Crazy Driving Stories:
Cross-country road trip from California to New York
Acceleration drained gas
Peeing while driving
Car broken into in Austin
18-hour drive from Mississippi to New York
Driving over neighbor’s lawn
Arielle:
Shira:
Type of Driver:
Enjoys driving by herself
Loves long drives with crazy turns and ups and downs
Can’t change a tire
Likes to be in control
Keeps a safe distance
Not a honker
Doesn’t read signs carefully
Used to hate driving
Anxious driver – sits upright and 2 hands on the wheel
Bad passenger when driver stops at last minute
Timid honker
Gets frustrated when people do something unsafe
Driving Pet Peeve:
No blinkers – its just so easy to do
When passenger needs to turn volume to an even number
When a neighboring car’s music is so loud – disrespectful
Music with sirens should be illegal
New Driving Law:
Implementation of European light laws – a warning light to get ready to go
Easier to obtain vanity plates and design your own plate
Any place that you can’t turn on red should have a sign
Tips for Drivers:
Listen to podcasts if you want to up your stamina while driving
If you are ever feeling tired, blast music
When you get pulled over, you are supposed to pull over to the right not left
Driving in Mississippi/South:
Can’t drive in the snow
No tolls
Jackson is not a walkable city
Long stretches with no traffic – barely any stop and go traffic
Open roads for long periods of time
Can go 100 miles before seeing another car or a streetlight
Roads are really bad – built on Yazoo clay
Driving in Los Angeles:
It’s miserable
Can be going 5 mph and it takes an hour
Driving in New York:
Notoriously more aggressive drivers
Slightly more compassionate to out of state drivers, but still annoyed with your driving
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