When I exit the highway I just blare my horn and speed up and pray. Worked out for me so far.
Originally Posted by Ravasher
You must not had any of the crazy women drivers around you when you were exiting.
These women nowadays in the big SUV are nuts.
They think that SUV is unbreakable and that they themselves are invincible when they are in that box of steel, metal, aluminum, plastic and rubber.
I had many just pulled out in front of me from parking lots and I am only a couple of 100 feet from them.
Many times I had to slam on my brakes almost coming to a complete stop and swerve suddenly into the next lane to avoid t-boning them.
Add that most of the time these women are also talking on their cell phones at the same time and they are not aware of that big blind spot between the front and rear side window, you got to drive safely for not just yourself, but for them too.
I had one one day that was behind me on George Bush Parkway and I was on the far right lane which is the slow lane but I was going 70 with is pretty good speed.
She thought I was going too slow for her taste and instead of passing me on the left and the left lane was empty, she passed me on the shoulder/emergency lane while at the same time holding down her horn and giving me the finger and making all kind of hand gestures at me as she went by.
How do people get their fucking driver's license nowadays?
When I got mine in the early 80's, I had to take a semester of Driver's Education in 11th grade, pass that.
Take behind the wheel driver's training after school 3 days a week for several week, pass that.
Go to DPS and take a driving test including being able to parallel park with a State Trooper sitting next to me, pass that.
Then take the written driving test and pass that.
That's all just to get the restricted license they gave out back then when you were 15 (16 now) allowing to drive with a licensed driver's 18 or older sitting next to you.
Now that restricted license no longer requires a licensed driver's 18 or older sitting next to you if you are driving to school and back or to work after school.
Most high school also no longer have driver's education and behind the wheel classes.
They are letting the parents teach their children how to drive and considering most parents are the generation that do not know how to drive and grew up learning to drive playing driving games on video game consoles, we are all fucked!