Over here you must be 18 to apply for a driver's license, but unfortunately most 18 year olds here do not have 2 brain cells to rub together (no offence to anyone)...which raises the question: what really is the ideal age to apply for a driver's license?
I was driving home this evening on a major, four lane highway, in the second lane with cruise set to 110 km/h (70 MPH). Quite a few vehicles were on the road and behind me in the left lane was a new Honda Pilot. Out of nowhere, a late model Yukon Denali was on my tail. Suddenly, the idiot in the Yukon squeezed himself in between the Pilot and I (in between the first and second lane), jumped into the left lane, then went diagonally across to the third lane. I had to brake real hard not to hit him as he pulled out in front of me from the left lane. Then he jumped into the far right lane, and lost control as he tried to make his way back into the first lane. The SUV starts to skid like a pendulum and brings the highway to a complete halt - thankfully without crashing or harming anyone.
People have a habit of getting out of their vehicles to "check" if the driver's alright. No surprise, the driver had just got his license today and is jumping from lane to lane at ludicrous speeds of 100+ MPH in an SUV. Maybe Darwin's theory may apply, or maybe it's just population control...I don't know. But what ticks me off so much is idiots like this take innocent lives with them. I could care less if he ended up only killing himself.
I was driving home this evening on a major, four lane highway, in the second lane with cruise set to 110 km/h (70 MPH). Quite a few vehicles were on the road and behind me in the left lane was a new Honda Pilot. Out of nowhere, a late model Yukon Denali was on my tail. Suddenly, the idiot in the Yukon squeezed himself in between the Pilot and I (in between the first and second lane), jumped into the left lane, then went diagonally across to the third lane. I had to brake real hard not to hit him as he pulled out in front of me from the left lane. Then he jumped into the far right lane, and lost control as he tried to make his way back into the first lane. The SUV starts to skid like a pendulum and brings the highway to a complete halt - thankfully without crashing or harming anyone.
People have a habit of getting out of their vehicles to "check" if the driver's alright. No surprise, the driver had just got his license today and is jumping from lane to lane at ludicrous speeds of 100+ MPH in an SUV. Maybe Darwin's theory may apply, or maybe it's just population control...I don't know. But what ticks me off so much is idiots like this take innocent lives with them. I could care less if he ended up only killing himself.