I agree that there are some times when traffic has a reason to be stopped, such as in the case of a bad accident. When I get really mad is when traffic is stopped for no reason. One situation that really irritates me is when somebody rearends another because they are too busy applying makeup or dialing a cell phone or masturbating or whatever they hell they happen to be doing instead of driving the damn car. They refuse to move their vehicle off to the side of the freeway as required by law. If your vehicle is able to move, you are required to move it off of the highway. They will sit there and wait for the police to show up, except the police can't get to the scene because they've blocked traffic from moving!!! The police should be allowed to bitch-slap those people just as part of the process of writing them a ticket. But my second big pet peeve is when some looney tune decides he or she wants to jump off a bridge during rush hour. This happens quite a bit in metro Atlanta. They will stop the traffic on the interstate and wait for this dumbass to do something, sometimes for hours. Obviously, none of these people have ever seen the movie "Lethal Weapon". Step 1, fill up one of those big, air-filled jumpy matt thingies. Step 2, put it underneath aforementioned looney tune. Step 3, push the bastard off!
If I were the cheif of police, I would get on my trusty bullhorn, and tell the looney tune that he has 3 choices. Choice 1, come down off the bridge NOW! Choice 2, JUMP NOW! Choice 3, if the looney tune doesn't chose choice 1 or 2, choice 3 is that I will climb out there and push your silly ass off the bridge myself! The key is to end the situation quickly, thus reducing the amount of inconvenience on the general public.
Does all of this sound selfish? Yes, but just think how selfish it is for some asshat to disrupt the lives of hundreds of thousands of commuters for hours on end just because you crave a little attention? Just think about it. I'll tell you how one of these mindless asshats has messed up my life for a couple of weeks. I was tied up on the interstate waiting for one of these idiots to either jump off or climb off a bridge. Traffic couldn't move. I couldn't make it to the daycare before they closed because I sat in traffic for over 2 hours. The daycare doesn't care; when they're closed, they're closed. They simply call the police who gives your kid to DFACS. It took several hours to find out where my toddler was and how to get her back. Then, I had to explain to DFACS why I "abandoned" my kid at the daycare, even though I called the daycare and told them what was going on. I had to deal with these DFACS people checking on me for weeks to make sure I wasn't a "bad" parent. If you're really going to kill yourself, do the world a favor and do it at home or even better, right in front of the police station. That way the cops won't have to waste any gas on you! If you're not going to kill yourself and you just want attention, try running around naked at the mall. THAT will get you some attention, especially if you're a hot chick.
