5 Reasons Why I Hate Driving
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This upcoming Wednesday, I will be attempting for the third time to pass my driving test. This goes to show that you should never ask me to give you a ride. But am I really a terrible driver? I don’t think so. You see, the rules of the road and I just don’t get along too well.
There are hundreds of reasons why I hate driving as much as I hate taking public transportation. I just cross my fingers and hope that scientists will one day invent autopilot for our cars. In the meantime, take a look at the following five reasons why driving should become obsolete tomorrow.
- Driving will kill me.
- Driving will make me poor
- Caution ahead: Everything is a potential danger
- Sitting in traffic, aka “cruel and unusual punishment”
- People are too damn brave
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, traffic accident fatalities was the fifth leading cause of death in the United States in 2008. Yes, it says “Accidents (unintentional injuries).” Just subtract the number of people killed from rocking vending machines and BAM, there you go.
Is it me or has gasoline prices been fluctuating from 3 to 4 dollars for the last five years now? No matter what, whenever your primary means of transportation runs on a nonrenewable resource, you are likely headed toward a very expensive future. A Pearls Before Swine comic strip I read a while ago painted the picture quite well.
At the end, both Pig and Mouse hug each other in brotherly embrace after realizing that their dream of never having to work another day of their lives had come finally become true.
Let me try to list every possible hazard you might encounter on the streets, ranging from the highest degree of danger to the lowest: Female-asian drivers, females with periods driving, single-mothers with three hyperactive children, taxi drivers, pedestrians crossing the street, animals, fire hydrants, ambulances, homeless people, Chuck Norris, dying trees, truck drivers who have driven four hours nonstop, money, Twilight fans chasing after Robert Pattison, meteorites, ET, and Tiger Woods.
In short, everything you see becomes a potential traffic accident when you step behind the wheel of a car. Good luck.
Thank you, Michael Douglas. The entire driving population understands your agony.
Why do people transform into absolute lunatics on a rampage when they get behind the wheel? Other than when you are driving, how often do people scream expletives at you and give you the finger? When you accidentally bump into someone while walking, do people tell you to suck their you-know-what and call you awful names so that others nearby can clearly hear them? Most of the time, no. But when things happen on the road, all bets are off. It’s like some Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde phenomenon.
Photo by Leonid Mamchenkov and m.a.r.c.
Urgent update! I passed the driving exam with only three errors! The instructor even wrote “Good driving” on my paper.
So, do you hate driving as much as I do? I sure hope so. Let me know in the comments section below!
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I actually don’t mind driving as long as:
1. There are no other cars on the road
-and-
2. There are no cops
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@Gabe But where would all the fun and adrenaline from getting caught speeding if all the cops are gone? Ok, maybe not.
I hate driving. I’m almost seventeen with no license. I hate the fact I hate driving.
I hate driving too. I’m almost nineteen and have a license. I hate the fact that I hate driving too.
Thanks for stopping by, C!
I hate driving, taking public transportation, and crossing streets in front of traffic. It’s just too unsafe. Is it so much to ask for a way get to and from the office without betting my life against the split second judgement of every random person on the road?
The roads are always safer on the airways.