Raggedy Austin Traffic

Luckily, my new job does not require me to use I35 after I leave work in the evening, but it is down by UT campus which sucks just as much because of the student traffic. However, a couple weeks ago I did have to endure the loathesome rush hour traffic on Mopac and wanted to scream until my lungs burst. It was then and there that I came up with my top 10 reasons I hate Austin traffic...in no particular order of course.

1. Minivans...I hate them, I don't understand the appeal of them, they are horrible. Especially when they are chock full of screaming brats who won't stay buckled in their damn seat unless their favorite episode of Barney or Squarepants or Debbie Does Dallas is playing on the in-car entertainment system.

2. The elderly who drive the opposite of my Nannie. For the record, my Nannie gets from point A to point B in the least amount of time she possibly can...why can't all old people drive like her?

3. Illegal imigrants that clearly don't have insurance and drive 10-20 miles under the speed limit because they think it is probably safer that way. Um...no...it is more dangerous because the rest of the traffic is zooming by them at 70+ miles an hour.

4. Rubber neckers who have to slow down the flow of traffic to check out what's going on across the median in oncoming traffic. People act like they haven't ever seen a wreck before. Go on Youtube to get a fix...don't do it when I am behind you.

5. People who enter traffic from onramps who are going 20 miles an hour. This causes more wrecks people...you should be entering at no less than 40 miles an hour.

6. Hummer H2's. They are awful. Nothing more needs to be said about them.

7. Cyclists who can't go fast. If you are going to ride a bike...you better pedal. Damn that Lance Armstrong for making this "sport" so damn popular in Austin.

8. People who don't use a signal when changing lanes, turning onto another street, exiting a freeway, entering a freeway, or merging from a two lane to a one lane. Common courtesy people.

9. This one doesn't really have anything to do with traffic so much, but I HATE people that circle parking lots like vultures for the closest parking spot possible. And usually it is people that need to find the farthest spot and burn some calories off their fat ass by walking.

10. People that insist on driving slowly in the fast lane. That lane is not there for Sunday leisurely driving...it is there for people who want to get from point a to point b as quickly as possible.