Always try and stop perpendicular to the stop line. If turning left, do not stop angled left, thereby making it near impossible for a truck to make a left turn onto your roadway.
Exactly what I was getting at!! I use too many words.
As the sign I saw in Texas (?) a few months ago said:
DRIVE NICE
And use those turn signals! Enjoy them - you got them for free when you bought the car.
Unless you bought a BMW. Those guys need to audit their turn signal suppliers more often.
Thinking about long-distance driving between cities…
If you cannot see a semi’s mirrors, he cannot see you. But he probably knows you’re there, from seeing you advance from the distance in the rear. Let him know where you are–either by riding the leftmost possible position in your lane, or by pulling out and passing him. If you can see his mirrors, he will know where you are and will drive accordingly.
Never draft a truck (that is, follow so closely that you take advantage of the vacuum created by the truck)–if he has to stop suddenly, you’re toast.
Remember that, at highway speeds, things should happen slowly and gracefully. Nothing should happen suddenly and unexpectedly. If it does, something is wrong–back off to the point where you won’t be affected by any problems caused by an impatient driver.
Also on the highway, especially divided ones, you don’t need to pull back into the right lane five feet in front of the driver you just passed. Get a good distance between the two cars first - this is a really, really big country, and we don’t need to be all smushed up together. Catching rocks and slush and crap from the car in front of me on the highway when there is absolutely no need for that irritates me.
I do not put on a turn signal unless I have room to do so safely, I do not do requests.
Although the number of times I have seen people who put on a turn signal and pull into me without ever looking as I am passing them is staggering large.
Good to know that you are the arbitrator of what is safely; so you are responsible for all the idiots out their making requests huh? 
“You change lanes when you can do so safely, and forcing other people to brake so you can get in front of them instead of behind them is not a right.”
And where did I even hint that I might do something like that? It is also a good ‘pet peeve’ and good that you brought it up. But why lay it at my door? 
“Slow” is one of two adverbial forms for the verb “slow” (the other being “slowly,” of course.) “Drive slow” is fine.
What’s sort of amusing is the argument of “drive slow” vs “drive slowly” goes back as far as 1926.
Deaf people should not drive?
By golly, you’re right. Thanks.
Well, that makes you a refreshing change from the norm.
That, added to the number of people who are SURE they “have room to do so safely” and are dead wrong, is what I’m getting at. It’s quite a large total. To the point: It is a request if you’re requiring me to brake to let you in. You do not just get to drive at people and make them flee. So, a request after all. If you are leaving lots of room and I don’t have to brake, it’s different, and does not apply to you. I don’t own all the space in front of me, but I do own my safe following distance.
You said “I do not do requests.” I pointed out that anyone who comes over into my front bumper actually is doing a request, or a robot assassin from the future trying to kill me. Again, if you leave a lot of room, disregard this. But the blanket statement that you are taking the road regardless will draw a qualifying reply like mine from time to time.
If you’re preparing to turn across the oncoming lane into an isolated driveway on an otherwise drivewayless stretch of two-lane highway, signal early, and for Og’s sake check to see whether you’re being overtaken!
If I’m the only car on the road for as far as the eye can see, do not pull out in front of me. Wait the extra 10 seconds and we’ll both be happier.
And your roof. Driving in snow is dangerous enough without big piles of snow coming off of car roofs at random intervals. If you can’t reach the roof of your vehicle with a standard snow scraper, they make extendable ones. It isn’t always somebody else’s problem if snow flies off your roof, either. If you decelerate suddenly, it can come down over your windshield. So you should brush the snow off your roof, even if you don’t care if it flies off and hits other cars.
Turn your lights on when you turn your windshield wipers on. This is the law in some states; it’s a good idea in all of them. Your lights’ only purpose is not to allow you to see better, they also make it easier for other drivers to see you.
If you’re going to be teaching a teenager to drive, ask yourself if you would like them to do what you do when you drive. “Do as I say, not as I do” doesn’t work any better for driving than it does for anything else. If you do something that you wouldn’t want them to do, stop doing it.
Learn the difference between running lights, headlights, fog lights and high beams.
Constantly revving your super loud motorcycle engine does not make you cool, a rebel, or a “bad ass.” It indicates that you are an inconsiderate jerk who needs attention.
This goes for ATVs, four-wheelers, snowmobiles, and other small recreational vehicles as well. If I hear you brapping your dirt bike or four-wheeler on the trail, I’m not thinking, “Wow, is that guy cool. I want to be like him.” I’m thinking, “What a douchebag. I’m less likely to want to do business with you in the future.”
Leaving plenty of space in front of you at highway speeds is a good thing. Leaving five car lengths in front of you when the freeway is crawling at 5 mph is stupid and obnoxious, and just encourages lane switching.
Adjusting your speed to let cars merge in front of you is good. But if a car is at the end of a 1000 foot exit only lane which he has gone down to get in front of traffic, letting him in just encourages him. And if you are that driver - well, don’t.
If you are turning left in a left turn only lane, with a big stack of cars behind you, please go, and do not stop in the middle of the clear intersection musing on the state of the universe. Other drivers would like to get through the too short light also.
If you are planning to exit a freeway on the right, the time to move from the extreme left lane to the right lane is a bit before 100 feet before the exit, even if you are stuck in slower traffic for a minute or so. Similarly, though I’m in favor of carpool lanes, being in a carpool does not give you the right to bully your way across 3 lanes of traffic from the entrance into it, so that you don’t have to be stuck with us peons. You often end up blocking two lanes before traffic moves enough for you to get through. There are plenty of real holes, thanks to the large population of drivers doing what I complain about in my first paragraph. Ditto for exiting.
And another vote for hang up and drive, especially here in California where holding a cellphone is illegal. Driving 20 mph below the speed limit with a giant gap in front of you does not make you a safe driver.