Driving

I don’t drive a lot anymore, about 10,000 miles per year. But, in East Texas, that is too much. I think there should be special driving classes for a whole lot of drivers here, and I have a few suggestions on the topics that deserve attention.

First, there should be an entire day on traffic lights. Green means go and red means stop. Yellow means get out of the way because those that don’t go on green, wait until the light turns yellow. These simple instructions should be repeated for hours and then a pass/fail test before going on to the next day.

At least for half of the second day, another traffic light instruction would focus on not stopping for green lights, but do stop for red ones.

Then, there’s the need to teach drivers not to pull out in front of someone on a 60 mph highway. And, if it is a four land, not to go all the way to the left lane. Special emphasis should be placed on not continuing at 30 mph after you pull out in front of another vehicle.

Some time needs to be devoted to those drivers that are going to make a left turn, but do not use the turn lane provided on most four lane roads. Also, the turn lane is not a drive along lane until you decide if you want to turn or just pull out in front of someone traveling in the other two lanes.

Finally they should be given a special test and if they fail, no more driving - not even a lawn tractor. The test is simple. Just spell the following word. You get only one try.

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