Hit and Run--the Continuing Saga

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

But you can't anticipate idiots. I mean, you can anticipate that they're there, but you can't anticipate the lengths to which their idiocy will go.

This is how my dad taught me to drive.

"Everyone else on the road is a complete idiot. Look at that guy waiting to turn there. Think of the most idiotic thing he could possibly do, and assume he's going to do it."

Every time we sat at a red light, he made me constantly watch in my rear view mirror for the next person approaching behind me, so I could suddenly gas it and pull myself off to the side if it looked like they weren't going to stop behind me in time. "Just glance at the light every few seconds. You don't need to watch it. The light isn't going to rear-end you. That idiot behind you is." Dude is completely paranoid.