Traffic Annoyances

Blinkers, turn signals, flickers, flashers (no, not that kind!) What every you call them, please use them.

I wait at an intersection for a slow moving car coming my way, only for that car to turn onto the road where I’m stopped. He could have used a blinker. I could have been moving.

I’m driving behind someone who suddenly slams on their brakes to turn right. I almost hit them. She could have used a turn signal. I wouldn’t have had to restart my heart.

I don’t have ESP, folks. I do drive and protect myself and car like the Tennessee Titans protect their end zone. I’m always trying to guess what the driver in front of me and behind me are planning on doing. It ain’t easy. People are crazy when they get behind the wheel. They drive like I did when I first started learning. Sure, I took an occasional turn at 25 miles an hour but I was having fun. That’s the story I’m sticking with. My mother and sister would tell another story, one they still admit to having nightmares about.

But… after a few years of driving you should learn the rules of the road but for some reason they’re different for different people. It’s like a game of cornhole, everyone has their own rules but shouldn’t. Same thing goes for driving.

By the way, if you don’t know where you are going, I can’t know where you are going either. Just don’t slow down abruptly, suggesting I ram my car into the back of your vehicle. Pull over. Stop. Ask someone who knows the area. Gas station attendants once were well versed in this sort of advice. Now if you’re lucky, you might get an “I dunno know…” from them.

Here’s a piece of advice, there is this new fangled technology called the Internet and gosh, if they don’t have a way for you to map directions to where you’re going before you even get in your car. Heck, it’ll even tell you how long it’ll take you to get there. Of course, the directions don’t tell you when to turn on your blinkers.

I can’t cover GPS’s to these drivers because it’s too far advanced. Think 500 level courses in college when talking to a group of high school freshman, that stuff just ain’t getting through Hoss!

Summary: Use you turn signal, pre-plan your route and I guess don’t get in my way. I have places to go as well as you do!

Thanks and happy driving!