If you drive a truck that requires a ladder to enter, do you really need to drive like a monster?
滨蝉苍鈥檛 the monster status already achieved by the vehicle itself?
Is it even remotely normal behaviour to tailgate someone on a stretch of single lane highway, where there have been multiple head-on collisions during wintry conditions?
Is there a correlation between frontal lobe development and truck height?
Should there be a test for said development before purchase?
These are the questions that plague me at 6 a.m. when I drive my tiny car to work amid a sea of giant trucks driven by people with a tiny amount of knowledge of road etiquette.
滨迟鈥檚 crazy out there and the craziest people are the ones who are driving the vehicles that could potentially cause the most harm to 辞迟丑别谤蝉鈥攖丑补迟 might be the only part that makes sense, come to think of it. And, no, I don't mean you with the big truck. I mean that other guy who's driving like a maniac. You know the one.
Anyway, given the high number of roll overs and crashes 飞别鈥檝别 been seen here as of late, in addition to the unfortunate behaviours witnessed during my commute, 滨鈥檝别 thought of some helpful tips that can get all of us safely to Christmas.
Note: These are not ICBC endorsed tips, though they should be.
3.) You may be able to drive 90 km/hr, but that 诲辞别蝉苍鈥檛 mean you should. As a matter of fact, road conditions should dictate your speed. If you, yourself, 肠补苍鈥檛 figure out what that means, simply take note of how much slower every other car on the road is going.
罢丑别测鈥檙别 not doing it just to peeve (not the first word that came to mind) you off, they are probably smarter than you.
2.) Serious anti-social tendencies must be difficult to deal with, but if 迟丑别谤别鈥檚 ever a time 颈迟鈥檚 needed 颈迟鈥檚 when 测辞耻鈥檙别 behind the wheel of a car.
Sure, 颈迟鈥檚 frustrating for some of you that 测辞耻鈥檒濒 arrive at a destination three minutes later than you would if other people 飞别谤别苍鈥檛 going the speed limit or 诲颈诲苍鈥檛 have the audacity to turn left.
But speeding up toward 蝉辞尘别辞苍别鈥檚 bumper, revving the engine and fogging up your window with heavy breathing 诲辞别蝉苍鈥檛 smooth the flow of traffic.
So just 诲辞苍鈥檛 do it. Think about all those self help books 测辞耻鈥檝别 read. 驰辞耻鈥檙别 good enough. Smart enough. People like you.
It isn't me, but someone.
1.) Be gentle, yet assertive. 滨迟鈥檚 what I tell my four-year-old every time he heads toward a four-legged creature and I think 颈迟鈥檚 sound advice for all people driving on four to six wheels. Simply, be gentle. 滨迟鈥檚 the time of year when the weather, the pressures that go along with the season and a myriad of other things can be overwhelming. Remember that, and have compassion for people who make mistakes. Road rage is totally at odds with the Christmas spirit, or 飞丑补迟鈥檚 left of it.
OK, 迟丑补迟鈥檚 it. Hope these tips get us safely through the holidays. 滨鈥檒濒 have a summer tutorial in six months.
