Moving Violations...For Real This Time

I live in Provo, Utah...home of some of the crappiest drivers you'll ever find.

Yesterday I was driving though a parking lot when all of a sudden a girl in a black '03 Toyota Corolla backed straight into me. Lindsay and I both held back explicatives and I calmly backed around into a parking spot. I was worried to see what damage had been inflicted on poor old Gertrude. But then I found how wonderful it is having a twenty year old car. There might have been a couple scratches, but not a dent. Oh it's kind of sad that they stopped making cars that sturdy. So thank goodness the other girl's car only had a few scratches on the bumper and she admitted it was completely her fault. We parted ways without involving police or insurance companies.

So, thankfully my situation resolved itself just fine. That wasn't the point of this post though.

The point was that people in Utah suck at driving.

Biggest pet peeves I see on the road:

• Not using a turn lane. FREAKING DANG IT PEOPLE. This one will get me to yell at you every time. See that lane right there? The one with the arrow? Ok, that one might not have an arrow, but it's still obviously a turning lane. Oh, so you are turning here? Well then why the crap are you not in that turning lane? Get out of my freaking way.
• Swerving lanes. You see those lines on the road? Well, you're supposed to stay in between them you know. And when you want to move out from between that particular set of lines and into another, turn your blinker on and let everyone else know what you're thinking. Because contrary to your belief, nobody can read your mind.
• Running red lights. It's true, Utah has trained their drivers to run red lights. The traffic lights here stay yellow for like twice as long as the lights in any other state. So twice as many people can make it through the yellow light. And then at least three more can just go ahead through the red light because they saw it when it was yellow. Ha. Idiots. I hope I don't ever get broadsided in one of those intersections. I will sue.
• Parking lots. I swear that Utah has some of the worst parkers in the entire world. Everyone is crooked. Enough said.

That is a very abbreviated list. I am very surprised that this is the first car accident I've had in the two plus years I've lived here. I wish people would get a clue on the road. I would feel so much better about life.