On my first day of getting a license I encountered many deficiencies the public’s overall driving skill. I encountered a woman in a Range Rover (shudder) that tailgated me for over a kilometre. A man in a 350Z with a very hyperactive right foot and no care for pavement marking as he cut over 3 of the the 404’s lanes without signals (which I did not drive on, but was a passenger), and paying no attention to the solid lines on the ground. A cell phone chatting (now illegal) woman who drove at 140km/h on snow/ice on the paved shoulder of the 401(again which I did not drive on, but was a passenger), and almost ruined her gold and under-cared for Mercedes Benz C class, by almost smashing into the side barrier. And lastly a man with no patience for waiting for me to take a right, there was no clearance to make a safe turn, though he thought his horn would remedy that.
I can only say that my trust in other drivers is very shaken and I hope that I do not turn into one of these people. Hoping to learn defensive driving, I hope I can avoid these problems.
Telling it like it is,
- AT16
