Thursday, May 1, 2008

Other traffic pet peeves

1) People, for crying the hell out loud, use your fucking turn signals! They are NOT an ornament hanging off of your steering column. They are MANDATED by law in all 50 US states, all 10 Canadian provinces, and in most countries, regardless of which side of the road you drive on.

2) Also, headlights are to be used whenever ANY one on the road might have visibility issues. Some states (including this one) actually require them any time visibility is 'less than perfect'. That means: is it raining? Turn on your headlights. Is it snowing? Turn on your headlights. Is is sunrise or sunset? Turn on your headlights. Are you approaching a hill where you can't see more than 50 feet in front of you? Turn on your headlights. So on and on forth.

3) People who do not know how to drive in an angled parking lot. They are designed for you to pull forward into the FIRST spot, not all the way through and for you to BACK out of. Furthermore, too many people seem to have a fetish for driving the WRONG way down one. It's very simple, if you are looking at an aisle and wondering if you can proceed or if traffic is coming against you, check the angles.

\\ // = you have the right of way down this aisle.

// \\ = wrong way, go to the next aisle

// // = bidirectional, you drive down the right hand side and pull in to a spot on the right hand side of the aisle

Are there any questions?

If any of those 3 things are too damn difficult to understand and to DO, then for the love of all the Gods, run (do NOT walk) to your nearest Secretary of State, Department of Motor Vehicles, or whatever else it's called in your governmental entity and voluntarily surrender your driver's license as you are apparently not intelligent enough to be trusted with one.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

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