I know that I’m about to T-off at least 50% of my readers, but I can’t help it. Many of you are guilty of a most perturbing and exasperating habit. You are the ones who make your fellow drivers miss out on their chance to make turns from their intended turn lanes because you insist on going so damn slow that they can’t get into their lanes in time to make their turns! Yes… you are the notorious RED-LIGHT CRAWLERS.
This is the term I came up with to describe all you inconsiderate drivers out there who insist on playing that silly game of trying to never come to a full stop before the light turns green. You start slowing up a good tenth of a mile away from a red light in hopes that you won’t have to stop at all! In the meantime, in case you never noticed, there are other drivers behind you who really need to get to that arrow light before it turns red. And those turn arrows go from green to red before the main light turns green. So, if you’re crawling along at 1 mile per hour, what chance does anyone have of making their arrow light? BUT DO YOU CARE?!? Hell no! You’re playing your silly little game with no thought of anyone else on the road but yourself!
You know how bad it feels to miss your own turn signal light. Heck, at a large intersection it can take a good three minutes before it turns green again. So why are you Red-Light Crawlers so unfeeling of others? I certainly can’t come up a good answer. I will say that all of you really need to become more aware of your fellow drivers. Look into your rear view mirror once in a while. Make sure that there is no one behind you who is obviously trying to get around you. If there is no one around, go ahead and play your silly little game. But for goodness sake, don’t do it at other people’s expense!!!!
