Last night I was driving home from Ottawa around 6 o'clock. The Queensway was slow but that was not expected and at least it was moving. Working in Toronto for two years allowed me to see what real traffic hell is like, Ottawa is tame in comparison.
By the time I got to Kanata I thought, "Great, smooth sailing from here on out." And it was... until I got on Highway 7.
At first traffic really slowed down but there is some construction going on there so no big surprise. But it never sped back up. The cars in front of me continued to putter along at 60km/hr. On bone-dry roads. With no weather. On a straight highway with very few intersections.
I started to lose it. I could not understand why we were going so slow. There was one slow vehicle and five cars that refused to pass it. I'm brave but not that brave to try and fight my way past 6 other vehicles on one of the busiest highways in Eastern Ontario. Head on collisions are not my cup of tea.
So I sat there, toddling along at 60km/hr, slowly growing in frustration and anger, helpless to do anything but curse at the morons that decided to get in my way tonight. It took thirty minutes to make a drive that is usually done in about fifteen.
I tell ya, these things are what causes road rage.
1 comment:
I don't think it's brave to pass 6 cars at once on a 2 lane highway...it's idiotic, and that's how people get killed.
I hate slow drivers too, but not enough to risk my life...good thing you had sense enough not to be stupid, despite your anger/frustration.
Don't you go dying on me and leaving me with infant twins!!!!
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