I hereby repent of my inconsideration of others on the road when I was a teenager. 


I hereby pronounce that I will do my best to remain confident with my driving technique so as to not appear to be inexperienced once I am well aged. 

For the first time in my life, I have experienced the other side of inexperienced and inconsiderate teenaged drivers. I happened to be passing by one of the local high schools as the students were rapidly fleeing from their isolated place of study. I was appalled at the methods in which these children were using to operate their vehicles. It should also be known that the northwest is not known for its skills in the motorized transportation department. 

I was tailed by 3 different teenaged drivers while going a minimum of 7 miles over the posted speed limit. I was cut off following the frustration that boiled over in the bodies of said persons, twice. It was then that I realized how much we might have sucked as teenaged people. I've never felt such contempt for the lack of consideration for others before. 

Moments after this experience took place, I found myself once again being forced to slam on my brakes in an effort to avoid collision with an elderly couple who realized they were not only in the lane that would prohibit them from safely turning into the lot where they were intentioned to go, but that they were about to miss their turn. My head was still in the moment of disgust over the youth's inconsideration. I shook it off as an isolated incident and continued. 

None of this would have stood out if it wasn't for yet ANOTHER older couple who found themselves in the same situation only the confusion of the moment paralyzed them and prevented them from making any decision other than to come to a near complete stop in the middle of the road. They first tried in vain to move into my lane, realizing that the only way to do so would be to knock me out of it. They decided that wasn't a good idea, and I'm glad they did, however, they couldn't figure out if they should speed up or slow down. I slowed at them initially as they were close to hitting me, I stayed in the lesser speed so as to allow them into the lane. Their confusion made things worse. They slowed and were nearly rear-ended. They almost made the decision to move into the lane they wanted to but paused again. So, I finally decided to speed up and move past them so as to prevent anyone from damage. 

I finally made it to my destination and came to a point in the parking lot of the complex I was in where I waited for cross traffic to pass so I could park in the spot directly in front of me. One of the cars I had waited for decided they wanted the spot instead, so they took it. It was an interesting end to a series of appalling driving techniques. 

To any and all I have displayed such negligence to, my sincerest apologies. 

Now I say that northwest drivers should learn how to take pride in their ability to drive and show the world what we're made of!