This is something I am continually angry about, but gets its own spotlight today, terrible drivers. I was driving home last night and was utterly shocked at the number of people who have no idea on how to drive on the highway, downtown, and busy streets, and on regular side streets. There are basic rules of the road that get lost day in and day out. Things such as not driving in the parking lane, turning from the turning lane, slower traffic keep right, use a blinker. stay in your lane, and don't be an idiot. Just yesterday I saw: someone driving in the parking lane, some turn from the driving lane in front of someone in the turning lane, someone turning without a blinker, someone going 15 under the speed light in the fast lane on the freeway, some genius driving downtown in the middle of 2 lanes.
Why are we required to only pass a driving test when we are 18 and then no longer again?? Some drivers passed the test 40-50 years ago when our city street were far different. Some of these drivers passed the test in this rural-ass hick towns with a trailor and have no idea how to handle real traffic. Why is that we are only required to pass the test once and it lasts our whole live, there is no other test on the planet that this is true for. You need to obtain your fishing license every year, my teaching license last 5 years, your SAT and ACT only last 6 years, and with all of these there are no lives as stake. Put some idiot yahoo behind the wheel and lives are at stake.
What do I propse?? You have to take the driving test every 5 years?? Every 10??? The problem with this is if you think you have to wait long at the DMV now, imagine if they have 4x the driving tests to take care of?? And of course, who would pay for all this??? I propose that only those drivers that don't know how to drive must retake the test. If you are in an accident, get any kind of moving violation ticket, and the police can just pull you over and revoke your license until you pass the test. This way this does not punish those who can drive. Those who do have to take the test again have to schedule an appoitnment at one pre-determined DMV that specializes in road tests, and they must alsopay for this test each time they take it. This will create a hidden incentive to drivers to drive more carefully and not get into accidents or get any tickets.
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I see cops driving without turn signals all the time. No sirens.
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