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Editor’s note: this is an opinion piece and is filed until the “Rant” section of our site!
That’s right. I believe many of you people out there don’t deserve the luxury of driving. You’re bad drivers and the worst part is you don’t know it. You think your a good driver because you’ve never had a speeding ticket or never have had an accident (that was your fault). Or even worse, you think you’re a really good driver!
I don’t care if you drive fast. I do. I don’t care if you don’t know the amount of specific fines. I don’t. I don’t care if you eat while you drive sometimes. I have.
I care if you’re paying attention and that you actually KNOW the general rules of the road.
Why are there lanes on the high ways?
When can you turn left on a red light?
What does a yellow light mean?
Who’s supposed to yield when coming onto the high way?
What does yield mean!!!??
When are you supposed to stop and let people cross the street?
Yes, that’s my point, you don’t know.
Lanes are for controlling the speed and flow of traffic. The far left lane is for PASSING. So if you’re not passing someone, I don’t care if you’re driving 65mph or 100mph, GET OUT OF THE FAR LEFT LANE! The Middle lane(s) (if there are any) are for the fast drivers. The far right lane is for the people who want to drive the speed limit or slower and for entering/exiting the highway.
You can go right on red when you are turning from a one way street onto another one way street.
The car that is supposed to yield when coming onto the high way is….. THE CAR COMING ONTO THE HIGH WAY! The people on the high way are driving faster than you, and are not suppose to stop. If it’s not safe for you to get onto the high way, you don’t speed up and make the person on the highway slow down. YOU DO, YOU STOP and proceed with caution and MERGE into traffic. (I’m not even going to get started on how to merge properly, I don’t want to confuse you any more than you already probably are).
And hey, that’s what yield means, to slow down and proceed with caution, and STOP if necessary, that’s why there are red and stop-sign-LIKE.
And a yellow light is there for two reasons. First, to let you know the light is about to turn red, so you don’t need to slam on your brakes when the light goes from green to red. Second, you are supposed to slow down and come to a stop when the light turns yellow, not speed up and try to make it through the light before it turns red. The amount of stupid people I see on a daily basis running red lights as soon as they go from yellow to red is astonishing. And yes you can be ticketed for running a yellow light.
Congratulations, you’re now hopefully a better informed driver, you’re still not a good driver, but hopefully your starting to see why you suck at driving.
I’m outta here. Keep checking back for more rants; God knows I have so much more to complain about.
–R.R.
