What can I do about bad drivers?

Don’t be one, but you are one.

You will be a bad driver until you have about ten years of practice. Nearly everyone overestimates their competence as new drivers, so try to remember, you are not very good at this, truly.

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Some drivers never learn. They are the ones who don’t care or don’t realize they scare you by making sudden and inexplicable maneuvers.

Impulse driving like backing up on exit ramps, swerving wildly when a turn was missed or trying to fit a vehicle in a space that doesn’t exist indicates that the driver is a frustrated time traveler and wants to force situations to be what they think they should have been. Or something.

Try to be civil. As tempting as car language can be, don’t be like me. I know you have enjoyed the times I screeched about someone being an Inconsiderate Ass Bucket or an…