Very important driving tip
Way back, when I just got my driver’s license, my father gave me one driving advice that at the time seemed pointless, silly and greatly superfluous. He said that when driving you should treat all the other cars on the road as if they are driven by madmen who are intentionally trying to kill you.
And this is in fact an excellent piece of advice. If you follow it, then you won’t be surprised if, for example, a dark green minivan with the Israeli license plate number of 47-808-28, while driving in parallel to you, will suddenly decide that it wants to occupy your own lane, and instead of signalling and waiting for a free space will just move right into it like you’re not even there.
If you follow this advice, than instead of wasting time trying to figure out what the heck is the stupid bloody drunken incompetent idiot driver thinks he’s doing, you’ll know what he’s doing (trying to kill you), and so would be able to react fast enough, by pressing strongly on the breaks and turning the car to the side of the road, in order to prevent the jerk from colliding straight into you at high speed.
Trust me, I should know. Something exactly like that happened to me this very morning on the way to work…
And no, I don’t see a problem with writing the license plate number here. I often try to be circumspect on these sort of things, and not provide identifying details. But this generally good principal doesn’t appeal to me when it comes to people who are trying to kill me. I do hope the guy will crash into a fence sometime, not because I wish him ill, but because him crashing is inevitable and at least if he hits a wall then he won’t take anyone else with him.
May 19th, 2005 at 17:49 EET | Categories: Cars |
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