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Compared with the first few years you began driving, what are some drastic changes you made in your driving habits? ~

Posted - March 25, 2021

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  • 10662
    * I no longer salute other idiotic motorists with my "driving finger".

    * I obey speed limits.

    * I drive slow and carefully in parking lots and downtown.



    Oh good lord!  I've become that "old man behind the wheel" that I used to hate to drive behind!
      March 25, 2021 10:18 AM MDT
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  • 8214
    I wear my seat belt.  We didn't have seat belts when I began driving.  
      March 25, 2021 10:26 AM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      Hey, wait . . .




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      March 25, 2021 10:57 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Be more careful driving on gravel roads. A couple times I lost control skidding in loose gravel. No serious damage fortunately.
    Check condition of tires regularly, especially front tires because I did have a blowout a couple of times. Nothing bad happened but was a scarey experience.

    Back home on the farm there were all gravel roads.
      March 25, 2021 11:19 AM MDT
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  • 44649
    This time of year our city streets look like gravel roads and canyons.
      March 25, 2021 11:41 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    When I lived in Winnipeg there were a lot of problems with potholes and other damage to city streets during spring thaw. Not so much at all in Vancouver.
      March 25, 2021 11:46 AM MDT
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  • 44649
    You don't get the extremes of winter there. We will get a major freeze, then a rapid thaw.

      March 25, 2021 11:49 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    That is pretty bad!
      March 25, 2021 11:54 AM MDT
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  • 44649
    I rarely drive at night.
    I am more aware of my surroundings.
    I drive with few distractions. I don't even like talking while driving.
    I don't drag race or burnout my tires. (Yes...I had a muscle car.)
    What I have always done while driving is realize that every driver within 1/4 mile is out to get me. This post was edited by Element 99 at March 25, 2021 12:01 PM MDT
      March 25, 2021 11:45 AM MDT
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  • 8214
    lol
      March 25, 2021 12:01 PM MDT
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  • I can't think of anything. Even as a teen, I was not a hotshot speeding everywhere like some of my friends. And I've still never gotten a ticket. 
      March 25, 2021 12:32 PM MDT
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