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People Need To Pay Attention to Their Driving

We’ve all been in the car and seen horrible drivers. Hello? Do you not see me or are you just an idiot? People need to start driving better. For instance, you are driving up Kimball road and there’s always that one person that zooms up next to you, then all of a sudden cuts you off. I’m sorry you left your house late but can you please not do that? Oh and you only got to the red light, wow so far! Not only are you driving like a idiot but you’re putting other people’s lives at risk. But oh wait… there’s more.



So there’s those that cut you off, and then there’s the people that don’t know what a turn signal is. Oh let me just mosey on into your lane without any care in the world. There’s an open spot? I’m just gonna move on over. Not saying that I wish harm on people but these people should really get in an accident so they learn a lesson. It’s not that hard to push a little lever down and what do you know? A little blinking light turns on, was it really that difficult?



Another annoying thing that people do is drive on the freeway at 50 mph. The minimum speed limit is 65 mph, not 50! I can understand if you’re driving a big transport truck but if you’re driving a normal car, you shouldn’t be going that slow. Honestly, just keep up with the traffic… so on average like 70-80 mph. Yes, you are driving “carefully”, but you are just a danger when people are going way faster.



And lastly, my final pet peeve of people driving is when they don’t stop at the freaking limit line. Yes, you are supposed to stop before it but that doesn’t mean 20 feet behind it! Although not all traffic signals use just sensors, you still need to pull up. Let’s not stop super far back because if it’s a sensor, you’ll be sitting there longer than you probably want to. You’ll probably also have people honk their horn at you and tailgate you because it’s so annoying. But yea, people need to pay more attention to their driving because all of these things are just annoying and they make it harder for good drivers to get where they want to go.

