Shannon Martin – Director of Communications (Driving Profile)

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Crazy Driving Stories:

  • Car overheated in Sri Lanka (repeatedly)
  • Rear-ended by a new driver
  • Caused traffic jam in Beijing (on toboggans)

Type of Driver:

  • Not a fan of driving
  • Tense, nervous driver
  • Gets carsick
  • Not the best hand-eye coordination

Driving in Spain:

  • Pedestrians have the right of way
  • Lots of bicycles
  • Have restricted driving areas
  • Really good public transportation
  • People double park a lot

Driving in China:

  • More scooters than cars & cars are driven like scooters
  • Can get bad traffic, but they try to limit cars
  • People carry all sorts of things on the back of their scooters
  • Honking is big here (starting to fine people for using horn)

Driving in Florida:

  • Lots of road rage
  • Mix of various aged drivers
  • Traffic changes drastically when retirees come down

Driving in Maryland/DMV:

  • Crazy amount of traffic

Driving Pet Peeve:

  • Rough drivers
  • People with road rage

New Driving Law:

  • Make a more universal test for getting driver’s license 

Tips for Drivers:

  • Enjoy what you can, whether it’s as the driver or passenger
  • In the U.S., we are lucky to have cars so easily accessible. Enjoy it. 
  • Use cars where it is necessary, and then also walk and bike when possible

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