Chamblee54

This is a repost. The incident described here took place January 12, 2008. It could have been today, yesterday, or tomorrow. It happened to someone somewhere today.
Our motor culture likes to drive fast. Being in a hurry is only part of the problem. Drivers get a charge out of driving faster than conditions allow.
Reckless driving is not seen as a sin or a character flaw. When was the last time a preacher did a sermon on driving courtesy? Considering the reputation preachers have for bad driving, it would be rank hypocrisy. Which never stops a pulpit pounder from ranting about sex or drugs. Why is safe driving not seen as a moral issue?
Open letter to the lady in the SUV.
You were behind PG on Johnson Ferry Road, between Peachtree Industrial and Ashford Dunwoody. You were following too close, and wandering from side to side of the lane, as if to tell him, drive faster. PG was going the speed limit and was not in the mood to violate the law. It was a two lane road, and there was no need to go faster.
After the first red light, there was about two hundred feet of an extra lane. You sped around PG, and got in front to turn left onto the next segment of Johnson Ferry.
You had an SUV, and bumper stickers from Emory, William and Mary, and the Human Rights Campaign Fund. PG chooses not to advertise on his vehicle. If PG donated money to a lame outfit like the HRCF, he would be quiet about it.
The next section of Johnson Ferry was a two lane road with a 35 mph speed limit. This road was built before the subdivisions and apartments, back in an era when 35 mph was moving pretty fast. There is a bridge at the bottom of the hill over Nancy Creek, which is kinda rough and broken up. PG likes to slow down a bit before crossing it.
PG looked ahead, and you had driven fast until you came to a car ahead. You seemed to be following it a bit too close. If there had been a need for a sudden stop, you might not have been able to stop your SUV in time.
The light at the top of the hill was green, and we went on through to the light at Peachtree Dunwoody, across from the hospitals. You were in the middle lane, and PG was in the right lane, next to you at the light.
All that type A driving had done you no good. The tailgating, the unsafe passing, the weaving from side to side…. all that did was make your fellow drivers nervous. You still wound up in the same place. You put the lives of others in danger, and you did not gain a thing.
If you need to be somewhere earlier, leave your residence earlier.