Sunday, August 17, 2008

PT Cruiser

I would say that the majority of drivers in Pittsburgh are pretty bad drivers--either unsafe, reckless, or just plain rude. I kid you not, there was once a middle-age couple who stopped their car on the busy one-lane-each-way road, and the wife got out and went to the curb to chat with her friend while her husband just sat with his foot on the brake in front of me.

Today I was driving down another one-lane street, and a PT Cruiser in front of me was going at snail speed and kept weaving back and forth over the lane lines. She stopped at a green light. She nearly had her side mirror ripped off by an approaching bus. She then pulled over to park, but with about 2 feet from her tires to the curb, so I had to stop and wait for her to close her door. She was an old-ish lady, and at that moment I realized:

If I'm ever behind a PT Cruiser, I should just take a different route, or pull over and have a coffee and wait for them to be far ahead. Because with the average ages and personal tastes of the demographic who actually decide to purchase one of those cars--I should know better than to expect a good driving experience.

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