Stay away from road rage with this Good Driver’s guide to driving.
There are couple of factors in life much more frustrating than not being thanked when you’ve stopped to allow an oncoming car to pass. At this stage, I completely comprehend unmanageable road rage – at its pitch-dark level. What i’m saying is, when did individuals turn out to be so self-absorbed that they couldn’t be worried to raise one finger from the steering wheel? As well as nod their head?
However, just the other day I was driving down a narrow lane – the sun was teasing the road, the birds were chirping – and I received a thumbs up from a other driver. It made my weakling afternoon. A thumbs up I gave in return, a smile spread across my face. A basic understanding of driving etiquette goes a long way
Listed below are the 25 golden rules of driving etiquette:
- A good driver will not loiter in the middle lane – the left lane is called the slow lane for a reason
- A good driver accepts responsibility if he is at fault
- A good driver will give wide berth to a horse on a country lane
- A good driver does not speed, unless the car he is driving is worth it. Or he is taking his in-labour wife to hospital. Or his Labrador is injured
- A good driver does not flick between lanes in slow moving traffic
- A good driver will always thank anyone who has gone out of their way to let them have right of way
- A good driver does not rev his engine in a built up area – unless he drives a V12 (its noise is poetry, not pollution)
- A gentleman dips his headlights well in advance
- A good driver does not call the AA for a flat tyre – it is like calling an ambulance for a splinter
- A good driver calls a cab after having more than the driving limit
- A good driver does not tailgate – even if he owns an Audi
- A good driver does not feel the need to show off how lack of manhood by playing aggressively loud music with all the windows down
- A good driver does not spend more time cleaning his car than he does himself
- A good driver has never considered getting a body kit
- A good driver will always slow down for animals
- A good driver does not refer to the police as Rozzas, POPO, or Pigs
- A good driver accepts his parking tickets with dignity rather than fury
- A good driver pulls over if he is causing a tailback
- A good driver is never a back-seat driver
- A good driver does not undertake – he has a brain
- A good driver who drives a Defender always acknowledges a fellow Defender driver
- A good driver refrains from using his horn
- A good driver lets other cars pull into the flow of slow traffic
- A good driver never resorts to full-blown road rage – he doesn’t want to be a YouTube sensation
- A good driver does not adorn his car with eye lashes, fluffy dice or nodding dogs
