-If you are in the left (passing) lane and people are passing you on the right, you’re in the wrong damn lane!
-Just because it’s raining or dark doesn’t mean you have to go 15 MPH under the speed limit.
-Entering a tunnel or bridge doesn’t mean you have to brake. The lane isn’t changing width, if you were able to keep your car between the lines before, you still can now.
-It’s not the end of the world if you miss your exit. You don’t need to get into the emergency lane and back up!
-Hang up and and drive. That way you won’t be stopping short at stop signs, tailgating, and swerving all over the place.
Look over your shoulder before you change lanes. Even you driving enthusiasts who claim to have adjusted your mirrors so as to have no blind spot? You’ve got a blind spot. If you don’t believe me, keep changing lanes without looking; one of these days you’ll take out the motorcyclist who was at the far edge of the lane next to you - just out of your mirror’s field of view.
And stop tailgating me; you’re endangering us both.
I’ll finetune that, panache - use turn signals BEFORE turning. A blink or two as you come into my lane really doesn’t mean anything, as I have already noticed your car coming towards me.
Parking lots are not roads. There is so much going on in them, we should all be driving extremely slowly and carefully, instead of driving faster and more carelessly. If you’re using a parking lot to cut through from one road to another one, that still doesn’t make the parking lot a road.
Get professional driving instruction when you start driving. Your dad has terrible habits and incomplete knowledge, and you’ll probably be even worse than he is if he is your only source of driving instruction. Driving a car is the single most dangerous thing we do every single day, and it needs to be taken seriously.
Sometimes (Biblical downpour) such lower speeds are warranted.
Except that sometimes the lanes do change width in a tunnel, or even worse it goes from 2 to 1 (typically in the mountains).
Always take a quick peek the other way when making a turn (peek left when turning right, and vice-versa). An ambulance, drunk driver, old lady walking her dog, or kid on a bike might be in said blind spot.
If your exiting a busy parking lot at the end of an event, follow the “You go, I go” rule.
If you can see that the other guy is going to have a hard time entering traffic, be a sport and wave him in.
Don’t pass right before you exit.
If an accident or construction is going to make you move over a lane, do so as soon as practical. And let someone in who needs to come in to your lane.
If there’s a turn lane, enter it before you slow to a crawl.
Turn your damn stereo down! You need to hear sirens.
If you want to turn left at unprotected left turn traffic signal, go ahead and pull out into the intersection to wait for an opportunity to turn. If the light turns yellow on you, don’t panic, don’t try to back up. The oncoming traffic will stop and you will be able to turn. The cars on your left and right are not going to jump out and hit you.
A special one for Oslo drivers (mostly the ones over 70 and wearing hats): If you’re driving along a limited-access highway and you see a car coming down the entrance ramp - for the love of all that is holy, don’t pull up beside that car and match its speed exactly. You will not get points in Driver Heaven for preventing someone else from merging into traffic. If you can’t do anything else, just keep doing whatever you were doing and let the other driver adjust to you.
And since it’s summer vacation time: if you are pulling a camping trailer, make sure your total load (trailer + passengers in car + total luggage) does not exceed the capacity of your car. It doesn’t help that the trailer is 300 kg under the limit if you’re carrying five people plus a half-ton of clothes, bikes, beer, canned goods, and implements of destruction.
Also, welcome to Norway, some roads should be marked on your map as not recommended for towing camping trailers. We Are Not Kidding. This Means YOU.
Quit honking your horn behind me. Making a left out of my apartment complex is a bitch in the am. It is even more fun when you’re staring right into the Phoenix sun and trying to turn out into 6 lanes of traffic. I’m not gonna get into a wreck just because you’re running late for work.
GO when the light turns green (after checking to be sure the intersection is clear.) Don’t keep talking, don’t mess with the radio, don’t pick your nose, don’t look out the window. Just go.
Don’t drive down the interstate high on pot and watching a video on your iPhone. A 17-year-old boy did this recently in my area, flipped his SUV several times.
I was always taught that if you can’t comfortably accelerate in a turn or curve, you’ likely driving too fast. In other words if you’re fighting inertia maybe you better slow down.
Quite right. However if I am just making a left turn onto a busy street, have faith in me. I can do it without your help. Just because you stop to try to be a nice guy and let me in doesn’t mean everyone else will. You’re confusing them, and they will react unexpectedly. You’re not helping. You’re endangering.