ARGH. STOP!

A kid started walking across the street today and I had the green.  I came to a stop because I couldn't tell if he was going to "book" or "stop" once he realized he wasn't paying attention.  His friend yelled at him, he looked up, saw me coming to a stopped, rolled his eyes and kept walking.  He was about 12 years old.  I rolled down my window, struggled for his attention and said "do you see that green light? That's when cars drive through!"  he made me repeat myself and I had.  He gave me a dirty look and shrugged and walked away before I could say more.  The car in back of me honked.  I wanted to shout "see, this jerk behind me would prefer I mow you over!"

He saw me come to a halt and took it for granted that I would remained stopped and not play "stop" and "go" as he momentarily paused.  I know how some people would stop, then go, and then stop until they gave up or the kid... But I don't take those chances.  I see someone, I stop.  At times when I've crossed, I've danced that dance with people.

Later that day, I was driving my mom through a residential section.  this particular street is one lane, bidirectional, and this asshole decided to pass me and blow through a few stop signs. A guy like this wouldn't have stopped for that kid.  A guy like this could have easily killed a person or a family.  This asshole, the only and most important person that will ever matter in this universe is him.  I understand "road rage" to an extent, I'd never succumb to it but I understand why it exists.  I think there are way to many cases of it where someone made an innocent mistake and someone else who has anger management issues makes it "newsworthy"... Aside from those, I think some of us have more than valid reasons to be enraged with others.

I personally couldn't live with myself if I acted as the driver that passed me did and I was responsible for killing someone.  I would go fucking nuts and I just can't fathom why there are douche bags like this out there that simply refuse to give a fuck and I wish there was something I could do to get these fuckers off the streets and get their licenses burned.