Actually, there was someone last night who I would have liked to give a ticket to, or at least a good, strong, uniformed warning. Friends and I went out to rent a movie last night. When we got to Blockbuster, there was a large SUV stopped in front of the entrance, completely blocking a perfectly good, empty parking space. It was there for a good five minutes at least. As we pulled in to a space a bit further away, we commented on it and decided a social comment was in order.
I still carry a cane thanks to a knee injury, and there are times when I really do need it, especially for going up steps or over curbs. As luck would have it, I had it with me last night. When I got out of the car, I did so slowly and carefully and hobbled over to the store, shooting glances at the SUV, and walking as if each step was producing excruciating agony. As we walked in front of the car, I gave whoever was in it a slight, sardonic bow. As we got to the store, an exuberant little boy about 7 or 8 years old came running and leaping out of the store and into the SUV. I got the impression other members of his family were still inside. Once we were in, I did drop the act and go back to walking normally. I may have been being a jerk, and I was exaggerating, but I did want to prove a point.
What would I have done if I were a traffic cop? I would have knocked on the window of the vehicle, pointed out that they were blocking a fire lane, pointed to the empty parking space they were parked in front of, and tell them they had to move their vehicle immediately or be fined.
street-racers and other riceboys would have their cars impounded, and all their stupid useless cosmetic bodywork pried off their car with a crowbar
street racers holding events in/near populated areas would be shot
street racers out in the boonies on a stretch of deserted road would be monitored closely, any unsafe driving, they’d be arrested and their cars put in a crusher
and just to prove my PD wouldn’t be completely heartless, there would be a PD-sponsored 1/4 mile dragstrip off the main road in a safe area, a safe, legal spot for these wannabees to play safely, entry would be free, but their driving info would be kept on record, any racers doing it on the street loses their race priviliges at the track, gets tossed in jail, and must spend their prison time scrubbing the rubber off the track with a worn out toothbrush
riceboys will be ticketed with “equipment violations”, and given a choice to either remove the cosnetic crap from their car or face massive fines, and no, mommy and daddy will not pay the fines, the riceboys have to pay them out of their own pocket
all riceboys will have to attend a mandatory “why cosmetic mods are stupid” re-education class, then graduate to advanced “No Replacement for Displacement 101”
if they still street race after all that, they’d be shot
Those who were arguing about whether or not driving the speed limit entitles you to be in the left hand lane might be interested in a segment from yesterday’s edition of Car Talk, in which they addressed this very issue.
Any moron carrying more cargo than the vehicle is equipped to carry, such as:
–Tying a sheet of plywood/queen-sized mattress to the top of a Ford Escort
–Having two guys HOLD ON to a ladder out the passenger side windows
–ANYTHING projecting out of a rear window because it won’t fit in the back seat
–ANYTHING sticking out the bed of a truck or trunk of a car (unless properly marked)
–Trucks with plywood nailed around the bed of a truck to create an open-ended “box truck” (usually filled with tree branches, bushes, or tons of furniture)
