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Entry #6. Driving is Terrifying


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Driving can be leisurely at the best of times and terrifying at the worst. Driving is now a daily part of peoples' lives. Since it is such a large part of daily life, there are a lot of people who drive. More people on the road make it more dangerous, especially when the laws are only loosely obeyed.
I personally drive daily, and due to that I witness scary situations daily. Today, my terrifying experience took form in two grown men on bicycles who enjoyed weaving in and out of traffic laughing. Why were they not scared of a car going 40 mph or more? Who can say? All that I can say is that it was a dangerous situation in which I felt unsafe, as they should have as well. This is only one situation within the week.
Image result for driving comicsThis is nothing to say of the things that have come to be accepted while driving. Who needs crosswalks when you can save a precious thirty seconds by running across four lanes of traffic? Why do cars have turn signals when you can just weave between lanes? Why have yellow lights when if you go fast enough you can go before red? Just a few questions when driving that may arise.
Driving is terrifying for me, and those are just a few things that arise for me. Be sure to comment how driving fairs for you, and enjoy the other posts.

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  1. Blake MaloneyApril 17, 2017 at 4:24 AM

    Driving is super crazy! I completely agree that driving can be frustrating and dangerous. It is not just in the United States though. I spent a year in Seoul, South Korea, and it seemed like traffic lights were just a suggestion honestly. If the light was red and you could make it through an intersection without getting hit, then no one would stop you. Very scary for all the pedestrians.

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  2. ProfChrisApril 24, 2017 at 11:15 AM

    Dylan--Good new entries. Interesting topics and ideas. Good development and discussion. Good awareness of rhetoric and audience engagement. Keep it up.

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