It’s not that Orlando (Or Florida In General) has the worst drivers in America, we just have the most impolite drivers.

This weekend, while running some errands, I came to a four way stop @ Waterford Lakes town center. Four way stops freak the hell out of Floridians — Because they don’t know the rules. People don’t know who goes first, and the sheer importance of having your turn signal on. So there is a lot of hesitation, and gas slamming when someone decides to “Just Go For It” … Not to mention, Cars that are second in line who bumper hug the cars in front of them to avoid their turn in the “Cycle”… The whole thing is a mess..

This weekend, Some dude raced out in front of me — Forcing me to tap my brakes, and wait for him to clear the intersection so I could keep on going. No harm, just very rude. So as I drove by him I waved my finger in a “No-No” motion and lipped, “Not your turn…” — This of course, enraged the guy — Who was more than happy to wave a finger back at me while his friend in the passenger seat repeatedly said “Want me to roll down the Window? Want me to roll down the Window?”

I was probably out of line for what I did. I pride myself in being a polite driver — Even going as far as rolling down my window in the rain to wave at people for letting me in/out. I was taught how to drive by Pittsburgh’ers, which are arguably the nicest drives on the face of the earth. They know their roads are narrow, bumpy, and contain lots of blind turns and hills. If you’re not polite, you’re dead. That mantra is not taught here. It’s more of a every man for their selves — And it’s getting out of hand, and dangerous.

Well, starting today I’m going back to being 100% Polite driver, and to start, I’m putting a Pittsburgh Steelers sticker on my truck. It’ll me my sign that any time someone lets me out, They’re guaranteed a wave and a smile. As for people who pull No-No’s around me, just going to ignore them. I figure natural selection will wrap them around a telephone pole — and that might finally teach them a lesson. Hopefully for the guy in the Black Infiniti Q45 that pulled out in front of me, the kids that were in the backseat decide to finally put on their seat belts. I’d hate to see them get hurt because he decided to take more risk. I mean he pulled out in front of my 5,000lb truck — How could that possibly end badly?