Ritchie vs The Idiot Drivers of Richmond, BC
Good lord, I know that one of my Christmas wishes was more blog fodder that I could write about but this is a bit ridiculous. Now, if you think that this is some sort of racist post then think again. Richmond has many different types of drivers and I’m calling ALL of them bad drivers.
Over the holidays, Cheryl and I moved back to Richmond so that we could tear down and rebuild our house (more on that in a later blog post).
My 15 minute commute has now officially turned into a 30+ minute commute to work. Now rush hour in Richmond is a different type of hell on Earth, if you think that losing a child or seeing your 2 month old puppy get kicked in the face with a steel toe boot is hell then you obviously haven’t driven a car on Number 3 road in Richmond during rush hour.
This morning a middle aged woman driving to work in a Civic could not observe proper traffic etiquette and let other drivers merge into the highway (she kept closing off the space as to not let anyone in). I also saw her slam her breaks (completely unaware of any other cars around her) in an attempt to merge further than everyone else when she exited the highway into Marine Drive.
Now to the people who are going to say, “Well Ritchie the Canada Line is there now and you can just take the Transit all the way to work.” To you I say, Transit is like allowing a bunch of sick, sweaty and bodily odor-ridden strangers to violate your own personal space. It’s practically a step below rape!
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I concur. I was even complaining to a colleague about the seeming lack of ability of anyone to execute the “zipper” merge, especially on the Knight St. bridge, and she said “what do you mean zipper?” I explained the concept of alternate car merging, and she had NO IDEA that was the way things were supposed to work, though she did say it “sounds like a really sensible idea!” no shit, sherlock.
The funny thing is that the concept isn’t that foreign. C’mon even ants can do it (just before I killed them with my magnifying glass). I’d make the usual joke that most people in Richmond bought their driver’s license but that would be waaaay to easy (and obvious).
I hate commuting in general. It’s 2010. Where’s my teleport?
I also vaguely remember being promised a jet pack and flying cars. I wonder if there would be a hybrid version.