Day two of driving 55

[sylvar]

That crazy driver behind me was really up my tailpipe this morning. I looked back in the rear-view mirror and she made a rude, condescending gesture with the back of her hand, fingers splayed out beneath and sweeping forward a few times, as if I were a cat who needed to be shooed out of her way. I made another gesture, then followed it up with a leftward jerk of my thumb to tell her to go ahead and pass me if she were in a hurry. But she stuck to my bumper like I had a trunk full of neodymium magnets, and as soon as I was boxed in by a passing semi, she sped up to intimidate me. Honestly, I was tempted to use my brakes to get her to back off me, but I realized that my car was much smaller than her school bus. Ahem. I'm glad I got her bus number before she turned onto I-4.

Seriously. I expect a certain amount of aggression from my fellow drivers, but I also expect people to refrain from aggressive, intimidating, and dangerous driving when their vehicle is full of children. And I believe that Hillsborough County Schools expects the same.

Photo: "School Bus Top" by Todd Klassy
 

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[wyldemusick.livejournal.com]

School bus drivers have been known to be some of the worst psychos on the planet. Regular bus drivrs can be wild too -- I ended up reporting one who was a complete asshole to passengers and had this thing of running his bus right up behind cars in front of him and then leaning on the horn. Scariest bus ride I've ever had, and especially unpleasant as I was nearly blind at the time and he refused to let me know when my stop was coming up (I ended up missing it, having to go around the houses to get home, and wound up missing a scheduled appointment a a result.) Another driver had to be reported for being drunk on the job -- actions and smell were a giveaway there. Yeesh.

Makes me understand why I'm agoraphobic.....