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Old 02-14-2008, 05:52 PM   #16
stovt001


 
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Drives: 2006 Cobalt, 2004 Taurus wagon
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I know I resented probationary laws when I first got my license, and it did make my life harder, but looking back I see the value. I, like most other people, relatively sucked at driving when I first started. There is a learning curve (duh). Not only that, there is a maturity curve as well.

I love how she looked right but not left. Its the person coming on the left that will hit you first. D'oh!

Haven't gotten into an accident while I was driving yet, but I've certainly had my close calls. There is one part on my commute home where two freeways do a parallel merge before splitting off again, and there is always someone who wants to change freeways who is in the far left lane and will cross all the way over to the far right at the last minute without checking. Luckily every time that has happened I still had one lane to my right and an open spot so I could swerve and slow, but I'd get the shakes every time because it was always a real close call and if they did hit, it would have been a really hard, really fast hit into the drivers side.
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