04 March 2006
Things they must not teach in Driver's Ed anymore.
- How and when to turn the steering wheel
- How to stay off the yellow median markings
- How to clear the intersection for an emergency vehicle
- How to stop *at* the stop sign and not a car length in front of it (I refer to this as "tailhooking the stop-bar")
- Right of way at opposing stop signs
- How to sit up straight
- How to adjust the stereo
- When it is appropriate to use headlights
- How to respect a funeral procession
- How to do the arm-cranking thing to make the truckers honk (I know, that's not a driver's ed thing, but you never see kids do that anymore...)
- Why you shouldn't assume that oncoming traffic is going to slow down because your sad @$$ can't get up to the speed limit in a timely manner
- How to pull up to the stop-bar at a red light (The people who leave a full car-length in front of them are usually the same ones who tailhook the stop-bars at stop signs...)
- How to keep to the right
These are forgotten skills. Unfortunately, since they don't involve speeding, the laws that are broken are seldom enforced.
