Would you have been ok with it if he clipped your wife and kids while they were driving along side of him?
There is a line between tattling on a driver and notifying authorities of a seriously impaired driver. He may not even have been intoxicated of sorts he could have been ill. For all you know the driver may have been having heart trouble or some serious health issue in which he may have needed assistance.
Guess it was a good lesson to learn while you were in school but I feel as if your instructor was surely in the wrong for not having reported it let alone speaking to your group about it. In the future be sure to access the situation and speak up if need be. Next time you could be saving lives!
Also if a driver is hitting things and not stopping then that is definitely grounds for reporting it to the authorities. Like I said had that been another vehicle someone could have been seriously hurt, injured or killed!
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I regret not reporting him but next time I see anything like that i will definitely talk to the driver and if I feel like they may be a danger to themself or others I will report them it just not worth risking someones life
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Not bashing you man, but next time you will know whether you should speak up or not. There are many other things out there that you should always be aware of and if need be report the situation at hand. You will be covering a lot of ground out there and seeing a lot of things from day to day so keep your eyes open and pay attention to your surroundings. Like I said before it could end up saving a life if not your own one day!
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Going thru Chicago a couple weeks back a Schaeffer driver was tailgating everyone he was behind. I know people always tailgate in Chicago, but he was less than 10 feet from the rear of both trucks and cars he was behind and driving erratic. I called his safety department, I hate ratting on a guy, but sooner or later that driver will kill someone. Anymore we need to call in very unsafe drivers, they give the rest of us doing it right a bad name.
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Actually hes really a great instructor and does a good job teaching us how to drive and giving advice about being on the road. He talked with us about the situation and we all knew what happend wasnt right. As for him not calling it in im not sure why he didnt, I guess it was for the same reasons I didnt. I didnt want to be the reason the driver possibly could lose his job or end his career. I regret the decesion but I got to think about it and now I know next time I see anything similar I will call, nobodys job is worth someone life.
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