Jan 15

Wild UPS driver

I mentioned before how fast traffic usually moves on Chippenham Parkway. Today was a fast day, but apparently not fast enough for a local UPS driver. We were all cruising between about 50 and 55, and he blew past us, a good 15 MPH or more over the 45 limit. He changed lanes a lot but never bothered with a signal, of course.

But he picked the wrong lane, and soon a line of us passed him. He got behind me, then stayed on my tail at 45-50 until I finally slowed down and let him pass. With The Boy in the car I wasn’t gonna take chances.

Well, one sort-of chance. I shot a picture over my shoulder.

Here he is, about a car length behind me at 45 MPH. That’s close for a car, let alone a truck!

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I couldn’t shoot his face, but I did get the plate, just because.

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I’m not a huge fan of UPS — they’ve lost too many packages of mine (delivered down the block and so on), and their tracking system is always several hours behind, but you’d think with guys like this zipping along they’d at least be on time.

3 Responses to “Wild UPS driver”

  1. Wendy says:
    January 16th, 2008 at 7:48 am

    do you have your camera in your hand at all times ready at a moment’s notice? Seems you’d have to if you were able to take this picture while driving 45 mph!! goodness.

    I do agree that those big brown boxes fly around richmond at alarming speeds. And they can’t be easy to drive considering their shape and all…

    W

  2. Andrew says:
    January 16th, 2008 at 8:33 am

    Yep, I’ve gotten into the habit of taking my camera most everywhere for a couple of reasons. There are too many times I’ve said, “Oh, I wish I had my camera!” even if it was something little.

    And it’s handy on the road as a non-physical way of dealing with idiots. Three or four times I’ve dealt with a jerk by just pointing the camera at him. It tends to improve the driving skills of others.

    As for UPS, I kinda expect them to be zipping around, and nine times out of 10 I don’t mind — heck, I get packages, too. But this guy was above and beyond the norm, with the weaving and the tailgating.

    Benefit of the doubt: Maybe his job was on the line and he had a family to feed. I dunno. But when you tailgate me expect to have your photo taken. ;-)

  3. Whorf O'Toole says:
    January 19th, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    Welcome to Richmond.

    Kindly speed up, or get the hell out of the way.

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