Driving scares the crap outta me. And not because I don't have a license yet. People that are out on the roads today are completely insane. We've got old folks that can't stay in their lane, we've got young folks on cellphones, we've got truckers nodding off with the occasional road-rage retard that comes after you if you don't make your turn the millisecond that the way is clear. It's enough to give any sane person a heart attack. I've been out on many different roads but the main theme that goes through my head is that everyone treats driving like a single guy treats doing the dishes: it's fine to cut corners as long as you get most of the egg salad off the fork (or something like that).
Driving the way you're meant to drive isn't difficult. You signal your turn, wait until it's your time to go and then make your turn. Simple. I love people that can sit there and lecture me on proper dining room etiquette but can't drive home without nearly killing half the drivers on the road. I think I'm alright at driving but my excuse is that I haven't been doing it for very long. I would like to imagine a utopia where people too stupid to follow the rules of the road are disintegrated on the spot and you can drive through the cloud of stupid that tried to make a left without signaling. But why stop there? Why not just have a place where you have to be able to read and write to get a driver's license? In my state, all you need is to guess at 20 questions and someone will hand you a permit to drive. I wouldn't mind if I had to write an essay for that one. It would eliminate the young idiot drivers and the illegal immigrants that haven't bothered to learn the official language of my fine country. But it's not their fault so much as the jerks giving out permits and licenses like they were Easter candies.
Maybe I'm just bitter. Maybe I'm right. But going out onto those roads seems like a war-zone at best and a calculated method of suicide at worst. Be careful out there, people. And fear not; the disintegration ray is nearly ready.
