"tag-along" drivers

Haven't posted anything on here in a long time, because nothing interesting in Runescape has happened and nothing interesting in real life has happened as its basically goto work come home sleep. So ill just write a blog about "tag-along" drivers.

Who is this "tag-along" driver? This is the braniac that follows the very slow moving traffic through an intersection, only to get stuck in the middle when his light turns red. Smooth one, buddy, now the traffic trying to go the other direction can't. But, hey, they get a nice, long chance to admire the side of your car... and how they'd love to drive a sledge hammer through it!

Yes, you're an idiot.

Now, for your information, when the traffic is going that slow here's what you are supposed to do. First, if it looks like the traffic is stopping on the other side of the intersection, STOP.

But my light is green!!! Its my right!!!

I have news for you. All you have to do is wait. If the cars ahead move far enough, presto! Now you can go! When you learn to drive they teach you, you never block a interesection. What if a emergency vehicle comes?

I was thinking about all these dumb driver posts and I've come up with the cure (unfortunately, this cure has to be applied by the dumb driver himself, so may not be very effective for the rest of us). Here it is, in a nice step by step format:

1. You are NOT the only driver on the road (repeat this phrase over and over in your head until it sinks in) .
2. A little courtesy goes a looooooong way (give the other guy a break).
3. 98% of the time, your hurry is no more important than the other guys. We've all got places to be.
4. Its a chain reaction. What you do (most importantly during rush hour) exponentially affects the drivers behind you. If you slam on your brakes, the guy behind you has to hit his even harder, and the guy behind him harder yet... and so on.

There you go. I'll get off my soapbox now (until next time, anyways).