Thursday, August 24, 2006
Stupid AZ Drivers
I used to think I was a good driver when it came to rain, wind, and excessive water. I mean, I wasn't so stupid to drive my car under a Tucson underpass where the water level is clearly marked at being 4 ft high. Nor was I stupid enough to go through the washes like many other idiotic Arizona drivers.
But oh no. When I was driving home from Gilbert , I ended up doing something really stupid. Monday weather was awful. It was raining and very windy, at least in Gilbert. By the time I got to Chandler it was also raining hard. And my windshield wipers don't work too well (I need new ones, but who invests in them right before the end of the monsoon season).
Anyway, on my way home, I happen to the intersection of Arizona and Queen Creek. If anyone knows the area, Queen Creek is under construction; right before Alma School, the cones sort of make this weird zig-zag, where it dead ends and you have to take a sharp right hand turn to get onto the right side of the road. Under the best of circumstances, it is difficult enough to manuever around the oddly situated orange cones and signs. But it was dark (it was 8:15), raining and windy, and some of the signs were knocked over.
Sadly, the most important sign was knocked down: the sign that blocked access to the second lane of the east-bound traffic--the sign that indicated that you had to turn right sharply if you wanted to keep going down on Queen Creek.
Ah, stupid me. I saw the sign on the ground, thought it had blown over into the wrong lane, thought I hadn't yet reached the spot to make the quick manuever. To make a long story short, I ended up driving down the wrong side of the road.
Luckily, someone was nice enough to flash their lights and traffic was slow enough that I was able to turn around.
So much for thinking I wasn't just another moronic Arizona driver.
Alas, I am one of them.
I used to think I was a good driver when it came to rain, wind, and excessive water. I mean, I wasn't so stupid to drive my car under a Tucson underpass where the water level is clearly marked at being 4 ft high. Nor was I stupid enough to go through the washes like many other idiotic Arizona drivers.
But oh no. When I was driving home from Gilbert , I ended up doing something really stupid. Monday weather was awful. It was raining and very windy, at least in Gilbert. By the time I got to Chandler it was also raining hard. And my windshield wipers don't work too well (I need new ones, but who invests in them right before the end of the monsoon season).
Anyway, on my way home, I happen to the intersection of Arizona and Queen Creek. If anyone knows the area, Queen Creek is under construction; right before Alma School, the cones sort of make this weird zig-zag, where it dead ends and you have to take a sharp right hand turn to get onto the right side of the road. Under the best of circumstances, it is difficult enough to manuever around the oddly situated orange cones and signs. But it was dark (it was 8:15), raining and windy, and some of the signs were knocked over.
Sadly, the most important sign was knocked down: the sign that blocked access to the second lane of the east-bound traffic--the sign that indicated that you had to turn right sharply if you wanted to keep going down on Queen Creek.
Ah, stupid me. I saw the sign on the ground, thought it had blown over into the wrong lane, thought I hadn't yet reached the spot to make the quick manuever. To make a long story short, I ended up driving down the wrong side of the road.
Luckily, someone was nice enough to flash their lights and traffic was slow enough that I was able to turn around.
So much for thinking I wasn't just another moronic Arizona driver.
posted by Laura Keslar at 9:19 PM | |
