Driving 101.... Some people should NOT have a license

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  • GreenEyes_822
    GreenEyes_822 Posts: 7 Member
    People that I cannot safely pass so I just sit there yelling in my car "The gas pedal is on the right, Honey!!!" like they can hear me... LOL
  • HefferSprint
    HefferSprint Posts: 124 Member
    I've been working with my son who is 16 and learning how to drive.

    1. It is scary as hell to ride with a kid who is just learning. You have no control. He doesn't have enough experience to get us out of a bad situation if we get into one. Nothing comes naturally to him yet. So I don't mind if he drives slow.

    2. So he drives right at the speed limit. And sure enough, before long there will be a trail of cars behind us, right on his *kitten*, with the one right behind him laying on the horn.

    3. That makes him nervous. Now he's spending more time looking in the rear view mirror than on the road, and we spend more time floating dangerously near the middle and outer lines.

    4. Our lives are at stake. I haven't seen anyone driving around with a huge sign on their car saying a teen is driving. There is no known hand signal for it that I've seen. But folks who run up on us like that are even putting their own lives at risk by following so close. If my son hits somebody head on because he floats into the oncoming traffic, they'll be going with us.

    While I may like to speed like everybody else, it's a bad idea to assume everybody who is driving slow is just being a dumbass. They could be drunk, or inexperienced so their reaction is fairly unpredictable.

    Or they might have their mother with them, who may get out of the car at the next stop sign and come flip out on you, which is what I was very tempted to do Saturday.
  • Reedern
    Reedern Posts: 525 Member
    I really hate distracted drivers doing God only knows what while operating a moving vehicle! You should have applied your makeup, shaved, texted, etc BEFORE you left! So many times I have been in near accidents due to this. I am not a perfect driver and have also had close calls by being distracted by my kids or whatever, but I try very hard to be conscious of this and not allow myself to be distracted or else pull over.

    Another thing that I find funny is when people see a cop driving in front/behind them they automatically slow down to BELOW the speed limit. Hahaha.... you can at least keep up with the popo.

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