Julie's Journal

I’ve had it. I am ready to stand out in front of the high school every morning with a sign that reads, “SLOW DOWN YOU IDIOT MORON LOSER ASSCLOWN FUCKSTICKS!” I need a bull horn so I can scream it also.

What part of the big 25 painted on the street doesn’t clue you in that you need to slow down? Or what about that big yellow sign hanging from the post with the bright flashing yellow lights? Did it ever occur to you that they are there for more than your viewing pleasure? I know living in Vegas you are use to the bright lights but that one hanging above my kids school is not for the $1.99 steak and egg breakfast special at the casino.

And the big bold white lines painted on the street that all those kids are walking on?? That’s a crosswalk for the kids to get to school. When you see them in the street, you stop your god damn car. You don’t slowly creep up, rolling your car while they walk across. I’m fairly certain the manufacturer of your car installed these things called brakes. You push that little peddle to the left of your gas peddle and you stop for those kids.

And if one more of you honk at those kids crossing the street because they are going too slow for you, I am going to park my car, jump out, rip off your steering wheel and shove it down your throat.

And I will give props to the kids driving to school. I have never seen one of them not obeying the speed limit. They all slow down, stop when they are suppose to, and are courteous to the other students in the crosswalk. The number one violators that I have observed are older women, mostly with grey hair, or executives in suits and driving fancy cars.

I’m not a violent person, I really am not. But my blood just boils every morning dropping off my precious cargo and visualizing what could happen because these people can’t take the law seriously. I know tickets in school zones are double the fine, but I would really like to see a more serious consequence for breaking the law in the school zones. Maybe a 90 day suspension of their license would wake them up to the dangers they are causing?

And if you take anything from this post…please let it be awareness when you are driving around the schools. Slow down…please. You don’t want to come face to face with a parent of the kid you just hit. We watch this all year long and trust me; the anger is pent up inside of us just waiting to be released.