# Stupid rubberneckers! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 30, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rubberneckers/271949 "2004-10-30T00:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rubberneckers/271949/1 "2004-10-30T00:41:33Z")
On the freeway coming home from work, the traffic suddenly slowed to 10 miles per hour with extensive periods of stopping. “There must be an accident up ahead,” I thought. We crawled along for 20 minutes, until I finally came up to the accident. It consisted of a CHP car, in back of one car with a slightly damaged fender. Now, I’m sure this is a big deal to the owner of that car, yes. But in almost any parking lot in the Bay Area on any day, you can see more banged-up cars. SO WHY THE FUCK DOES EVERYONE HAVE TO SLOW DOWN ALMOST TO A STOP TO SEE THIS ONE!?!?! I know that is what they were slowing down to see, because the traffic speed went back up to 65 once I passed the accident, such as it was. I had expected, based on the traffic, to see a car flipped over on its roof on the shoulder, _at least_. Dear rubberneckers: You suck. You are one small suck for man, one giant vacuum-cleaner hose up the wazoo for mankind. You made my drive home the perfect ending to a crappy week. Fuck you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rubberneckers/271949/2 "2004-10-30T02:41:18Z")
The greatest thing I have heard on the radio was a traffic report that included “Its just a car on the side of the road, you’ve seen one before, everyone should now drive freely past [intersection].”