so i was speeding to work from school the other day, as usual... There i was, constantly scanning the area in front of me, and the area in back of me through the rear view mirror in order to make sure that there were no cops around to pull me over...
and i started thinking to myself, wow, i'm pretty stupid. I mean, think about it; it's pretty unsafe to be speeding all the time.. and.. here i am, getting pissed off that there are so many cops around. Yeah, stupid cops, pulling people over, and by doing so, perhaps saving their lives, or the lives those driving around them. I mean, how annoying is that, right?! having your life saved? c'mon now. CERTAINLY annoying and unnecessary.
it's stupid. same thing goes for not your having your selt belt on. I mean, we get mad when we get tickets, and yeah they CAN get pretty pricey, which definitely seems unfair at times, but in the end, we're basically getting the ticket because we were being unsafe in someway. And yeah, some cops are dumb, but that's because of the fact that they're human, not that they're cops; it's better to say: some PEOPLE are dumb, and some of those people happen to be cops. rather than "some cops are dumb." So yes, i realize that SOME cops probably don't give a damn about your safety and are just interested in the joys of giving out a ticket. ..It may seem stupid to you, like, "i was only driving 3 blocks away to visit my friend, why is it a big deal that i didn't have my seat belt on" Or "it's a free country, if i want to endanger my life by not wearing my seat belt, i should be allowed to" .. in the end, either one is pretty stupid. I don't think that we take the time to realize that some of the simple things we do really actually endanger our lives... and i know, i know, life can be boring without risks. But there's a difference though... between risk taking and plain stupidity.
So anyway, i guess i'm going to try and not let the idea of the cops pulling me over get me as annoyed, because, in the end, it'd be my own fault if it happened anyway. I'm putting myself in a situation i don't want to be in, and only i have the power to remove myself from it... if i chose not to then i have no one to blame but myself. The same thing kinda goes along with my parents... like, the whole curfew thing... how they don't like me being out past 12. sometimes it makes me mad, but .. in the end, i realize they're doing it for my safety. it's understandable.
and i started thinking to myself, wow, i'm pretty stupid. I mean, think about it; it's pretty unsafe to be speeding all the time.. and.. here i am, getting pissed off that there are so many cops around. Yeah, stupid cops, pulling people over, and by doing so, perhaps saving their lives, or the lives those driving around them. I mean, how annoying is that, right?! having your life saved? c'mon now. CERTAINLY annoying and unnecessary.
it's stupid. same thing goes for not your having your selt belt on. I mean, we get mad when we get tickets, and yeah they CAN get pretty pricey, which definitely seems unfair at times, but in the end, we're basically getting the ticket because we were being unsafe in someway. And yeah, some cops are dumb, but that's because of the fact that they're human, not that they're cops; it's better to say: some PEOPLE are dumb, and some of those people happen to be cops. rather than "some cops are dumb." So yes, i realize that SOME cops probably don't give a damn about your safety and are just interested in the joys of giving out a ticket. ..It may seem stupid to you, like, "i was only driving 3 blocks away to visit my friend, why is it a big deal that i didn't have my seat belt on" Or "it's a free country, if i want to endanger my life by not wearing my seat belt, i should be allowed to" .. in the end, either one is pretty stupid. I don't think that we take the time to realize that some of the simple things we do really actually endanger our lives... and i know, i know, life can be boring without risks. But there's a difference though... between risk taking and plain stupidity.
So anyway, i guess i'm going to try and not let the idea of the cops pulling me over get me as annoyed, because, in the end, it'd be my own fault if it happened anyway. I'm putting myself in a situation i don't want to be in, and only i have the power to remove myself from it... if i chose not to then i have no one to blame but myself. The same thing kinda goes along with my parents... like, the whole curfew thing... how they don't like me being out past 12. sometimes it makes me mad, but .. in the end, i realize they're doing it for my safety. it's understandable.
2 comments:
CrystalGee,
I have the same dilemma. I hate getting pulled over, because I know how to drive. I can drive fast safely. But then I remember that hubris causes all tragedies. I even had a road rage incident with my baby son in the car. How stupid is that?
Recently, I have tried to drive UNDER the speed limit. It makes life so much easier. No fear of tickets I can't afford. No rage at drivers who are going slow in the fast lane. No anxiety about missing the next green light. I just arrive when I arrive. If I'm late, I deal with it. Turns out that a lot of times I'm not late, because I am just going someplace that does not require me to show up on time--the store, home, the driving range. Funny, huh.
another thing to keep in mind is that excessive acceleration means bad emissions!!
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