Cogs can think.

One of my general dislikes is stupid people. I really don’t like stupid people.

I know sometimes circumstances are to blame. When you’re a politician, stupidity is the norm, so you can hardly blame politicians for their stupidity. Kind of like you can’t blame a cat for stealing any food you leave unprotected.

However, when you drive a lot, stupidity is just all around you. My faith in mankind just keeps reaching all-time lows while driving.

For instance. Say you’re out on the highway, doing 140kph. You are the last in a battery of cars. You keep proper distance. The battery is driving on the left lane. Up in the distance, I saw a shimme, on the right lane, you see a big lorry, minding his own business, adhering to his maximum speed of 80kph. About 100m behind that lorry, a lone car is doing 120kph. He is approaching the lorry, but so are you and the battery of cars in front of you. The 120kph-right-lane-driver obviously wants to overtake the lorry. This leaves 120kph-right-lane-driver with two options.

1. He slows down, waits for the faster-driving battery to pass, and starts the overtake when the battery has past, attaching himself behind it
2. He does not slow down. He continues his 120kph, switches to the left lane right in between the battery, causing everybody behind him to brake ferociously, after which all the drivers have way too few metres in between them.

From experience, I can tell you that 90% of the people opt for the suicidal option #2.

Seriously. I hate stupid people.