The Adventures of Dummy, Dingleberry and Stupid (the Darwins)

The left lane is the last place I'd want to be in with that slush there. Middle lane is just wet. If I was in the black car, I'd be in the middle lane instead of fighting the slush in the left lane.

 

I noticed the danger as soon as I saw the road conditions, vehicles traveling too #### fast. Good job by the truck driver to avoid crushing the car parked on the shoulder.

 

That video always amazes me.

That guy is the worst kind of driver though. You see them all the time, sitting up straight. Hands on the wheel at 10 & 2 or 9 & 3 depending which way they were taught. Fully concentrating on the road 50' feet straight ahead of them. Completely unaware of anything other than what is happening in that very narrow, limited area.

They're the ones that don't see the cop on the should until they're right on top of them. They're jerky going around bends. They do a lot of minor corrections in their lane. They find driving very stressful.

They're not distracted but they just can't see the big picture.

 

There's actually another type of hazardous driver in the first video. The Do-Gooder.
The Do-Gooder's are courteous. So courteous they will put lives in danger to be the courteous one. You've seen them. You're driving down the highway, clear space ahead of you, a few cars behind. Coming to a get on ramp, the Do-Gooder will proceed down ramp with a line of traffic behind them, and promptly stop on the ramp to let traffic pass by.

The Do gooder will sit at a red light, no turn signal on, and let the car on the other side make their left turn. Then after the left turning car is a mile through the intersection, Do gooder will proceed.

So where is Do-Gooder in the original video?

 

Actually he would have said "hold my beer and watch this!"

 

Forty five years ago I was taught DEFENSIVE DRIVING. It has worked ever since.