How do you define "good driver?"

[TiMSport]

Originally Posted by premier3is

What the fuck is a signal?

It comes as an option.

[premier3is]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

It comes as an option.

Thought so. Must've missed that one

[erickonphoenix]

I'm admittedly a terrible driver, certainly by the legal standard.
I drive too fast for conditions, have poor lane discipline and I pretty much pass where ever there's a gap. I think the only reasons I've avoided any serious accidents the last 36 years behind the wheel is following these basic guidelines.

1. Don't tailgate I've found doing this only challenges the car in front of me to drive even slower. Lay back and my time will come.
2. Drive smoothly When I'm speeding smooth driving looks like slow driving.
3. Signal often it's good that I at least look like I know what I'm doing.
4. Drive invisible I assume nobody can see me and drive accordingly.
5. Never drive emotional. Treat driving like a business transaction.

[5.M0NSTER]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

It comes as an option.

Speaking of that, if sometimes you feel like your work has no meaning, imagine being the person installing blinkers at BMW.

[erickonphoenix]

Originally Posted by 5.M0NSTER

Speaking of that, if sometimes you feel like your work has no meaning, imagine being the person installing blinkers at BMW.

or the person that designed the interface

[erickonphoenix]

Originally Posted by premier3is

What the fuck is a signal?

A very good friend of mine doesn't use them. His reasoning is "why give anyone a warning"

[Fly320s]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

I haven't seen anyone mention turning on headlights when it's dark out. Every day I see multiple people guilty of this and it's dangerous, especially around dusk. It's like people think as long as they can still see things around them, they feel it's not necessary to turn on their headlights.

Ones driving when it's pitch black out without their lights on, I can never comprehend how they cannot recognize they're not turned on.

My theory is that people think their lights are on because the dash is lit up. New cars have electronic instrument clusters that always have some lighting on, s at night, seeing the dash lights on makes people think the headlights are on.

Also, daytime running lamps put out enough light that some people mistake those for headlights.

[TiMSport]

Originally Posted by Fly320s

My theory is that people think their lights are on because the dash is lit up. New cars have electronic instrument clusters that always have some lighting on, s at night, seeing the dash lights on makes people think the headlights are on.

Also, daytime running lamps put out enough light that some people mistake those for headlights.

Yeah, I know what you mean. In the case of DRLs running, that's somewhat acceptable. What I'm thinking about are the ones that don't have DRLs on nor their primary headlights driving around in the dark. Even if the instrument cluster was lit, the road in front of them certainly isn't.

[Fly320s]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

Yeah, I know what you mean. In the case of DRLs running, that's somewhat acceptable. What I'm thinking about are the ones that don't have DRLs on nor their primary headlights driving around in the dark. Even if the instrument cluster was lit, the road in front of them certainly isn't.

I have a theory for that, too: Idiots. Idiots everywhere.

[M5Rick]

I'll say this in that if you feel you're a safe driver by holding back but don't feel capable of progressing further then you could do worse than try a performance driving session, even just one hour with a trained co-driver around a bespoke track once in a while will make you more confident driving any car.

[ASAP]

Very simple rules as stated above -

Never Tailgate
Never cut people off
Always pay attention
Never drive in a person's blind spot
Always think and look ahead and drive defensively...

Simple rules that will always keep you out of trouble. Unfortunately in the US, due to the freedoms bullshit where people think driving is a right as opposed to a privilege you can't force people into doing those things and we don't enforce them. What people don't realize is that on a daily occasion, that is by far the most dangerous thing they do where they can kill someone in a split second.