Open Letter:Dear Driver of a Gold Chevrolet Uplander in Jacksonville, NC
Dear Driver,
It was very nice to meet you Tuesday afternoon (5:30ish) at the Wal-Mart/Office Max parking lot.
I’d like to offer a bit of
constructive criticismfeedback, though. May I?Next time you’re reversing into the parking space next to the Silver Rhino, please put the cell phone down. While I’m sure that you’re telephone conversation was important, I doubt it was as important as not hitting another car while making what appeared to be a 53-point road turn.
Not only would the reversing have been safer, it would have also been more efficient and I’m almost certain that you could’ve continued the conversation shortly after completing the parking.
Thank you fellow driver,
Thomas Brock
July 9th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
[...] It’s the only time I’ve ever been really shaken up after an incident with an inattentive driver. It’s also the only time I’ve ever followed someone with the intent to scare the jeebus out of them. And I did. For about 15 minutes, I followed her. I followed her as she turned left from Highway 17/Lejeune Blvd onto Western Blvd. I followed her as she turned right behind Wal-Mart. She turned left into the Hardee’s parking lot. I didn’t follow, but I did loop around and caught her as she was waiting at the traffic light to get back onto Western. She turned into the Wal-Mart parking lot. I followed. She zigged, I zagged. I let her leave, since I needed to check my mail box at the Postal Annex+ which is in the Wal-Mart strip-mall (yes, the same strip-mall that was the scene of the reverse nightmare). [...]