Mo and Ron

A little road etiquette commentary that's also, hopefully, amusing.

Let me introduce you to Mo and to Ron. 

We all know them. 

Mo and Ron are on the roads with us. Often, they are in company with their sister, Morhonda, and with their idiot cousin and twit uncle.

Mo-Ron always seem to party together all the time. 

If yours is the only car approaching an intersection, Mo will wait until you’re right on top of him to jump out and turn in front of you, making you slam on your brakes, send your packages flying, splashing your hot coffee all over you and your new suede jacket. 

Ron will follow close behind you, trying to drive up your tailpipe, and lay on his horn when you’re not going fast enough. 

Morhonda will be applying her makeup while texting or talking on the phone. She may even take time to notice the hot dude in the Mercedes in the next lane and try to seduce him, even at high speeds.

Sometimes, Mo will stop short in front of you. 

Often, Ron will turn left across two lanes, without signaling. 

Morhonda will, on occasion, knowingly cut you off or turn illegally in front of you, then flash a grin of idiocy and shrug in mock apology.

Mo and Ron and Morhonda have a death wish for you. 

Mo-Ron will come at you in full-on, nuclear road rage. 

Mo-Ron will cause accidents and abuse their victims as being at fault with many vulgar epithets calling your intelligence and driving skill into question. 

You will be too well-bred and polite to lay them out with the tire iron, and then will castigate yourself for your own impotence in the face of Mo-Ron’s gleeful abandon of all things reasonable and considerate. 

The concept of road etiquette is an alien concept to Mo-Ron. Morhonda thinks road etiquette is something she -- and she alone -- should benefit from.

And, to our secret shame, sometimes, our loved ones, and yes, sometimes -- all too often -- even we ourselves are Mo-Ron.

Reviews

[therisa]

As a pedestrian, I have seen too many Mo-Rons, who don't even know the basic rules of the road. Like one gentleman was playing a video game, while driving. Or another who poured himself, a cup of coffee, while making a blind left-handed turn, while people cross at the crosswalk of a major intersection. Luckily, no one got hurt, but do wish that the police had nailed these two drivers. Sheesh. Thanks for reminding us, how idiotic, we can be, once behind the wheel of a vehicle.

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks. We can be pretty idiotic on foot too! I have an entire cast:
Mo
Ron
Morhonda
Their idiot brother, Git
Their other idiot brother, Twit
Their idiot sister, Twat
Their idiot cousin, Mad Dog
And his sister, Crazy B-tch

[therisa]

I know, the idiocy isn't limited to drivers. Myself, I always cross with the lights, and when in doubt, I wave the driver on. Twelve seconds won't kill me, to wait.

[MomzillaNC]

It's so simple. Road courtesy isn't hard and saves time and stress in the long run. I always try to honor the "each one let one" rule; that's where each driver waiting in traffic, lets one car trying to get into line ahead of them. If everyone would observe that, we'd all get where we're going in much better safety with much less stress, and with much greater efficiency. It takes a heartbeat to show consideration; it takes effort to be pissy.

[therisa]

Sadly, too many people want to be there, yesterday, to care about common courtesy, Momzilla.

[MomzillaNC]

IKWYM (phwh!)

[therisa]

You know, Momzilla, you should do a post, with all of your abbreviations, so we don't ask, "what?" to you. Like I am doing, now. What does IKWYM mean?

[MomzillaNC]

IKWYM = I Know What You Mean

Phwh = it's just a sound of annoyance, as I'd make in conversation about people to wrapped up in themselves to practice common courtesy.

And, almost all of my abbreviations may be found in the online LOLspeak dictionaries. :D

[therisa]

Thank you, Momzilla. I know phwh, as I use it verbally.

[MomzillaNC]

Me too. But, I've had lots of folks ask me what it meant! :D

[Woody]

true and definitely amusing. there's no better way than irony and sarcasm to strip society bare and reveal its ugly faults. I can't abide those horrid road hogs and I don't drive and have no driver's lisense.
having said that, I somehow like Mo Ron. at least the way you discribe them (him)

[MomzillaNC]

Well, I guess it's hard not to sort of like them, given that we are all sometimes them too!

[Samuel Dickens]

Good and clever observation. I think I had quite a bit of Mo-Ron in me when I was young, but it has (hopefully) dissipated over the years. I try to be polite and adhere to all rules of the road, and sometimes think I may be the only one doing so. People fiddling with those cursed electronic gadgets is a real problem these days.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. I know what you mean. Everyone castigates the "other guy" for texting while driving but are convinced they are the exception and still drive well while messing about with their whatever device.

[Marie]

Good commentary. I try nver to do these things. If I do it's by accident.
I am prone to what's called "road age", but that's a different story.

[MomzillaNC]

I think we all are prone to anger on the road. I think it's the impotence of not being able to do or say anything to the offending driver who sets our anger alight.