The Daily I680 Drive - The California Driver

Rice is Wrong...

Well i decided to go to Safeway in Dublin today and get some stuff to stock the office desk. I need my snacks during the day! The local NobHill Foods sucks and they dont have what I want to eat.

So on the way back down 680 I'm cruising along and some blinding "rice lights" comes into my side view mirror passenger side... they slow down into my blind spot and I just shake my head a little... no doubt reading my plate... Sure enough Mr. Highbeam comes up along side of me and paces with me for a bit and then the obvious begins to unfold... he's coming into traffic and is going to cut me off... no Mr. Dim Bulb not gonna happen. I stay right at his rear wheel and I can tell this just pisses him off... he's now tailgating the hell out of the guy in front of him which slows down because of it... Mr. LiteBrite comes zipping behind me on my ass... sigh.. not in the mood today for rice racing so I just let off the gas a bit and this must have just set off Mr. SpotLight zipping from around me and moving over two lanes I can already see what he's gonna attempt to do... Oh what the hell my exit is coming up... I punch it! I love my couch on wheels... shes big and powerful and had no issues with the Mazdaspeed or MS3 or whatever they call it. This guy was all over 680 zinging and zipping from lane to lane in his attempt to get in front of me. No luck though... ho hummm another notch in the dash. I'm gonna change my plate one of these days as it seems to provoke the "Best" in people all the time... but I guess my problem is letting myself get goaded into the event at all...! ;-)

Oh Well... live and learn... I'm getting too old for kicking kids butts in their little ricers...

The roads were nice... almost completely dry now... I guess there will be more rain come Thursday.

What a Morning...

On the drive in today I was cut off no less than 3 times. While this isn't really what I would consider alot by any standard what struck me was Why the drivers did. Not a single driver, in any of the three cars needed have changed lanes! Just mosied on over into the fast lane... La la la... Hahaha... well one Driver did give me a wave letting me know they had done the dirty and cut me off. That was nice of them at least ;-)

So basically let go thru the offenders shall we??

• The Boat... Now, I drive a boat on the Highways at times... I like my boat! Its big, Its fast, Its Comfortable! BUT, The driver of a 71 Bonneville started off my bad day commute! coming right over in front of me, not even sure if the lady saw me, but once it was in front of me the smell emanating from the rear of the vehicle was overpowering! The engine was running WAY rich to the point I bet I could have lit the tailpipe fumes! Again, she moved over in front of me for no reason that i can see... she didnt pass the vehicle that she was behind on the previous lane and just sat there crop dusting the freeway with her fumes!! Too bad the car was in the shape it was in... bonne's look ok when they're fixed up.

• The CVVC... Holy Crap! A 1973-75 CVVC!! Its been awhile since I've seen one of these on the road! Heh, and I must admit now in retrospect that I may have caused the driver to cut me off because I was Gawking at the cute little thing! Looked like a non fixed up, paint was faded but obviously had been repainted years ago. The teen driver thankfully had resisted the urge to place 20" rims on the car and stick with the stockers. So, while I was looking I guess I missed that the driver wanted to get around and in the true fashion of owning one of the smallest Hondas zipped right in between me and the car in front with plenty of room to spare... this took me by surprise but had to tip the hat on not waiting and getting to where he wanted to go. This was the driver the gave me the wave... Cool kid.

• The BMW 325... Go Figure... wanna be M3 owner, Yuppie late for his job in Silicon Valley and zipping in and out of the commuter lane to rush up 5-10 spaces and then zing back into the fast lane... as I was watching this transpire in my side view mirror and rear view mirror about 100 yards back I forget about him and concentrated on mot plowing into the person in front of me... well I should have known it! as Soon as the guy comes into my peripheral view... I knew I was gonna get it and sure enough the guy comes sliding in front of me from the commute lane. Grrrr... no more than 1 minute goes by, another car goes by in the commuter lane and the BMW pulls back into the Commuter lane and rushes of... No idea why the guy just didnt stay in the lane and go till the spot where most CHP sit... its what everyone else does anyway... maybe just a person that was in a hurry and not used to driving that way... crap... thats even more scary!

Anyway there you have it my morning into work! its got me so bad that I started a Blog about my daily commute into work... we'll see how much material I can get from the freeway and commute, My guess is LOTS driving here in NorCal...