In the last 2 years, but mostly in the last year, driving in Dallas is like getting assaulted.
There are 5 kind of drivers in Dallas.
1. The overcautious driver who cannot and will not keep up with the traffic. Typically, this driver has tunnel vision and is completely onlivious to the world aaround them. A car could explode behind them and they would never even notice. These drivers create long lines at exit ramps because they cannot grasp the concept of taking the very next exit.
I call these drivers NON-DRIVERS
2. These drivers go their own speed but, they go too slow in the passing lane. It is a power trip for them and they feel like they are making a statement that says “I am going to show the world what an obnoxious idiot I am” These drivers are fully aware of what is going on around them but, they feel empowered by holding up traffic. These drivers will look in their review mirror to match sure that they are causing enough anger in those atound them. This driver needs to go back to retake their driver license test and must be mandated to take a real defensive driver training class.
I call these drivers INSTIGATORS
3. The third type that drives up on your behind and cuts in front of you barely making clearance to the front of your vehicle. These drivers will not yield to traffic even if they are the cause of an accident. These drivers will anticipate where they are going ahead of them and will run up beside you to make a turn and have no consideration what tge vehicle in front of them is going to do. If you move over to make your turn and cit this guy off he will show his ass by trying to have you rear end him or honk and flip you off and and create a scene. This driver will also drive across 4 or 5 lanes of traffic to take an upcoming exit.
This is the most dangerous of all of the driver types. This guy has anger issues and is the kind of driver that will pull out a gun and shoot you or better yet get out of his truck at the red light to come over and assault you. I call these drivers in need of psch meds but, also TERRORISTS
4. UBERx drivers and the like who either drive as though they are in charge of the road or they are recklessly gawking at their cell phone or maybe be texting. Every chance they get, will out of spite mess with a taxi driver. These
parasites unfortunately are causing traffic delays. Accidents. Congestion in the airports and are very aggressive. Mostly, with no common sense. Because lets face it, any idiot can drive for UberX and with the high turnover rate, they find out quickly how little compensation will create more havoc on them financially in terms of blowing through vehicles. These drivers will look in their rear view for opportunities to slow down drivers that they know are in a hurry by slowing down and braking to intentionally incite other drivers especially if the other driver happens to drive a taxi. This happened to me twice today where a driver would speed up, get in front of me and brake, then speed up again when i tried to go around and i promise you if I had not been a taxi driver this would not have happened. Its cool though, i will stop by the house and get my camera. Many of these drivers have full time jobs but, because they can cause financial hardship for others, then by all means this is their only ambition in life. Who needs an education, they plan to be Uber X drivers for life.
I call these drivers PARASITES
5. The fifth type of driver is a normal law abiding driver who yields to traffic and does not mind letting others ahead of them. These drivers are not offensive but are rather polite and are far removed from the transportation industry but, are probably concerned with all of the traffic idiots around them. There are far too few of these drivers left in Dallas. I call these drivers SQUARES.
Getting around Dallas these days feels somewhat like going to battle in a civil war. You never know what is going to happen much like driving in a bad video gamer that creates a huge amount of cortisol and makes living here very undesirable.
In fact most days, I wished I had with me,an Oozie.
What kind of driver are you?