Dangerous Driver

Am I bad driver? Let's see. I found this test online to assess how aggressive a driver I am.

1. When you reach a stop sign and no one is coming from another direction, do you roll through instead of stopping? NO

2. Do you talk on the cell phone while driving instead of pulling off and stopping to talk? YES

3. Do you take your coffee and muffin or other food and drink on the road with you, driving with one hand while using the other to eat? YES

4. If you're out shopping in a crowded area and are looking for a parking space, do you become so focused on your search that you lose sight of the cars and pedestrians around you? YES, sometimes

5. Do you hate driving behind SUVs or other large vehicles that obstruct your view? YES! This is one of my major pet-peeve!!!!!!!

6. Does your driving change when you go into areas with higher police presence? YES, because most of the time I am overspeeding.

7. Does listening to music while you drive sometimes leave you oblivious to all but the music? YES

8. Do you find yourself in confrontations on the road, either through verbal arguments or hand gestures, because of either your own driving habits or the habits of others? YES, in fact I flipped off this guy last night who cut me off dangerously because he was going to miss his turn! God, can't he just make a turn at the next fucking light?!

9. Does your "work hard, play hard" lifestyle leave you sleepy behind the wheel at times? YES, I get mentally drained at work almost everyday that sometimes I don't even remember how I drove myself home. Or maybe driving has just become an instinct that I don't have to use my conscious self to drive me home anymore.

10. When you're driving with passengers, do you turn around to talk, taking your eyes and mind off the road? YES, although I try my best not to. But when my gorgeous and handsome sweetheart is sitting right next to me, it's hard not to glance at him every now and then.

9 YES answers out of 10 questions. The assessment test said that the more YES answers I have the more likely I tend to be a more aggressive driver than average. God, I must be a very bad driver.

But damn, who wants to miss phonecalls on the road? Isn't that why we have cellphones? Otherwise, they won't be called mobile phones anymore. And who wants to drive behind trucks, SUV's and big rigs!? I sure don't! Only my friend Dyna does. She would stay behind a big rig in the slowest lane on the freeway and slowly inch her way home.

Should I be changing my driving style? Hmmm, well, I've only gotten 1 traffic ticket (overspeeding - I was only going 86 mph - around 140 kph) and have only been in 1 accident so I guess I'm really not that bad.