Shortcut to "Jerkhood"

Wanna be a jerk? Here is a short cut. Ignore that little stick on your left and behind the steering wheel when you drive.

Today I drove down Bathurst St.(Two lanes each way, mid town road, and lots of traffic.) I reached a stop light and the jeep ahead of me stopped. Light turns green, nothing happened. May be he was dreaming, give him a break. A few seconds later, it rolled up a bit and stopped. Darn. Buddy, are you drunk? Honk. Finally, here comes the left turn signal. What does that mean? I, along with the whole line of cars behind me, have to stop for the whole duration of the green light because the lane beside us was busy.

What does it hurt to signal BEFORE he stop at those lights, so people can avoid lining up behind him? A little annoyance for the clicks the signal makes, I guess. Jerk #1.

Finally, next green comes along, and a red minivan turned out from the side street and ended up in front of me. A mere a few seconds later, it slowed to a halt. You guessed it, there is a road on the left. Another honk, this time, even better, nothing happened. No signal, and another busy side lane prevented me and the line of cars behind to change lanes. There were finally no more cars coming from the opposite direction, and well? Not moving. Another honk, finally, it started moving, snailing towards the left. What's going on? There is another car trying to back out of the driveway in the small road, the "lady" in the van, was "courteous" enough to wait for that car to come out. Why didn't she signal? She was on her cellphone! Her left hand was "busy", and they say women are better multi-taskers! Jerk #2.

Had enough of Bathurst. Back onto Hwy 401. Everything was well until I reached my exit at Dixie Road. There was a slow moving truck in lane to the left of me as I tried to exit. Woosh! That gigantic truck swerved into me when I was right beside its tail. I gave my 150% on the brakes, of course. From that sharp angle, I saw its front right signal flashing! Absolutely no rear signal, broken! He was smart enough to signal, I guess, but since I "ignored" him, he decided to bully his way over. Who cares if I ended up underneath him, right? Jerk #3.

Now you see how you gain "jerkhood" in a swift?