I have two major pet peeves when it comes to driving. Before moving to Memphis, they were only small pet peeves, but now it seems like I live in a city of people who don't know how to drive.#1 - Use Your Blinker. I hate it drivers just swerve in front of you without signaling that they are going to do so. You can't even prepare yourself, when you have cars from all sides swerving everywhere. It makes me really nervous. Or when you are waiting to turn onto a main road, but waiting for one car to pass. And then they turn onto a side road. If they had used there blinker, I would have known they were going to turn, and didn't have to sit there waiting for them to pass. Use your blinker people, it's not that hard!!
#2 - Following Distance. Drivers are supposed to have a following distance of 1 car length for every 10mph you are driving. So if you are driving 50mph, you should be 5 car lengths away from the car in front of you, not half a car length. I don't follow that rule exactly, but I definitely come pretty close to it. If other people want to drive close, and be stupid, then that is their problem, but don't get into my space. I create a wonderful following distance for myself, and others see it as a gap they need to fill, and pull in front of me (without using their blinker). So I have to slow down to create another safe following distance. It drives me crazy. Especially when cars follow me too closely. If I have to suddenly hit my brakes, who's to say they aren't going to slam into me. Back up people, and stay out of my space!!
2 comments:
Amen!!! This city is worse than Salt Lake. And how about how no one knows what the fast lane is? People around here don't know the rule about "keeping right except to pass." So there are all sorts of people driving slow in the left lane and then driving crazy fast and passing you in the right lane.
I KNOW! The only way to drive safely around those people, is to not drive at all! Using blinkers is something I need Shane to learn to use!
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