Tom Says: “Driving Has Become A Deadly Sport”
You might think you’ve already read this before in my blog, but you haven’t.
Driving is becoming a deadly sport.
It was only very recently that I discovered the meaning of green, yellow and red have changed dramatically — but I won’t go into a further explanation on that — because I have discovered what I call: “The New Sport.”
Equipment Required:
1. An intersection with four working stop lights.
2. Lots of traffic.
3. Lots of pedestrians.
4. Kids on bicycles.
Now, here’s how it works…
The first requirement is that you have to be turning left at the intersection. This means all of the cars across the intersection when the light is green have the right of way. You also need nerves of steel and a total disregard for anyone on the road.
Additionally, You need to understand your timing while maintaining some cat-like reflexes.
Next, you indicate that you would like to turn left and you sit and wait as your red light is about to become green.
Now, with about three seconds remaining while your light is red, you need only to disregard anything and everybody around you — and hammer the accelerator.
Success!
You beat the guys who would have gone ahead of you by jumping the light. You upset everyone else in the intersection, but hey — at least this time you won!
Your time will come when some guy coming at you from ninety degrees runs his light, (which has now turned red) and “T-bones you” so badly, that the jaws-of-life will be required to extricate either you or the person sitting to the right of you.
The sad part about this blog is that many of you reading this will recognize exactly the sport I’m talking about — and if you do — congratulations!
But if you admit to being a veteran of the game — I say — you’re a complete idiot.
I’m Tom Young.
October 27th, 2007 at 5:44 am
Tom,do you not think it is about time for a retesting of the driving license for older drivers. I have been driving for 51 years and have seen many changes in traffic patterns from old durt country roads, where you would stop and allow oncoming traffic to pass, to 4 lane highways were everything goes including putting someone off the road if they get in your way. We all pick up bad habits, (my self excluded). A refresher would make you stop and think about the rules of the road as they protain to todays driving.
I would like to see every person have to go through a testing of some sort on their 10th year of driving, plus compulsary testing every five years for persons over sixty five years. times have changed we should all have a refresher.