Unless You're Wearing A Badge My Driving Is My Own Business

By John Robertson

Well, they say learning to drive should result in you becoming a good driver. How well you end up driving is a good question. It all depends. Most people learn to operate a motor vehicle, also known as driving, without the help of professionals. Sound advice is that a spouse should never be your driving instructor. However, teens realize driving is their first taste of real freedom. Thus, it is common for this learning curve and skill to be accomplished in the early years.

Beginning soon I will decide when and where to go for a change. There are places I have been studying where young people can go and not be disturbed. Also, being a big fan of auto racing makes me itch to jam my foot down on the accelerator and fly low to the ground. Perhaps I can buy my own vehicle and put decals and a favorite driver number on it.

Using the public highways gets you where you want to go but puts you in contact with lots of others. Emergency vehicles, school buses, law enforcement, national leaders and mostly ordinary people ride the roads. When you stint on your driving education and aren't sure if a certain sign is merely warning you or telling you it is a law, trouble is brewing. Passing a stopped school bus isn't just reckless it may take the life of a youngster. Driving faster than the posted limit isn't smart either.

Put the point of a compass used to draw circles on the center of a large city. Draw a small circle and then a series of larger circles. Color the innermost circle red. Color the outgoing circles progressively less bright colors. You should see in your mind the red circle crowded with very aggressive drivers filled with road rage. Perhaps it is the competitive way they must live to earn a living and survive. In any case, no new driver should go near this area.

If you were dozing off in science class and missed the lessons about forces on moving objects you will be at a disadvantage to understanding why your vehicle left the road on that sharp curve. Centrifugal force charges everyone the same fees. Going faster coming out of curves will hold your vehicle on the road. Seems like slowing down would be better you say?

When you pick up a magazine written for car enthusiasts one of the first things mentioned for each model is acceleration. Much more important to the novice driver is stopping ability. "What goes up must come down" used to always be true. Much more the case is if you can't stop it you may have had your next to last ride. The hearse is last.

Air bags, seat belts, steering columns that collapse and don't impale drivers have all added to driving safety. However, the biggest safety feature in highway travel has always been the driver. Recently use of cell phone and even texting while driving has created the so-called perfect storm.

Some years ago a concerned father bought his new driver daughter the heaviest car he could find. Safety was the goal. Unfortunately, a truck hit her and her friends broadside. The mass of the truck trumped the heavy sedan. Never lose your fear of the other guy while driving and keep the odds on your side by playing it smart. Drive defensively. - 21393

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