A Great Idea

As I was driving to work today I was reminded of an idea that I came up with years ago that I thought I would share. Now I consider myself a good driver as do most people, but I have some proof to back it up. I have never had a ticket in my adult life!!! Not many people can say that. This does not mean that I have never broken the speed limit, but I must do it at the right times. The few times I have been pulled over, I have been able to get off with a warning. Based on that criteria I would be one of the few people who would be able to use my idea.

Here it is: It is a remote control device that I could use when someone on the road is being an idiot. For example, if there was someone driving in the fast lane at less than the maximum speed, I would be able to push a button forcing them to pull over to the side of the road. Then they would have to read on a computer screen what they were doing wrong before they would be able to get back on the road. This would be a way to educate poor drivers, AND get them out of my way. Have you ever waited to pull out from a parking lot and a car was coming from your left and it turned right in front of you WITHOUT SIGNALLING? Push the button and have them learn a lesson on courtesy before they can go on with their business.

The person who thinks turn signals are only for other people would soon learn that they need to use them too or they will spend a lot of time on the side of the road. How about the kid who thinks that the freeway is his own personal racetrack? As he is dodging in and out of traffic thinking he is on the NASCAR circuit, pull him over with the control and force him to listen to elevator music while learning courtious driving procedures.

Only people who have proven themselves as excellent drivers would have access to my device. You would have to show that you know how to use turn signals on a regular basis, how to pull over from the fast lane when faster cars approach, how to not pull in front of someone and then turn quickly, how to merge and how to let others merge. You would not be the person who sees that he has to merge ahead and continues in the faster lane passing cars who have already pulled over into the correct lane. That person would have to pull over and would have a sign over his car that would say that he was being rude and that he was sorry for thinking he was too good to have to wait like everybody else.

The device will be installed in all cars and will force the poor driver to pull over. There is no option. He would have to read why he was pulled over and then pass a courtesy test to be able to get on with his business. Hopefully, by learning that what he has done was a mistake would help him to be a better driver in the future.

Some drivers (mostly old people) would spend half their days pulled over to the side of the road learning what mistakes they made, and maybe it would help them see that they shouldn't be driving any more. I think it is my responsibility to help others be better, more courteous drivers, and I would take it seriously, but it would be a lot of fun watching someone's car pulling over and they are wondering why and who did it to them.

Bottom line is better drivers AND more fun for me.