01-04-2010, 01:50 PM
Every time I witness this I find myself screaming “you idiot” as I watch, in frustration, novice drivers around me who are either too selfish or too stupid to react properly to the situation.
Case in point- I’m driving down a road with one lane traveling in each direction. Traffics a bit thick and were only moving at about 35mph between lights. I hear sirens from behind and check my mirror. I see it’s an ambo and he is coming my way. I continue to flow with traffic carefully watching as other drivers pull over as he’s making his way to me. He’s now about 5 cars back so I start riding the shoulder a bit when I notice the guy he’s currently behind doesn’t know what to do. The guy in my rear view mirror is moving at about 12mph and has 20% of his car on the shoulder and 80 in lane. The ambo has no where to go as oncoming traffic is to the left. On top of that this guy has about 5 car lengths between him and the cars in front of him because he is moving so slow! The driver of the ambulance gets right on his bumper and finally this dim-witted soul had an epiphany and realized that if he pulls over the noise from the big red truck might stop. So mentally challenged driver #1 pulls off the road and the ambo passes. Everyone else makes way including me and the ambo is increasing speed until mentally challenged driver #2. This idiot actually stops her car. YES, STOPS! Several cars that are in front of her are already on the shoulder and she couldn’t figure out that that’s where she needed to be. The ambo is now at a standstill and can only imagine what she was doing while he sat there sirens blazing right on her bumper probably swinging his arms in the move over motion. Opposing traffic had made way for the ambo to go left and get around her, and he did.
At times, I can’t believe the stupidity I see. Even if these are new drivers, they were passengers first and should have come to the understanding that pulling your car to the side of the road to allow an emergency vehicle to pass is not only simple but pretty serious as it could be a matter of life or death.
Case in point- I’m driving down a road with one lane traveling in each direction. Traffics a bit thick and were only moving at about 35mph between lights. I hear sirens from behind and check my mirror. I see it’s an ambo and he is coming my way. I continue to flow with traffic carefully watching as other drivers pull over as he’s making his way to me. He’s now about 5 cars back so I start riding the shoulder a bit when I notice the guy he’s currently behind doesn’t know what to do. The guy in my rear view mirror is moving at about 12mph and has 20% of his car on the shoulder and 80 in lane. The ambo has no where to go as oncoming traffic is to the left. On top of that this guy has about 5 car lengths between him and the cars in front of him because he is moving so slow! The driver of the ambulance gets right on his bumper and finally this dim-witted soul had an epiphany and realized that if he pulls over the noise from the big red truck might stop. So mentally challenged driver #1 pulls off the road and the ambo passes. Everyone else makes way including me and the ambo is increasing speed until mentally challenged driver #2. This idiot actually stops her car. YES, STOPS! Several cars that are in front of her are already on the shoulder and she couldn’t figure out that that’s where she needed to be. The ambo is now at a standstill and can only imagine what she was doing while he sat there sirens blazing right on her bumper probably swinging his arms in the move over motion. Opposing traffic had made way for the ambo to go left and get around her, and he did.
At times, I can’t believe the stupidity I see. Even if these are new drivers, they were passengers first and should have come to the understanding that pulling your car to the side of the road to allow an emergency vehicle to pass is not only simple but pretty serious as it could be a matter of life or death.
