Driving in the GTA is an interesting and often frustrating experience. People here are always in a hurry, blatantly ignore the speed limit, don't know how to merge and drive (most of the time) with reckless abandon. I've been cut off from the left turn lane -- yeah... some guy got into the LEFT TURN LANE to jump the light, cut me off and go straight. Taxi cabs are constantly making illegal u-turns in the middle of busy streets. People drive like they own the road. Neil has developed a catch phrase for this... rather than get angry and cuss like moi, he very calmly looks in the offenders direction and sarcastically proclaims, "guess you're just more important than me."

Every morning I have to turn right onto Allen Road (it's a traffic-light-less north byway out of Toronto to the 401 which is a major east-west freeway). Everyday I know I need to be in the right most lane to exit. Every morning there are upwards of 20+ jackasses that drive in the centre lane until the very last minute and then try to bud their vehicles back in to exit. This irritates me to no end and I find myself trying to be the bigger asshole and NOT let them in... which of course makes things worse as then the people trying to carry on straight are being held up too. However, these jackasses start the whole mess and slow down the WHOLE process... both the straight-through and the right-exit. It is enough to drive me MAD! Worst part is that I'm only 10 minutes into my 40-60 minute morning commute - and already irritated. It was so bad that I've since changed my route to go through town.

Sorry... got off on a rant there.

Anyhow, the other day, I was heading up the 404 (north/south hwy on the east side of TO) and I pull out to pass the guy in front of me. Well, I venture out into the "fast lane" and am going btw 115-120km/h (speed limit is 100). I'm in this lane all of 2 minutes while I pass... and the guy behind me is honking the horn that I'm driving too slow. Then, when I get back over so he can get by, he turns around and gives me the "L" (I'll assume as in "Loser") rather than flip me the bird... which I will again say, was undeserved as I was hardly moving slow and I DID NOT cut him off. What an idiot. While he was watching in the rear-view mirror, I burst out laughing... I mean, come on!! He gave me an "L"!! That was too funny! Did he think that was more polite than the finger -- and why was he trying for polite after honking at me for driving too slow when I was already speeding? What an idiot.

Anyhow, the point of this entry is that clearly, I need to chill!! haha!! As do MOST Ontario drivers!!

Neil and I were in a novelty joke store the other day and we saw this device and we laughed and laughed when we thought of how effective it would be if attached to the dash of one's car: