road ragers

whenever we have the first gloriously sunny day of the season (especially after a string of stormy/cloudy/rainy/crappy days), the maniacs on the road come out.  you know who i'm talking about.  drivers who whiz by when you're already going 75 (tractor-trailers are the scariest because the road trembles beneath you as they barrel down the highway).  the zigzaggers, treating other cars like an elaborate obstacle course.  the tailgaters, coming up so quickly behind you that you barely have enough time to switch lanes as they're already sticking to your trunk.

i found a new bunch.  the anti-yielders.  i'll be going straight down the expressway and people entering on will honk, gesture, and flash their lights at me if i don't slam on my brakes to specifically let them on ahead.  don't i have the right of way?  isn't the yield sign on their side?  is there some new traffic regulation i happened to miss?

anyways, i have a feeling that the police are cognizant of the sunny day = insane driving phenomenon.  i saw 10 patrol cars out and about yesterday, 6 of them on the same stretch of road.  perhaps one of my favorite things to witness is one of these crazies passing me and then suddenly tapping the brakes as they spot the officer, ensuring they're on their best behavior when they drive by.  what they may not realize is that by the time the cop is visible, he's already seen them.  so it's probably more noticeable if they make a big spectacle out of slowing down. 

(on a side note, i do have to admit there's an immediate sense of authority when you see a car with lights overhead.  i'll be doing the quick glance in the rearview, checking to make sure the car hasn't pulled out to follow me, even when i'm going the speed limit). 

well, i don't know what the point is to this post (if there is one), but seriously though, when the sun comes out, watch out for the nutty drivers out there.