No offense to anybody ... but I have to make a few observations about how people drive in this coutry, that, frankly, raise my ire...
1) It is NOT necessary to come to a complete stop in order to turn the steering wheel and execute a turn. Your car will not violently flip over on it's side and explode in a million pieces of shrapnel if you go more than 5 mph around a turn. Neither the laws of your state nor the laws of physics require a full stop. If you can not pull this off, you should probably put your cell phone, spoon and cup of yoghurt down and try again.
2) The laws of your state DO however require you to stop at a stop sign. Not just slow down a wee bit and then casually cruise past.
3) If the speed limit is 45 miles per hour, for god's sake and everybody elses go that speed. The limit is set by having a one eyed drunk monkey drive that street and it's set to the speed it can safely manage. You should be able to do better.
4) If you're on a merging lane you are merging with the traffic, it's not merging with you. You can not simply expect all the traffic to move left so you can casually shamble along going half their cruising speed and then slowly accelerate to their cruising speed in the next 15 minutes or so.
5) If you slow down enough approaching a green light it will eventally turn ... why is anybody doing this?
6) When the light turns green, that means go. NOW, not some remote time in the future. Maybe you are in no hurry and have nowhere to go but others behind you probably do. So step on the gas and get moving. I have seen 18 wheelers outpace normal sedans more times than I have hairs on my head.
7) If cars are moving down a street at a speed the drunken one eyed monkey can easily figure out you can not possibly reach before they are on you, DON'T pull out of a side street. It's not okay as long as you don't drive straight into somebody to just blindly shamble into traffic and then shuffle off at a snail's pace while tires squeal behin you.
8) Speaking of behind you ... you don't actually drive the only car on the road, recent reports suggest there are at least a fw others. The mirrors on and in your car are not just for applying make up, they can atually be used to see what's going on around you. That might be kinda important to know before they pile into you or you into them.
9) The one eyed monkey is handicapped and can't help it ... but you don't have to tint your windows so dark you can't see or put on headphones so the firetruck has to drive behind you for 5 minutes with lights on and sirens blaring before you ever notice.
This is actually a humorous post, not meant to incite rage ... least of all road rage ... ;-)
1) It is NOT necessary to come to a complete stop in order to turn the steering wheel and execute a turn. Your car will not violently flip over on it's side and explode in a million pieces of shrapnel if you go more than 5 mph around a turn. Neither the laws of your state nor the laws of physics require a full stop. If you can not pull this off, you should probably put your cell phone, spoon and cup of yoghurt down and try again.
2) The laws of your state DO however require you to stop at a stop sign. Not just slow down a wee bit and then casually cruise past.
3) If the speed limit is 45 miles per hour, for god's sake and everybody elses go that speed. The limit is set by having a one eyed drunk monkey drive that street and it's set to the speed it can safely manage. You should be able to do better.
4) If you're on a merging lane you are merging with the traffic, it's not merging with you. You can not simply expect all the traffic to move left so you can casually shamble along going half their cruising speed and then slowly accelerate to their cruising speed in the next 15 minutes or so.
5) If you slow down enough approaching a green light it will eventally turn ... why is anybody doing this?
6) When the light turns green, that means go. NOW, not some remote time in the future. Maybe you are in no hurry and have nowhere to go but others behind you probably do. So step on the gas and get moving. I have seen 18 wheelers outpace normal sedans more times than I have hairs on my head.
7) If cars are moving down a street at a speed the drunken one eyed monkey can easily figure out you can not possibly reach before they are on you, DON'T pull out of a side street. It's not okay as long as you don't drive straight into somebody to just blindly shamble into traffic and then shuffle off at a snail's pace while tires squeal behin you.
8) Speaking of behind you ... you don't actually drive the only car on the road, recent reports suggest there are at least a fw others. The mirrors on and in your car are not just for applying make up, they can atually be used to see what's going on around you. That might be kinda important to know before they pile into you or you into them.
9) The one eyed monkey is handicapped and can't help it ... but you don't have to tint your windows so dark you can't see or put on headphones so the firetruck has to drive behind you for 5 minutes with lights on and sirens blaring before you ever notice.
This is actually a humorous post, not meant to incite rage ... least of all road rage ... ;-)
