Riding on the bus gives what may be the most unrivaled view of goofy driving and general doofishness on the roads, I suspect. Take last night for example.
I left work just early enough that I could catch the earlier bus from Market Street (the 3:57), though I'd originally expected that I'd miss it, and would've spent a half hour or so at the Tattered Cover. Just made it under the wire, though. As we were tooling along the 6th avenue freeway on our way back out to inner outer suburbia, there was this black Lexus SUV-kind-of-a-thing in the left lane next to us. At 55+ MPH, the bozo driving said Lexus was busy juggling their smart-phone, and weaving pretty close to my bus with alarming frequency.
Given that the engine of the bus I was on likely massed more than their entire vehicle, it wasn't like I was afraid that we'd overturn if an accident happened or anything. I was simply flabbergasted that someone could either not realize that they were wobbling around the lane so much, think that they could handle the phone and the vehicle at the same time (when they obviously couldn't), or maybe just be such an idiot. Or any combination of the three.
After noting this on Facebook, at least a couple friends commented that I should've called the police. I'll have to go digging to see if there's a non-emergency number that I can call if something like this happens again.
In the meantime: If you're driving around the Denver area, and happen to notice a black Lexus SUV-thing, "720-JFU" on the plates, keep your distance in case they get a call or an email. Seriously.
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