I want our government "leaders" to pass a law that forbids the use of cell phones while driving. If anything about driving pisses me off more than the light situation, it's people on their cell phones. I hate them. Passionately.
Let me clarify one thing: I am not referring to those who do this occasionally, when they have a message to deliver or a question to ask. I am talking about the assholes who are always on their phones, constantly, non-stop. The ones who when you are in the nightmare that is rush-hour traffic and are headed from downtown to the suburbs, never get off the phone. The entire time. For over an hour. From 1st Ave. to 127 Ave. What's worse, every dumbass in Miami now has a cell phone, from the gangster in the low rider to the rich-bitch high-school girl in daddy's Beamer to everyone who works in an office building above the second floor. Put all the distracted assholes in rush hour traffic and do the math. And the ones on the I who are so busy dialing, they slow down to 30mph, when the minimum speed is 40, and therefore lock traffic up on their lane (four lanes, one asshole per lane = backed-up traffic... back down to downtown).
These people are a danger to society and should be punished cruelly and unusually. I mean, how reliable a driver can you be if your eyes are glued to the phone or you are so deep in conversation you forget where you are? I honestly think cell phones are only meant to be used in the car when you have something pertinent to say, such as, "I am on my way home, do I need to stop and get something from the store?" or, "I forgot to tell you, I left those papers you needed on your desk," or, "I'm on my way to you, I'll be there in 15 minutes." They are not meant to get into long dissertations about the jerks you work with, or that huge fight you had with your girl/boyfriend, or to bullshit with your friends.
These people epitomize the concept of people with their heads up their asses. Their distraction kills me, because they slow down to a barely-moving speed, or they weave around in their lane, or into other lanes... and to top it off, they are bitches about it. I have lost count of the number of times that some asshole on his phone is doing 25 in a 35, and I have politely honked my horn, hoping the message of "Get your head out of your ass, please" has come across, only to be totally ignored. So then when I finally switch lanes and give them a dirty look, they have the nerve to get pissed at me. This happens all the time, like, who am I to honk and switch lanes? And of course, they continue merrily at 25mph.
I am so close to starting a petition to ban the use of phones in the car. You want to make the world a better place? Then help me get rid of these evil people.
