For Billy

This post is for my good friend Billy. He text me the other day saying "If you need something for your blog, I just watched a woman driving down the wrong side of the road. Good thing there weren't any cars coming!"

This isn't England. Here in the States we drive on the right side of the road. Only on one-way streets is it acceptable to be in the left hand lane. I'm not sure what this person was thinking.

Headlights

Incase you didn't know, there is a new law in Ohio that you must have your headlights on if your windshield wipers are on. Here's a link with more information: http://www.worldlawdirect.com/forum/law-news/33273-new-ohio-driving-laws-starting-2010-a.html

Doesn't the law apply to EVERYONE?! I was driving to the grocery store the other day when it was pouring down rain outside. Even without the law it's common sense to turn your headlights on when it's raining and you have your windshield wipers on. However, even though it might be common sense it is now a law. As I was driving I saw a cop WITHOUT his headlights on. If I didn't have my headlights on I probably would have been pulled over. I don't care if you're a cop, the law applies to everyone.

Are You From Wisconsin?

Funny story- I went to Olive Garden with my family the other day for my birthday. While we were waiting for our food one of the waitresses was walking around to all of the tables asking if anyone sitting at that table was from Wisconsin. We had no idea what was going on until our waitress came to our table. She said that someone with Wisconsin plates had parked so close to another car that they couldn't get into their car. Apparently no one wanted to fess up to their dumb driving.

VERY scary

My dad and I went to the DMV yesterday to get my new horizontal license (yay!) and there was an elderly couple in front of us. If I had to guess an age I would probably say late 70's-early 80's, but I can't say for sure that is completely accurate. In my opinion, they did not seem physically stable enough to be able to drive a car. I know I shouldn't judge, but they seemed to barely be able to walk.

Just wait, here comes the scary part-

As my dad and I are standing there we overhear that the elderly man is there renewing his motorcycle license! I about died when I heard this. My dad and I both looked at each, and then to the lady that was helping us at this point, and all we could say was "holy crap, that's scary". Cheers to the elderly man for still having the will to get on that motorcycle, but I sure as hell don't want to be on the road next to him!

Tips For Dumb Drivers

As a was perusing the internet today I found a pretty funny Facebook group I thought my followers might enjoy.

Tips For Dumb Drivers
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tips-For-Dumb-Drivers/266912427951

Drivers Ed

As I was driving behind a student driver today I realize I could never be a driving instructor. I remember my driving instructor; she was a very interesting lady. I'm pretty sure she was cracked out most of the time and I honestly don't blame her. I can't stand the way half of the people drive out there, but being inside the car with students learning to drive is just scary. If most driving instructors are like mine was, I'm not surprised people drive the way they do. She never really taught me anything. She would pick me up Sunday mornings and we'd drive to Burger King so she could get some breakfast. To be honest, I don't really remember anything constructive that she taught me. My dad was the one that pretty much taught me how to drive. I guess I'm really not surprised that there are so many dumb drivers out there because our Drivers Ed programs probably aren't as helpful as they could be.

Don't Speed Up To Slow Down

My roommate went to visit friends at a college in PA this past weekend and told me a story about her experience driving over there. This is one that I'm sure has happened to many of us and can be really annoying. She was driving on the highway going just above the speed limit. She was following with the flow of the traffic so it wasn't like she was going too fast or too slow. She looked in the rearview mirror and the car behind her moved into the other lane and sped up to pass her. The car then moved back into her lane in front of her and slowed back down causing my friend to hit her breaks.

This has happened to me several times before. I hate when people gun it to get past me, but then they slow down to a speed slower than mine once they get in front of me. What was the point in passing me then?