#safe driving

[forestshadow-wolf]

Driving tips by someone who doesn't like to drive

These are non-specific things that I have learned in the 4-ish years I've been driving. My qualifications to tell you this is that I drive almost every day and still don't like it

1. Do not, if at all possible, drive with someone who will/does insult your driving. I understand that this is not always possible. Hell, I'm in this situation right now. But if you can, please avoid it.

If you cannot avoid driving around with someone who will or does insult your driving, fight back, argue, but END IT QUICK. DO NOT let it sit, do not let it go. If you have to deal with an angry, silent car ride, then fine. Because if you don't it will TANK your driving confidence, it happened to me, and I'm only now starting to pull myself out of it.

2. Cars, trucks, semi-trucks, even motorcycles weigh A LOT, and they are going very very fast. Please remember that metal and flesh do not mix.

There are some pretty good drivers on the road, but there are also plenty of bad drivers on the road, and it will only ever be the bad drivers that effect you. So DRIVE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE AROUND YOU IS A BAD DRIVER.

3. Be prepared to break at any time. This goes back to the last point.

To anybody who is reading this, and has not started driving yet. The thing is, when driving you are not always pressing on the gas to keep the car going, this si because of momentum and inertia. So when I am not pressing on the gas, my foot is hovering over the break pedal.

4. Four way stops. The driving classes will say whoever gets there first and then the person to the right. The way it usually goes is by order of who arrived.

Keep in mind that not everyone follows either of the rules and will go whenever they have an opening, even if it was "your turn".

5. Roundabouts/traffic circles. They all are singular direction only, usually turning right. They way they work is you enter, and follow until you reach your exit.

The tricky thing is timing. Typically there are 4 entrances/exits. My rule is they if they are at before (have not reached) the exit that is behind you, you are safe to go.

For example if I'm waiting to get in, and the traffic is going right. There is an entrance/exit on my left. If an car has not reached that exit, I may go.

Most of they time they are only 1 lane, but sometimes they are 2/2.5, meaning you have a lane that will take you to exit 3 (the one on your left) which is usually the inside lane, one that will take you to the 1st or 2nd exit (the one across from you) which will be the outside or middle lane. And occasionally there will be a lane that takes you to the 1st exit which is the outside most lane

(I know this was confusing, feel free to ends asks and I'll give a better answer)

6. The classes will say to drive by the speedlimit or 2/3 miles under. Ex: 45mph is the limit, drive 42/43mph.

For the class do as you're told, as well as if you have to take a dmv driving test. But otherwise follow traffic if you can. If you don't feel comfortable driving as fast as traffic, the stick to as fast as you are comfortable.

7. You will not be a good driver 100% of the time. You will not be a bad driver 100% of the time.

8. Blinking yellow arrow at turn lanes. This is basically a yield sign. Aka you can turn as long as there are no cars coming.

9. Turning on a red. You MUST make a full stop to check that there are no cars coming before you can go. These ONLY happen at turns where you are NOT crossing lanes of traffic.

10. Construction zones. You need to SLOW DOWN when passing road Construction. Sometimes they are working very close to where you are driving, and remember, FLESH AND METAL DO NOT MIX.

Sometimes they will "move" the lane, by this I mean they will make a path with traffic cones. Sometimes they have someone holding a stop sign. This is why we slow down.

11. Emergency vehicle. Wheb you hear the sirens, check your rear mirror, then ahead of you, then your side mirrors. Remember emergency vehicles can so against the flow of traffic if they have to.

Move to the side of the road. This means to the left OR the right in order to open up a space for them to pass by.

12. It's okay to take the longer route, or avoid highways, or any other road feature(s) if you don't feel comfortable enough

13. Space cushions. This is basically "the space around your car" your side mirrors, if positioned correctly, should show you the lines on the road. Usually you can't control the space behind you.

The space in front it what you'll pay attention to most of the time. The rule is 2/3 seconds of space. That means pick a spot, the car infront passes you, then 1. 2. 3 seconds, You pass. Or another good rule is if you can see about 1/1.5 car lengths between you and the car infront of you.

14. DO NOT drive while intoxicated (drunk/high/whatever), extremely tired, or otherwise impaired. This includes things such as if you went to the eye doctor and got your eyes dilated, if you are in debilitating pain, crying for any reason and you can't see through the tears, or some other reason.

If you are planning to go to a party or a bar or get intoxicated in any way, MAKE SURE you have a designated driver. ONE YOU CAN TRUST not to also get intoxicated.

Please ask me any questions you have at all about driving. I will do my best to answer them. Anon asks are on if you don't want to do it publicly. There are no stupid questions, especially on this topic.

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[puppiesandnightlock]

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[geographerdose]

Aggressive Driving Transits

📢I was going through my voice notes and came across one from April 19 where I mention witnessing two pretty blatant aggressive/reckless actions taking place on the road.

🚗🚗Two people within that same trip passed in a non-passing zone either on the side of the road or just into the opposing lane of traffic (SOLID yellow line). It was in a very aggressive way too. The speed limit was like 35 and 45 mph if I remember correctly not on a highway.

💭It got me to thinking of astrology (imagine that) and so I looked up the planets:

Sun at 28 Aries conjunct moon (13-27)

Mercury at 15 Taurus

Venus at 9 Gemini

Mars at 12 Cancer

Jupiter at 23 Aries

Saturn at 4 Pisces

🐏 No surprise there was an Aries stellium.

⛑️ With a square with Mars, it’s ruler.

👓Reception was here on both ends but this can be proof to show this is not always a good thing I guess!

🪽Or proof that there was protection with reception because no accidents occurred from the two reckless acts I witnessed.

🍼I feel like Aries is extra aggressive in the later degrees because it wants to get all the aggression out before it’s time is up or something, idk.

🧂Aries is ruled by Mars from 25-29 degrees, Mercury from 20-24. If I’m reading this table right, it’s confusing cause the amount of degrees doesn’t match and then I’m always confused: is it 0-29 or 1-30 ya know. Ya take whatever I say with a grain of salt

🚥Also I just can’t help but notice that all the other planets were next to each other: Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer. They go in perfect order. But it’s like the only ones that saw each other were Mars squaring Sun,Moon+Jupiter.

📚It was a Wednesday, ruled by Mercury which has to rely on Venus which must rely on Mercury but they can’t see each other. There would have been reception here but both are right next to each other. 👩‍🦯

❤️‍🩹I feel like this relayed not thinking and not being very loving —> driving aggressively out of anger without regard for others safety.

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[forestshadow-wolf]

i just wanna repeat #14 in your driving tips. as someone who has been driving for almost a full decade, i only learned recently that after a certain number of hours, driving without sleep is the equivalent of driving intoxicated. i have driven tired. ive driven after being awake for 36+ hours. it is dangerous. if you can, do not drive. reschedule things, skip school, call in sick to work. if you cannot! continuously check your surroundings, keep snacks in your car to keep your brain awake, drink lots of water. absolutely do not daydream, start to slow down before you usually would, dont speed, and as always watch out for bikers.

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THANK YOU FOR VERYIFYING AS AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER!!

DO NOT drive while tired, intoxicated, or otherwise impaired

If you cannot help it have a snack, drink some water, chew some gum, crack open a window (i don't care if it's cold the fresh air will help)

And I'm also going to repeat what Rae said

Be EXTRA VIGILANT, DO NOT DAYDREAM, STOP EARLIER THAN YOU NEED TO, WATCH FOR BIKERS/CYCLISYS/PEDESTRIANS

[forestshadow-wolf]

This isn't necessarily a driving tip but something I've noticed and think is worthy of sharing with you. I might be crazy but just hear me out on this.

LED headlights are very weird in the sense they seem to "flash" when the angle changes. For example, if the car hits a slight bump in the road, it'll seem like the lights are being flashed at you. It's definitely something to do with the way the lights are and the way they appear in your vision, but it sometimes seems like, on certain roads, the bastards with LED headlight vehicles are flashing their lights at me.

I live, work, and drive along very shitty, curvy winding country ass backroads. Especially after a long day at work, those "flashing" LED lights stress me tf out.

The piece of advice I would say with this is never ever sacrifice safety for fear of giving another driver road rage. If you are getting flash-banged every time the car behind you hits a bump, drive slower than you normally would

ESPECIALLY on curvy, hilly, winding back roads. Taking those curves and hills too fast will cause serious damage if you wreck. Driving slow and pissing off the person behind you is a better plan than wrecking your car.

9 times out of 10, the person will only honk to try and speed you up or just drive too close and speed off once they don't need to be behind you anymore. Driving safe means driving in a way that doesn't stress you out to the point you lose control of your vehicle. You want to be in control as much as possible, and anything you can do to avoid stress is better.

Anyways don't know if any of that made sense, but there, a thing

I'll never miss an opportunity to share driving tips

Yes OH MY GOD! YES!

Thank you Anon for pointing that out. And tes this makes complete sense

Okay for anyone who is confused, or doesn't feel like reading a ton (you should still read the ask tho. Please)

Anon is saying that some people (a lot of people) will use LED headlights when driving at night.

There are times when shine at certain angles that make the light shine into your eyes more or less, and it can cause a flashing or maybe even strobing effect.

Anon is saying to drive in a way that makes you feel least stressed. And if that means driving slow or slower, then do it. The car behind you may honk their horn at you, but ignore them. They will either go around, or deal with it.

Thank you for pointing this out, Anon!

As always! Feel free to send me asks or other tips about driving! I have anon asks on in case that's something that you're worried about. There are no stupid questions, especially when it's about driving safety.

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