Eden+H’s+2017+OpEd+Article

= The Good Drivers, the Bad Drivers, and the Impatient Drivers! =

Oh man what it takes to drive! First off you have to participate in an online Drivers Ed course, which is easy but extremely long and boring, but I managed to finish it in 2 days. Then, you have to take the written permit test, in which the DMV has a camera positioned directly at you, and they give you a warning that basically reads “If you look away from this computer during the test, you fail” No pressure folks! Once you pass, you then have to  drive with a random person for 2 hours, 3 times during your 6 month driving period in order to get your license. Driving with these people are awful! They don’t help you, they actually scare the living bejesus out of you! Those people are insane. Then finally you can take your test, yet right when your at the finish line, you have to deal with the DMV, and paperwork. My actual driving test wasn’t bad at all, because the proctor I had was a chill lady in a Patagonia jacket. Once you’re finally done, you walk out the doors of hell, and you’re free! You feel like a total badass walking out of the DMV with your temporary license! -->

Since you are free, everyone expects you to follow all traffic laws, including the speed limit. However, you as a driver follow it for about a week or two, which after that you develop an idea that you can’t drive the speed limit in the real world. Your really can’t follow some of the traffic laws strictly anymore. Today, if you drive the speed limit, other drivers become agitated and they honk at you, tail gate you, try to speed around, etc. I will have to admit, because I have been driving for a year, I become a tad bit annoyed if they are driving the speed limit because I consider it to be slow, however Im not rude about it. Its worse when Im in a rush to be somewhere, because Im driving way over the speed limit, I tail gate without realizing it. When I finally do, I immediately back off, and feel bad about it. Not to mention, cops don’t really care if your driving a tad over the speed limit, or if you stop over the stop sign line, or when at a red light you check your phone, because they have better things to worry about. Since they are not so strict with traffic laws, people follow them loosely, and develop impatience for other drivers that are following the law. I definitely have developed impatience which is totally a bad thing. I mean, Im not a bad driver, or an irresponsible one, Im just more impatient now, then what I used to be when I first started out.



EW, ok we ll heres a gross picture of me in my car because they said it'd be cooler with a picture of you in this project.....



In all reality, all the hard work you did to get your license only taught you to not be an LA driver like this guy that was in front of me awhile ago, taking up two lanes like a dummy. When the DMV paints this picture to your parents, saying that your kid will follow traffic laws, is completely false. Parents will always believe that their kid is strictly following these laws, but in truth they very loosely do. They'll drive 60 mph in a 45 mph zone, or do a "California stop" instead of a full complete one, or the worst of all, using their phone WHILE driving, instead of being a little bit safer and only using it at red lights. Laws like the speed law, just cant be followed strictly anymore, because impatient drivers who are more aggressive then defensive, will do anything to pass you, like passing you when the road is double yellow lined. Or they'll flat out tailgate you, in which if you stop abruptly, then they guy behind you will crash into your car. These driving programs need to start teaching new incoming drivers how to handle and drive in the real world where people LOOSELY follow traffic laws, instead of teaching new drivers useless road techniques that don't help at all in this time period. Now Im NOT saying they should stop teaching the law, but I am saying that they should give you advice, tips, and instruction on how to handle impatient aggressive drivers, and other drivers that don't follow the traffic laws as much. Its ironic that traffic laws were put to keep drivers safe, when in reality, if we don't break some of them, it actually makes it more dangerous.