What do you mean I’m a bad driver? Define bad driver!
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I guess it’s not really fair to be throwing out the label of bad driver and assigning it to people without really identifying and defining just exactly what bad drivers do that makes them bad. Well, I could name a myriad of traffic infractions and just downright rude behavior and cite those as evidence of bad driving–which they are…but, I can make it even simpler. Defining bad driving can be distilled down to a single sentence. Ready? Here goes. I’m quoting myself here so listen up! “A bad driver is someone who habitually forces other drivers to adjust to their driving.” You don’t think it that makes sense? Well try this on for size.
When you are driving along and suddenly a driver pulls out in front of you and forces you to slow your vehicle down, that driver has caused you to adjust to their driving. If a driver runs a red light and you have to slam on your brakes to avoid a traffic accident, then that driver has caused you to adjust to their driving. If a driver veers into your lane on the freeway and you have to veer as well or hit your brakes or both, then that driver has caused you to adjust to their driving. Think about all of the times you’ve cursed at another driver for being an idiot. It’s simply because that driver forced you to adjust your driving to theirs. And you didn’t like it. If you hadn’t adjusted then you would have hit them–making you an equally bad driver. So next time you accuse another driver of being bad, stop and think about the times you’ve forced someone to adjust to your driving. I’ll admit it–I’ve done it before; not very often mind you, but I’ve been guilty of not paying attention every once in a long while. Ask yourself if the driver made you adjust to his/her driving (not the collective traffic as a whole, cause that’s a different scenario altogether), and if he did, then you can correctly identify him/her as a bad driver. And from now on, start paying attention to the times you cause someone to adjust to your driving. It’ll make you a better driver–I promise!