Cell Phones

The new cell phone law has my vote, but also my ire. <--that's a byline in the industry.

I was behind the slowest driver in the world today, the kind that needs at least a mile space before turning out into traffic. Maybe she needed a mile because she couldn't see down enough for us mere car drivers out of her oversized SUV.

regardless she was either lost or a douchebag. Because she didn't know where she was going was in no hurry to get more lost like the rest of us try to get. Turns out (of course) she was on her cellphone. not a hands free device either, oh no, straight Zack Morris "Saved by the Bell" phone. This is typical behavior. Whenever a person is lost, in trouble, or just bored while driving, they commonly resort to cellphone usage and road rules avoidance.

What troubled me was that there was a Cop at one of the intersections this lady nearly droive through. now in California it is illegal to have your phone up to your gaping-mouth-hole head while driving. Honestly I was looking forward to her getting pulled over and issued a $300 for the iota of unhappiness she caused me. Yes, I am spiteful, especially when hungry.

Can you guess what happened? sure you can, nothing. That bastard drove right through the intersection. To be fair he would have had to get out of his car to issue the ticket and who wants to do that on a hot day. Nothing, what's the point of the law if you don't enforce it. Maybe if she was driving a crappier car instead of a Lexus, something maybe like mine.

So I went on my sullen way and she went on endangering other drivers and various inattentive pedestrians. No justice.