Jerk Drivers Rant
Maybe it’s just Batesville, maybe it’s just Arkansas, maybe it’s the whole country, or even the whole world—but who doesn’t know that you’re supposed to pull over for emergency vehicles? Several times lately I’ve seen cars not pulling over for ambulances. It drives me crazy. I hate type A, aggressive drivers anyway. But these selfish jerks are the worst.
In the extremely unlikely chance that Arkansas had no laws about emergency vehicles I did a little research. It only took me about five minutes to track down the emergency vehicle section of the official Arkansas Drivers Education Study Guide.
“Drivers should pull over to the right edge of the road, or as near to the right as possible, when you see or hear an emergency vehicle approaching from any direction.”
Note that any direction part. I very, very rarely see people here stop when the ambulance is coming from the other direction. Who knows where that vehicle might be turning, or when it might have to swerve into the middle of the road to avoid another jackass who won’t get over.
When I’m in charge I’ll have lasers mounted to the hoods of all emergency vehicles. If somebody doesn’t get over… ZAP! Then they’ll have to pull over to fix a recently exploded tire.
Click the jump to view a graphic of my other complaint for drivers around here.
Study this diagram of an intersection I go through several times a day.
I want to turn right. The Jerk wants to turn left. The light is green. Who has the right of way? Me of course, but I can’t count how many times the Jerk has cut me off at this intersection. I’ve also been stuck behind somebody in the me position, who won’t even try to go until the person in the Jerk position clears the intersection. I don’t know which is worse, but it clearly shows there is some confusion in the town as to who has the right of way.
