Driving

Driving is such a freedom-fulfilling desire for many young people. We all remember well how excited we were to get our Learner's Permit and then finally our Driver's License! Oh, the places we can go! The things we can do! The sights we can see! And all we need to do is crank the engine, mash the gas pedal and take off down the road!

But can I offer a few observations I have made over the years that cause me to wonder where they learned to drive?

1) Why do people use the passing lane as if they are on a Sunday drive?
2) Why do people not use their turn signals at all or only right when they are making a turn?
3) Why do school buses and semis pull out in front of you? Do they really think they can accelerate that fast? Or is it just to tick you off?
4) Why do people only get into a turn lane in the last 10 feet and do it veeeerrrrry sllloooowwwwly? Isn't there a whooooole lot of turn lane before that?? Isn't the reason for a turn lane to not cause an interruption in the flow of traffic on a busy street?
5) Why do people rubberneck at other collisions on the road? Are they taking notes on how to do the exact same thing?
6) Why do people drive like maniacs down the road when the other people are going the speed limit or slightly over? Do they really need to be that aggressive?
7) Why do people drive down the road with their turn signal still blinking? If they are that blind and deaf, they do not need to be behind the wheel!
8) Why do people ride their brakes? It really confuses the person behind them.
9) Why do people speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up, etc? It is sooooo annoying!
10) Why do people always brake around nice curves? It hinders the people behind them that want to slide smoothly through the curve at a nice rate of speed.

These are just a few of the many observations over the years. Are there any answers?

What do you think?