Dear Southern California Drivers Part 1

Please Stop driving.

Credit for the above link goes to Allie Brosh.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Seriously though, I'm rather annoyed with all the drivers ever in the History of ever being full of the suck.  I'm fairly certain that turn signals do not, in fact, come in the shade of invisible.  I can't take credit for that either, my friend said it once in my car and now I can't stop telling people that.

If you're going to merge into another lane, it's appropriate to use your turn signal.  If you're going to make a left or right turn, it is appropriate to use your turn signal.  If you have decided in the middle of the intersection that you actually need to cut across all of the traffic and make that left turn, it is appropriate to use your turn signal.

It is NOT appropriate to use your turn signal when:
1.  You are not going to change lanes, turn, or otherwise react to the turn signal that you just turned on.
2.  There are no turns for the next 100+ miles.
3.  On the freeway in the middle of traffic.  Unles you're getting off at the next nearest exit, stay right where you are.  I promise you that the traffic is no better one lane over.
4.  You are going to merge into another lane and then decide that you actually wanted to be in that other lane, and then you decide once more that you wanted to be in the lane you originally merged into because you're going to be turning at the intersection that's barely ten feet away.  Make a U-turn.
5.  You want to make sure that they work.  Unless you are parked in a driveway, or out of the way of people driving.

Furthermore, the world will not end if you miss your turn and need to make a U-turn.  Everybody does it at some point.

Just because there is a police officer does not mean that you need to drive 20 miles below the speed limit.  In fact, if there is a police officer nearby do me a favor and go 20 above the speed limit.  If nothing else it'll get you out of my way.

Rain, despite whatever it is you were taught in whatever half baked traffic school you thought was there on your trip, also does not mean that the world is ending.  The proper reaction to rain while driving is to slow down enough that you can react appropriately to whatever may happen that "wouldn't" normally happen on a dry day.

I think this should also have a big Part 1 on it, so I'm going to add that right now.  I have so many more complaints about driving, and I'll add them in, in the future.  For now, I'm going to pick up a friend and cook some food.  Remember: if you like it, spread it like the plague.