Arguably worse than the "my car is my ticket to have the way because it's bigger than your shoes" attitude, is the "my car is a funny toy" attitude.

I'm sure the driver thought it was very funny to spot me, turn in at full speed while revving up, and stop with screaming tires right next to me crossing the road. On a pedestrian crossing. With green pedestrian light. Coming from his right. Anyway, I wonder just how funny it would have been had his screaming tires lost grip on the wet road and he hit me. In that case I would hope I wasn't hurt and would scream as if all my bones were broken, fake fainting at least twice, and walk off the moment he made all the necessary calls and was whiter than the road lining. Idiot.

Once I was waiting for a green bicycle light. red.....red.....green. OK there I go. STOP! One car "still could catch the green" and nearly ended up in driving my front wheel off. Thanks for the heart attack and the angry look towards me. So I continue. STOP! A nutter almost hits me right in the side, makes his turn to the middle of the road and continues, with an angry look towards me. OK wow quickly go back, how could I have missed the green light? Somebody standing besides me says as I'm going back "nono, it's really green!". Unbelievable. With 4 red car lights and a green bicycle light, I get killed almost twice on a single crossing, the second time at an estimated 7 seconds after the car lights turned red. For all values of "just catch the green light" that is an order of magnitude beyond the scale. This is not about having to wait for 1 minute. This is about having a scattered skull on your windscreen. My skull. Same goes for these "cool" attention seekers who have to make the turn at full speed with screaming tires. You will get attention when you hit the pedestrians at the crossing on the other side of the blind turn you just took at 60. I hope you will get seriously beaten as well.

I have seen responsible attention seekers in cars as well, and I must say that I can admire a beautiful car or its muscles far better when not having to fear about human lives.


Everyone can make mistakes. I too make mistakes, especially while driving my car. But purposedly hitting red lights and using your car as a toy is not a mistake. It's a crime.

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