People like to complain about other drivers in the winter, and about how no one knows what they’re doing out there on the roads. But really, we should all be including ourselves in the mix.
Whilst driving my roommate to work this morning, I saw a number of very dumb things:
– a guy who suddenly decided he wanted to make a left turn instead of going straight…never mind the fact that he wasn’t in the left-turn lane, didn’t have his signal on, and had almost cleared the intersection
– a woman who brushed the snow off of her windows…and nothing else; the rest of her car was caked in a layer of snow, and you couldn’t see her lights or license plate.
C’mon, people. You complain about the other drivers, but make it impossible for them to know what you’re going to do. That makes you just as bad–if not worse–than the rest.
Take the extra minute to brush the snow off your car properly. That includes the roof. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen crusts of snow fly off of a vehicles roof and onto the following car’s windshield.
Things go bad on the road when people are caught off guard. We are all responsible for limiting the element of surprise as much as we possibly can. Don’t point the finger at others if you don’t hold up your end of the deal.
Don’t make me come over there.
Holy heck, did you read my LJ post this morning? Because I wrote about EXACTLY the same thing.
I’m going to guess it’s related to the fact that we live down the street from each other. Must be a circle of doom around our housing complex.
Adam and I witnessed similar acts of stupidity on the drive to work this morning.
However, the person rollerblading in the snow (that hadn’t been cleared) on campus won top prize for “brain-cells-not-jiving” – I was able to walk faster than he was blading. And to think that UW is producing the “leaders of tomorrow”…