O's EFF YOU for Today

So I'd like to start off by thanking D-Mo for providing me the opportunity to voice my opinions on this blog...he has afforded me the forum to explain my many pet-peeves. My pet-peeve rants will appropriatley be entitled "O's EFF YOU" so you can get a good guage on how I really feel about the topics contained herein. So here goes my first foray into the blogosphere...and we're off.

Today's big EFF YOU goes out to all the Pittsburgh drivers who refuse to properly merge when a roadway is pared down to one lane. (and this is aimed at Pittsburgh drivers why you ask? Simple...because this is where I live and drive. I'm sure other cities are similarly afflicted with morons behind the wheel, but I will focus on the here and now...) So what am I talking about here? Well, if you are driving on the Parkway and you see a bright orange sign indicating that traffic will be funnelled into a single lane, why does eveyone IMMEDIATELY move over? It is really pretty simple folks...you should continue in BOTH lanes until the merge point, and then act as a civilized society and take turns. Yes folks, take turns. That person driving in the lane which will be closed is really not the complete A-Hole you believe him to be, in fact, quite to the contrary. He is doing the right thing by utilizing BOTH lanes of travel in order to lessen the backlog that is created by all of the half-wits that got over a mile back. This then creates a traffic jam of 3 miles as opposed to only 1.5 miles (simple math, use both lanes to merge point, traffic jam lessened by .5).

So why is this a such a big deal to me? Well because I'm sick of doing the proper thing and then getting to the merge point, only to have some jagbag refuse to let me in because they feel I should have been sitting in all of the traffic they just sat in. What's next, am I a jerk because I use the EZ-Pass lane on the turnpike while the other schmoes sit and wait for a ticket? No.

Whew. I'm glad I got this out in the open. For those who disagree, well I guess you'll just sit in traffic while I cruise up the merge point and then we'll play chicken there...bring your bumper car because I know lots of cops.

So going forward, my purpose on this blog will be to cover a wide range of topics, running the gamut from my personal, crotchety old man rants such as this one, to more poignant subjects such as our beloved Pittsburgh Penguins, coverage of prominent golf events (from an everyman's perspective) and other matters of national and local importance (or blatant unimportance, other than the fact that I have some stupid opinion regarding it which I want somebody to hear). So until then I bid you all adieu...