be observant of everything around you while you’re talking on your cell phone, drop the stupid cell phone. This jackass was pulling out of N. Palm Drive from a stop sign going north, blindly following the car in front of him until–wow! Oh no! He suddenly found himself blocking the entire #1 lane on Burton Way. Hmm, correct me if I’m wrong, but you usually don’t move from a stop sign unless you’re certain that you can clear the entire intersection. I snapped this photo after this deer in headlights realized where he was and was literally bumper to bumper with the car in front of him, trying to get out of the way. Guess what? He still had cars honking as they were barreling down on him. Maybe if people here practiced being observant of traffic conditions around them–hazards, road signs, intersections, etc.–they maybe less sh*t like this would happen. Imagine if a less observant driver who was also yapping on his cell phone didn’t see this guy’s car until it was too late. Let’s try not to hospitalize ourselves before we start using our brains behind the wheel, shall we?
Filed under: cell phone, clueless, observation
I agree he is an idiot, but if the jack@ss two cars in front of him would close the gap he would be able to get out of the way.
That reminds me of a submission I got that I couldn’t use, because the photo was shot an an angle where the “traffic indiscretion” didn’t look at bad as the submitter said it was. It was a similar case, except someone in a pickup was turning left from the main road but didn’t complete his turn, despite the fact that there was 20 feet in front of him. Rather, he busied himself fussing around in his glove compartment rather than acknowledging the SUV that was trying to get buy him but couldn’t because he was blocking the lane for opposing traffic.
It’s the whole L.A. bubble stereotype….everyone seems to be so isolated in their own worlds that common courtesy and other basics of human interaction go out the proverbial driver-side window.