Antone's Nightclub
Driving Refresher Hints
RECEIVED Wed., July 1, 2009
Dear Editor,
Just so that I can live long enough to be a cranky old man, I offer these driving refresher hints:
1) If you can smell what I had for my last meal, you are probably tailgating.
2) The small appendage on the left side of the steering column (that's what the steering wheel is mounted to – the steering wheel is that thing you should be holding instead of your iPod, cell phone, food, drink, etc.) is called a turn indicator. It helps everyone driving in your vicinity know if you are making a course correction.
3) When stopping at an intersection, the first, and considerably wider, white line is the one you stop behind, not the second or the third. Those are the lines framing the crosswalk.
4) When making a left turn, stay in your lane. It's a tricky move, but we're all counting on it.
5) Most importantly. When sitting on MoPac (SloPacked) or I-35, give the car in front of you room. I'd rather do a sustained 20 mph instead of the stop and go. I'd like to use my car to travel faster than I can run. Think about it.
Just so that I can live long enough to be a cranky old man, I offer these driving refresher hints:
1) If you can smell what I had for my last meal, you are probably tailgating.
2) The small appendage on the left side of the steering column (that's what the steering wheel is mounted to – the steering wheel is that thing you should be holding instead of your iPod, cell phone, food, drink, etc.) is called a turn indicator. It helps everyone driving in your vicinity know if you are making a course correction.
3) When stopping at an intersection, the first, and considerably wider, white line is the one you stop behind, not the second or the third. Those are the lines framing the crosswalk.
4) When making a left turn, stay in your lane. It's a tricky move, but we're all counting on it.
5) Most importantly. When sitting on MoPac (SloPacked) or I-35, give the car in front of you room. I'd rather do a sustained 20 mph instead of the stop and go. I'd like to use my car to travel faster than I can run. Think about it.
Raymond Weaver