Calm Down, Dude

Two accidents within a week at First and Tabor, right about the time I'm heading home from work (5:45 or so).

Both accidents looked as if someone were being impatient about waiting to get from Tabor onto First Street, though I confess I didn't get close enough to the accident tonight to see what was going on. All but one eastbound lane was blocked by the accident and emergency vehicles, so I opted to get off First at Evergreen to avoid the mess.

That led me to NW Bonneville Drive -- should have stayed on Garfield and gone through to Woodruff; I'll remember that next time. There were others on the detour trying to turn left back onto First. One driver peeled out and gunned it to get into a small break in traffic.

Three others -- THREE OTHER ADULT DRIVERS -- nearly ran over a pedestrian who'd pushed the button at the Hawk crossing on First at NW Bonneville, taking advantage of the traffic that stopped at the signal FOR THE PEDESTRIAN. Saw that kid push the button and knew some idiots would try to run him over. Sure enough, they did.

Dicks.

Slow down, people. Be patient. I got through just fine right behind these idiots, and I only had to wait maybe ten seconds after the idiots did their maneuver before I could go.

It's the illusion of progress, I think. I had to stop at Walgreens on First and Woodruff, and on the way home I went out at the light on Woodruff to get back onto First Street. I could see the green arrow, but we were backed up almost to Caribou, so I stayed put. Some other driver didn't and rode the turning lane all the way down to First, where I ended up just two cars behind him at the new red light. Genius-level tactics there, mind you. He really got to his destination a whole lot faster doing it that way.