Sunday, May 20, 2007

parking.

I haven't really realised this until today, but one of my pet peeves is trying to find parking. I went to my friends birthday party located in the heart of traffic and no parking. At ten it was super easy to find good parking, close to the actual party. But I had to leave to do some errands and two hours later there was not one stall in sight. For a good half an hour or 45 minutes I was driving aimlessly and had no luck finding any parking. I was so frustrated. I felt like finding a stall was a waste of time and I should just go back home. I became so desperate I called one of my friends to find a spot and lie down in it for me. But like any normal human being he decided not to. However, luckily I saw a mini cooper pull out of this street parking stall. I wasn't sure if that stall was legal, but I pulled into it anyway. My car, a corolla, (much bigger than a cooper) barely fit into the spot he was located. So basically, I came to the conclusion that I absolutly hate trying to find parking especially if I'm in a rush. I also hate it when I'm trying to parallel park and the guy in back of me is too close to my tail to even parallel into the stall. Driving overall has frustrated me and I hate drivers who drive way below the speed limit. I'm glad that I have my liscense, but I really like being driven around instead. I have only been driving for 13 months and already I'm sick of having to find parking everytime. I have no idea how I'll be dealing with driving in the future because I still have multiple decades of driving ahead of me. Driving is a huge responsability and I'm not sure if a sixteen year old would be able to handle such pressures. Now that I'm seventeen, I can say that the drivers liscense age should be 17. They would be one year older, one year wiser, and one more year to practice driving.

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