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The 7 Types Of People You Encounter While Driving

Either you make it or 'brake' it.

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The 7 Types Of People You Encounter While Driving
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I think it's fair enough to say that while you're out on the road driving, you never know what to expect. It's like being in a rollercoaster relationship. One minute you can go from being Beyoncé in the car seat to being emotionally unstable the next. Typically, there are around seven species of human beings you encounter while cruising on the car lanes. Perhaps, you may know these types of people or… perhaps, you may just happen to be one of these people.


1. The creepers who make awkward eye-contact.

Can you not make awkward eye contact with me while our cars are at a stop light?

I'll either look away or I'll play you at this staring game until someone cracks (or technically until the light turns green).

2. The people you see running to save their lives.

I know I'm not the only one whose had to slam my brakes on someone whom just so happens to think that it's perfectly OK to run cross the street while cars are on the lane.

I just pray that you make it to the opposite sidewalk alive.

3. The people you give a free-pass to so they can "slide" in front of you (because you're so nice).

On a good day, I'll let one, maybe two, car slides. If there's a traffic jam, it's pouring rain, and all I want to do is get home after a long day of work (or school), then please allow me to think twice about that.

4. The jammers.

Leave it up to me to fall into this category. Yes, I know you're looking at me from your right car window almost as if I was crazy. The radio's up, Adele is on and I'm having a magical concert for all of my fans in my car. Can you go enter the judgement free zone?

Anyway...not that it matters. I'm just going to play it nice and cool.

5. The texters.

You know about them. You're read about them. You've seen them with your own two eyes. The red light just turned green and the car in front of you is still not moving after 5.53 seconds. "What on earth on you doing?"

Oh wait, they lifted their heads up. Obviously, they were texting. How foolish of me to think otherwise.

Sigh. Patience.

6. The race car drivers.

My apologies for driving at the correct speed limit. I forgot you just got casted to be in the next "Fast & Furious" movie. I see you're practicing already. How nice.

7. The people who hit the brakes at the last minute.

And then there are those who are going 100 miles per hour and suddenly decide to press the brakes. Thanks for inviting me to fly out my car window. Luckily, I'm a cat who has more than eight lives.

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