On a very busy highway section where there is some curving, lanes merge and one needs to really pay attention, a car with a young guy - late teens, maybe early 20s just crosses the solid line(his lane did not merge) without even bothering to look in the blind spot or signal. DH swerved to the left, it was just great luck there was no car there at the moment - he had no time to look and the road was congested.
What got to me is that the young driver continued on blissfully unaware of any of it! Parents should DRILL it into their children's heads not to do that. It is just the matter of time before he causes somebody to get hurt. Maybe parents should let their teens drive when going somewhere with them and observe and continue to teach. I understand that some people feel that on an empty highway in the middle of nowhere it is no big deal if you do not turn and look in the blind spot every single time. It has to be an INGRAINED HABIT, second nature to the driver or these things will happen. So it is always a big deal!
Badger your teenagers about this!
May 30th, 2008 at 08:26 pm
May 30th, 2008 at 10:10 pm 1212185430