The ME syndrome, part 2

Something else keeps happening that is really starting to annoy the hell out of me. Since when did people not have to really know how to drive in order to get behind the wheel? I know that it has always been a point of contention for some folks. However, these days, it seems that the majority of drivers on the road do not belong there. They belong in the office, in a diner, at a newspaper stand, at a phone booth - anywhere but behind the wheel of a moving vehicle.

Is it just me, or does driving on the freeway at 80 miles per hour while trying to read a newspaper, eat some drive-thru and talk on the phone all at the same time seem a bit stupid? Two of the best examples I've ever seen are a guy that had his newspaper actually blocking his view through the front windshield completely, and a very common one, a lady with her face stuffed up against her sun visor putting on her eye makeup while barrelling down the freeway and weaving in and out of traffic. Usually, when I catch someone doing something like this, I feel like rolling up next to them and waiting til they have that paper up, cup of hot coffee without the lid on it to their mouth, or that eyeliner pencil up against their eye, and then scaring the snot out of them by honking my horn and veering towards them. The only thing that keeps me from doing this is Murphys Law. If I scared them, I'd be the one that got in an accident and died from it, not them.