Why I will never understand people

[tiggymalvern]

Because at 3.30pm in February, when it's absolutely pissing it down with rain in a light mist and the freeway's a wall of spray, when the rear lights of cars in front are disappearing at about a hundred yards' visibility, significant numbers of 'people' are still driving along thinking, 'I don't need to turn my lights on because it's not dark yet.'

Sometimes I think I understand psychopaths better than I understand 'normal' people. At the least the thought processes of a psychopath follow a consistent internal logic once the flawed starting point is allowed for. Those people on I-90 - they don't make sense from any perspective at all.

Comments

[king-chiron.livejournal.com]

Hah, maybe you should track down some of those folks who don't use lights and Dexter 'em? :)

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

I don't think they need to be Dextered, more like... I dunno, brain transplanted? I'm not sure anything less drastic could fix a deficiency like that.

They almost certainly need to sterilised before they breed, but maybe Darwin will get there before me.

[tameiki.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah. If it doesn't affect them and their sense of well-being (at that particular instant), why should they be bothered? *sighs*

*makes "vroom - vroom" noises*

^___^

Okay, so this is what happens when I get up in the middle of the night for a potty break and stop off at the computer for a sec... XD

*waves bye-bye* I'm back to bed. Just wait. Now I'll have weird dreams of psychopathic drivers for the rest of the night!

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

You can always rely on me to damage your brain XD Sleep well!

[yma2.livejournal.com]

It's people who don't use indicaters I hate. Because they're at a corner and you, as the pedestrian, have to work it if/how they're intending to turn and if it's safe and all they have to do is press the bloody winky lights! It's not hard, darn it!
But yeah, some drivers... gah...

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

I hate that too, both as pedestrian and cyclist and driver because hey, if I'd known he was going to turn into the minor road I'm trying to pull out of, I could have gone in front of him. But that's more irritating than trying to manslaughter half the people on the motorway....

[teaforme.livejournal.com]

And then there are people that think that having their parking lights on is good enough, even when it is dark.

At the least the thought processes of a psychopath follow a consistent internal logic once the flawed starting point is allowed for.

I agree. If Muraki were driving under the conditions you describe, he would definitely turn his headlights on. He's probably a much safer driver than someone like Tsuzuki or Watari. ;-)

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Ugh, the thought of Tsuzuki driving! Guess it's a good thing he died before cars became a big thing XD