My lovely bride made an exceptionally good point about some local drivers.
In our urban area, there is no shortage of poor drivers. Like most of us, we've observed idiotic, dangerous, and outright crazy operation of motor vehicles on the area's numerous freeways. Considering folks are moving along at freeway (plus) speeds, these observations highlight the need the be exceptionally aware when on the road.
After one specific observation, wherein a motorist changed four lanes in the blink of an eye, causing lots of squealing brakes and cursing by others in the vicinity, my bride commented that the worst driving is seen on the weekends and holidays. Continuing the explanation, she noted that in the periods of weekday heavy traffic, the morning and evening rush hours, folks are taking familiar routes as they head to work and then home. Having taken these routes countless times, they know when to move over to take an exit, understand the traffic flow at those times of day, and are sure of their destinations.
However, the weekends and holidays are dramatically different without the usual routines. Folks are headed all over the place, and aren't using the well practiced routes and times prevalent during the workweek. Consequently, they travel in unfamiliar areas or to unfamiliar destinations, with the routes uncertain. Last minute darting around lanes and other dangerous maneuvers follow.
Perhaps if these folks researched and planned their routes on the weekends and holidays, driving wouldn't be a chaotic as it sometimes appears to be.
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