Drive already

I am a good driver. No accidents. No moving violations in the past year. Not only have I not caused any accidents, but I’ve prevented several accidents with my evasive stealth maneuvers and cat like reflexes.

People are really bad on the road. I was stuck behind a red jeep last week that was swerving from lane to lane and moving very slowly. One by one, the cars that were stuck behind the jeep made the daring move to pass it as it swerved from side to side. As it was my turn to pass, I glanced over to see what category of bad driver this particular one fit in. (Yes, I confess that I have labeled certain groups of people as bad drivers) What I saw as I passed the jeep was a teenage girl, holding her cell phone up, right in front of her face and she was attempting to send a text message to one of her friends.

There are people on the news who say that we should ban cell phones while we drive. Or ban eating while we drive. Or ban all sorts of behaviors while driving. I have a better idea: Ban dumb drivers.

I propose a global ‘survivor’-like competition where if you cause an accident, you’re out. No more driving for you. Eventually as the bad drivers get weeded out, traffic flow would be great, accidents would be down and every time there was an accident that would mean one less driver. Of course the competition would eventually lead to the final showdown between the world’s final two drivers… probably somebody from Germany and of course myself.