Don't you love it...

...when you're sitting at a redlight, then your whole car shakes with the unmistakable 'thud' of an impact? -sigh- I was at the stop light on the beltline at Westmeade Sunday night on the way over to J-mo's when this happened. A teenage girl had decided to introduce her Honda's front bumper to my Mazda's rear bumper (for Kyle, wouldn't that constitute a "date"?...LOL). When I looked in the rearview mirror, there were two people in the car - the girl, looking horrified at what she'd just done, and the guy next to her, who just sunk in his seat and shook his head (at her).

Fortunately, the impact didn't feel too harsh, and a quick survey of the Mazda's rear bumper comfirmed as much. No apparent damage to her car, either.

"Is there any damage?" she asked.
"Not that I can see," I replied.
"I'm so sorry. I just wasn't paying attention," she said.
"No kidding," I thought to myself.

Fortunately, this episode of automotivus-stupidus ended with no problems. But it's this kind of stupidity on the roads that leads to worse things. I completely tested the Mazda's anti-lock braking capability on Danville road by the mall last Friday when a lady in an Explorer turned across the road in front of me into the mall...and stop halfway because of congestion in the mall parking lot (she was cutting it close even without stopping). My car's brakes protested, but I was able to avoid hitting her at 40 mph. I sounded my horn, only to have her sound hers back at me. Sure, that makes you look even smarter...you nearly cause a major accident, but blow your own horn in defiance. "Honk if you're stupid."

Mmm-hmmm....

Feel free to comment about any of your own encounters with a driverus-dumbassus?