Well as I am a Test Driver and do a lot of on the road driving (like last week I clocked somewhere around 40 hours of driving last week alone). I see a lot of bad (clueless, possibly drunk) drivers on the road. Some do 90 mph, some do 45mph.... on the freeway.... so here's my rant and I'll start with whats bugging me right now. (obviously bad drivers)
What is really ticking me off is the amount of drivers that will sit in the very left lane on the freeway then, suddenly they realize their exit is coming up in a 1/4 mile. so they cut bait and get to the right hand lane as quickly as possible, and change lanes in their SUV (seems like everyone of them drives either that or a Crossover, or a Grand Prix) sometimes I think without looking and they jettison across the 3 lanes of traffic almost as fast as they are moving forward.
Then there's the person that seems to always come out of no where and just sit.... in your blind spot, while on the freeway, typically it seems to happen when your approaching a truck. which these same people also seem to do to those trucks, and they seem to like sitting in their blind spots, which is about the stupidest idea ever, because thats right where the trucker CAN'T SEE YOU.
My next is not really a bad driver as much as wrongly using a car, the car in specific? the Toyota Prius. I see more of them on the freeway then I do on the city streets. Some may know, but clearly those hippies (or who ever drives those things) don't realize that at freeway speeds a hybrid is just like a normal car, the electric motor in the Prius is only good for about 30 mph, so really the Prius was built for driving in the city, yet no one seems to realize that, unless theres another selling point for the thing (I don't really consider it a car as much as a tool) I think the car has no real appeal, not really a good looking car, quite ugly in my eyes. its not fun to drive, unless you consider trying to hyper mile fun. I've never driven one by the way, but I'd imagine they drive like a boat, turn in and it will turn, eventually. I think they are also a complete waste of money, especially in the long term because the batteries only last about 8 years, so by the time the hybrid system has paid for itself, you have to spend the 8,000$ (or whatever it is) for the new batterys. and if it is 8,000$ I'd go buy myself a Ford Festiva or a Geo Metro, as my commuter car, as I won't have to replace its 8,000$ battery in 8 years, you might have to replace a 50$ battery every 5 years, and other littler things that will easily pay itself off. And if you couldn't already realize I'm not a fan of the hybrid system, really its a joke, its lieing, a hybrid won't save the world, you might as well drive that 10 mpg Suburban again, because it really thats about the same damage to the enviroment. and some people are saying "well no they aren't the Prius gets 40 mpg". bad news for you people, those batteries are what kills the environment, because of the way they are manufactured and the nickel is mined, it is actually worse for the environment.
Anyways I think thats all I have to rant about right now, I'll post something about my 3d models probably tomorrow, kind of swamped at work right now.
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