Twitchers and blockers

Ok, this is another commuting rant. I had two great examples of these this morning, both of which drive me nuts and want to carry a paintball gun.

First up, Twitchers. These are the people that dart back and forth, trying to gain that extra millisecond on their desperate quest to get to work (what the hurry is, I don't know...). This morning, I saw a guy in a black Alero switching back and forth from being behind a minivan and a semi. Seriously. A minivan and a semi. I'm not sure there is a fast choice. He must have swerved back and forth about a dozen times (Too bad he didn't swerve into the HOV lanes to pass, he could have chatted with the nice state trooper about how cars block traffic). Finally, he gets around the semi, I move over behind the minivan and we all move forward. When he cuts off the semi and trys to dart in front of the minivan, he gets stuck. then I pass him. He darts two lanes over and gets stuck again. Who says that there isn't justice sometimes?

Next up, blockers. I understand that people get into accidents, so I have some sympathy for these people. But just because your day just got a whole lot worse, doesn't mean that you have to share it with the rest of us! If you get rear ended or you are unlucky enough to rear-end someone else. GET OFF THE ROAD!! What good does it do to have both of you stopping a lane right in the middle of rush hour?!?! It's not like someone's going to call CSI and Dexter is going to do a blood spatter analysis or anything. GET OFF THE ROAD!! You can exchange info just as easily on the shoulder as you can in the middle of the freeway.

Just my $.02.