Driving Habits

 Being a man of 75, almost 76 (this month), I have been driving since I was 16 years old, or SIXTY years...  that, in my opinion, is a long time to be behind the wheel driving a car.  

I have only been one accident while driving as a messenger in a company car when I was 20 years old.  It was not my fault.  I have had half a dozen speeding tickets, maybe a few more or less, but nothing within the last 5 years.

When I retired in 2015 at the age of 67, I decided that there was very little need or reason to exceed the speed limits other than by 5 miles.  Not sure why I decided on 5 miles and not 7 but that the number I selected.

Prior to my 40th birthday, when I got behind the wheel of a car, I drove like a bat out of hell, except inside the city limits.

Prior to my 30th birthday when I was behind the wheel of a car and unless I was going to or from work, I always had a 6 pack of beer sitting next to me in the shotgun seat.

Obviously, over the years I have mellowed but I am also aware that as I get older, my reaction time gets longer and while there is not much difference with regards to reaction time between 70 mph and 80 mph, it is still enough to make me drive cautiously.

These days wherever I am driving to or driving from whether it is within the city limits or out on the highway or on a country 4-lane road that is heavily traveled, the cars that pass me by are driving 15-20 miles over the posted speed limit signs.

Seldom do these speeders get caught by the police which only serves to encourage their behavior, but the fines for speeding are so low, that they act as an incentive to speed not a disincentive.

Over the years, the youth are supposed to be more intelligent that the previous generations and yet when they are behind the wheel that never seems to be the case.

I cannot understand that if many of these speeders are speeding because they are late for work, then why not get up 10 minutes earlier?  If you are late getting to work, then what can I assume about the quality of their work?

It is good, bad, or just mediocre?

Is that the kind of employee you want to be?

Is that the kind of parent you want to be if you have children in the car, observing your driving habits?

Driving habits are a little problem with LARGE IMPLICATIONS...