accidents, traffic and bad drivers

so I-25 was closed not too far from my house yesterday. A fuel tanker had crashed and exploded, and fuel was all over the ground and road.

So this created a mess for everyone. Northbound lanes were closed all day, and I think the articles I've read said that there was only one southbound lane and then only after rush hour.

Now the reason I mentioned my proximity is because the highway was so bad that it mildly affected my own commute, which doesn't touch the highway.

Yes, there is a backroad. For those who know about it, or follow others. Or maybe traffic was actually being diverted that way. But when I got into my main road into Santa Fe I could see that people coming from the highway shortcut were lined up probably half a mile back. Eeks.

And then of course some were running late, and riding my ass. While others weren't comfortable with the road and taking it slow. FUUUUN.

Anyway, then there was another accident on highway 14 (the road I use). Whether it was due to the increased traffic or would have happened anyway I don't know. But it only seemed to aggrivate the traffic coming from I-25.

So according to the news state police started reopening I-25 about 9 last night.

And that brings us to this. The thing that made me write this today.

Idiot drivers. Seriously. The highway was closed for something like 16 hours. So why does some old guy think that he has the right to try and cut in line, and then hit a cop who tries to stop him? What mindset says that it's cool to hit cops with cars and then run?

Now the guy obviously didn't accomplish much by hitting the cop, because the cop was able to hop in a squad car and chase the guy down. But seriously... What would cause that level of stupidity?

Ok, I'll end this before I get into the drivers cutting in line rant.

Have a good day everyone. :-)