What kind of driver are you?
My wife and I have two very different personalities when it comes to driving. Traffic, people cutting me off, and driving in general don't bother me at all. I love my morning commute. Wife sweet wife on the other hand become a raging monster as soon as she sits behind the wheel. The woman goes berserk every time someone comes close to cutting her off swearing like a sailor. She constantly wishes she could just have a giant truck with a plow on the front to push people out of the way. So Snapzu what kind of driver are you?
8 years ago by schrodingersman
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I'm a very calm driver until I encounter cyclists. I can understand people making mistakes in their cars but I just can't stand cyclists.
For the past 7-8 years, I've always had a 40 minute to 1 hour commute. It's become SO boring to me. My mind goes on AutoPilot and I just kinda blank out during the drive. I've wore out Podcasts, Google Music, etc. I'm really ready for my car to drive itself so either I can work while commuting, sleep an extra 30 minutes, or play video games.
I was very very very aggressive of a driver and then one day I discovered for every notch back I put my seat in my car (vertical angle wise not horizontally lol) my blood pressure goes down about 10 points. Posture is everything. Sitting in a relaxing position keeps me cool with going slow and more understanding of other people. /u/DirtyCommie is right though. Those f*cking cyclists. Get on the sidewalk. I weigh 2000 pounds, you weigh 200.
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I drive from a small town to a big city and it is about 52 miles to my work and 52 miles back. I am a driver who is aware or always trying to be aware of every little thing. Okay 2 cars ahead of me this guy doesn't use his blinker, noted. Behind me the lady doing her make up has stopped really close to my car the last 4 times and has just brought our mascara * noted.
My mind always does this.
I am still learning to drive so I never know the dimensions of the car I am driving especially the sides.
On the other hand, I have a mother whom I think the driving rules was made so she can break them. One of her favourite moments when she takes a wrong turn to a one car street and all the other cars coming at the wrong direction (In her perspective) and she refuses to go reverse and sometimes just locks her arms together shuts down the car and waits for all the other cars to go reverse so she can pass.
Interesting enough my mother never got a ticket except once and I am the one to blame in fact.
Mindful. I've worked hard on trying to be more aware and less absent.
I drive a decent amount both for work(~25K miles/year) and for personal travel(~22K miles/year). You get used to the way people drive during the day on a weekday. It is always the same - others' driving behavior is generally predictable. I think it is because those people are "highway regulars." They are probably traveling for work and do so just as frequently as I do. On the weekends and especially during summer, it seems like chaos - nothing is predictable. It seems like there are a lot of people who never leave their city taking big family vacations with little understanding of open highway etiquette.
That said, I am generally very relaxed driving during the week and "off season," and very alert and cautious during the other times. I try to avoid travel as much as possible during those peak summer travel times just because of how frustrated I get. If I had to state a style during those times, I think I am more of an offensive driver. By that I mean something like "if you have a yield sign and you have to yield to me, then you better do so because I will not yield to you just to be safe." I do keep an "out" in those situations, but if I share the road with you,I promise to uphold the rules of the road and I expect the same out of you. I actually think defensive driving can be more dangerous sometimes because you may be going against the accepted rules - like in my yield example above, if I yield when you are supposed to yield, I may surprise other drivers and create additional problems.
I used to be very cautious and nervous, even after I got my license. Then halfway through community college I became passive-aggressive, and now I'm a pizza driver so it flips between traffic aware and I-don't-give-a-fuck.
I think I'm pretty much the definition of a defensive driver, especially after having my car totaled by a drunk driver. I always watch for people about to make a mistake, old people who are unpredictable about being in a lane, people who are being aggressive, etc. My disposition is generally calm, I can get really pissed off if someone makes a stupid decision rather than a mistake.