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| Changed location to grab this spot; common courtesy, and common sense, dictated that he remained where he was in order for the older people, in incoming cars, be allowed the convenience of parking closer to the bank. Two of the people, arriving in incoming traffic, were senior citizens. |
One car enters from the East, turns right onto the front of Navy Federal Credit Union. Two to three cars are in motion in front of the bank, from the opposite direction. Vehicles in both directions are stopped; however, as another vehicle is trying to enter the path from the parking overflow.
Normally, when a vehicle leaves a parking area, and there are other vehicles in the area that this vehicle is entering, the vehicle is leaving. Not this one. The other vehicles were waiting for this one driver to leave the parking overflow, and to leave the bank's vicinity in general.
This driver, coming from the overflow, held up the other cars for two to three minutes.
The other drivers assumed that this guy, Gadson flag License Plate number 371 2TM,
was leaving. He wasn't. Instead, he drove straight into a parking lot that opened up in front of the building.
Increasing traffic danger to get one's way
The driver that did this took a lot of risk, and held smooth flow of traffic up in order to do this. Realistically, this move was neither safe nor considerate.
The vehicle that was just entering from the East saw the vehicle that pulled out from in front of the building. However, that driver judged that there was not enough time to efficiently enter in that vehicle's place. Neither did the vehicles coming in from the west.
Although the lead vehicle, coming in from the west, could've safely entered that newly vacated parking spot, he had his left turn signal on. Too much time needed to maneuver into the parking lot, given the number of moving vehicles in the parking area. Using common courtesy, that vehicle wanted to park into the overflow. The car coming in from the east switched signal from right turn to left turn.
With the lead vehicle coming from the west wanting to park elsewhere, the next vehicle that would've been able to park in that spot safely was the car coming in from the east.
Instead, the driver that stopped traffic drove into the newly vacated spot. The person that did this was not a customer. He was waiting for someone that may have been inside the bank.
The disabled and the elderly have priority on "front row" parking lots
Common courtesy dictates that the parking spots in front of the building are reserved for bank customers. The disabled and the elderly get priority parking adjacent to the building.
Everybody else, able bodied, should have no problem parking further from the building, or in the parking overflow. If the passenger, for this errant driver, completed his/her business in the building then exited, the errant driver could've shortened the distance, traffic permitting.
This driver; however, did not care. He wanted his way at the expense of common sense, common courtesy, and basic traffic safety.
What does this say about his personality?
The Gadson flag is one of the flags that the militia units used during the American Revolution. It symbolizes people coming together to preserve freedom and to stand for their rights. It's a symbol representing success in cooperating numbers as opposed to failure among individuals attempting the same thing.
Unfortunately, a small percent of the population hijacked this concept.
This small percent of the population believes that it is beneath them to have to follow rules and laws designed for cooperative coexistence. Many consider these rules/laws as "oppressive" to individual freedoms. Many of these "anti-capitalists", as well as these "antigovernment" radical groups use the Gadson flag as a symbol.
Unfortunately, this puts them in position to spoil the message of the greater group of patriots who do use the Gadson flag license plate.
The fact that this driver, Gadson flag License Plate number 371 2TM, would ignore common sense and common courtesy, and violate safe driving practices, speaks volumes. It indicates a good possibility that this person has had a run-in with the law before.
This run-in with the law could involve a traffic violation, or some other law violation. Each of these violations would have been cited in response to this knucklehead's doing what he wanted to do at the expense of what he was supposed to do.
This person refused to learn from his mistakes. In fact, there's a good chance that he does not see these as his mistakes. Instead, he sees this as him "exercising" his God-given rights. Seen from that angle, society, the police force in the field and the key players in the court system, "get in his way".
The Gadson flag symbolizing some people's belief that they could do what they want
This knucklehead's use of the Gadson flag license plate reflects his misguided assumption. A revision of the current government, or its removal in the hands of a "revolution" would "zero out" this knucklehead's infractions in society. This is if he has any infractions recorded.
Additionally, this "revolution" would "create" a government that "recognizes true freedom." Except, in this case, "true freedom" isn't really the freedom that our founders fought for, nor the freedom that we have in mind.
In the minds of idiot drivers like this, that "true freedom" represents their doing what they want to do at the expense of others.
Everybody else must "bend over backwards" in order for these drivers to do what they want. In other words, he is all for "cooperative coexistence" provided that it does not get into his way. The moment society gets into his way, the rest of the world is supposed to "stop" and allow him to do what he wants.
With this kind of attitude, and the behavior that this person displayed, he is bound to get into a future involvement requiring the police, or to cause another accident. He is bound a future run-in with the law.
Unfortunately, he fits the profile of people that don't learn from their mistakes. That experience will further entrench him into his misguided notion that he is "right" and that society should just cave to his will.
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