I don't have road rage at other drivers, pedestrians, or annoying children staring at me out of their windows. I don't get mad when I get cut off, or when someone drives extremely slow, or even when someone is yapping away on his/her phone.
I do have road rage over the quality of roads I'm driving on though. Especially in the Santa Clarita Valley.
It seems like every street is covered in pot holes, protruding sewers, or just poor construction clean up.
I mean, honestly? Is it really that expensive to add enough concrete to match the rest of the street you just completely fucked up?
The Old Road is one of the worst roads. Half the time I'm swerving to avoid the gnarly holes in the ground.
And it seems like Santa Clarita can't get enough road construction on their plate. It's like crack to them. They rip up the streets night after night. As soon as they're done doing a shitty job laying down the cement to cover the hole, they move to another location and start over again.
Valencia Blvd is recently getting worked on ... and it's turning into the new Old Road.
I just don't understand. If "we the people" are paying taxes for these public works, why not do a good job the first time so the city won't have to return to these same locations years later (after receiving enough complaints by me) and finally put a fresh slate of cement to smooth out the cracks.
In the end, the only reason this became a pet peeve in the first place is because I have a jumpy CD player and my music skips after every imperfection in the road.
And I can't stand that.
1 comment:
I hear ya. I've seen streets in So Cal that look like they were from a 3rd world country. Sepulveda between National and Pico is kind of like that and it gets worse each time it rains. I got pissed one day and decided to call in the pot hole to the city. To my disbelief, they actually fixed it.
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