None of this will be anything new for anyone who isn't a moron, but I just feel like writing some things down pertaining to driving...
If you're in the left lane, and someone behind you is going faster than you, get the fuck out of the left lane. Passing on the right is dangerous, makes both drivers look like assholes, and is just downright inconvenient.
There are these cool little blinking lights on the sides of every vehicle. They're called turn signals... use them... even if you're just changing lanes. Hell, ESPECIALLY if you're changing lanes.
Speaking of which, if someone is nice enough to use their turn signal to try a lane change, have some courtesy and let them in.
Oh, how about this... try turning on your turn signal when attempting a lane change BEFORE you check to see if anyone is coming. Seriously, have you ever seen a driver check, turn on a signal, realize they're probably not going to get let in, turn off the signal, then cut someone else off anyway in a fit of impatience? IF YOU LET PEOPLE KNOW YOU WANT OVER, they're more likely to let you over... but this requires giving them enough time to actually notice your stupid signal.
Turn your damn brights off before you enter a curve or cross the crest of the hill. Unless you're really observant, you're not going to know if someone is coming... someone that you'll blind coming around the bend. And if you are really observant, you'd turn your damn brights off anyway, so don't try to justify my previous statement.
Don't tailgate. That just tempts people like me to slam on the brakes.
When you're at a stoplight, it would be appreciated if you spent at least 90% of your time concentrating on the lights, and only 10% looking for your favorite CD, not vice versa.
And finally (for now), get off the damn phone.
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Oh, you'd best not come to Massachusetts. You'd probably have a heart attack. Left turns, sans benefit of signal unless it is the right turn signal, from the right most lane on a four lane road is just, well, de rigeur.
I never thought I was a Massachusetts driver until I started traveling on business and renting cars. I was astonished at how friendly the rest of the country was, "waving" at me like that and mouthing friendly hellos. Those were hellos, right?
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