20th in the Nation? You have GOT to be kidding me? That’s what I read in an article on msn.com a few days ago. It says that Utah has the 20th best driving record out of all 50 states. I just don’t believe it!
Today as I drove from the 9th and 9th area of Salt Lake City, I followed a Ford Taurus wagon with Minnesota license plates. Besides the “BARK” and “COEXIST” bumper stickers, I could tell this driver was a liberal. How do I know? The driver had absolutely NO depth perception, and she passed a cyclist on the left and honest to heaven, she gave the cyclist 15 feet berth so she wouldn’t hit him. I guess she thought it was more important to save the cyclist the burden of her driving, and didn’t think of the oncoming traffic that was headed the other direction. The oncoming car had to STOP to let this lunatic driver pass the cyclist. I mean, COME ON PEOPLE! 15 feet? Our roads are only so wide, she could have given the cyclist 3 feet and he would have been fine.
I turned onto 19th East, and she was still ahead of me. She looked like she was flying a Mooney airplane: She was lined up perfectly…only she was driving, not flying. I couldn’t believe it. I kept honking and pointing my finger towards OUR side of the road, yet cars continued to pull off the side of the road. I got a good look at her, and she wasn’t even talking on a cell phone, nor was she 88 years old.
I have no idea why Utah has such terrible drivers. It couldn’t be that we have more cars in our cities. It couldn’t be that we have more kids on cell phones. So what is the answer? Can anyone tell me? Why are there more and more idiots on the road these days, and why do I feel like I have to be a super-defensive driver when I’m out there? Does anyone have the answer?
