Lately, I've noticed an increase in my tiny town of people who seem to be driving for the first time ever. This is partly due to the fact that I lived in a town with a population of just over 100 up until just two years ago, when someone suddenly realized there was land that could be built upon out here and started adding houses, [unused] office buildings, and businesses.

As you can imagine, I have millions of complaints centered around the issue of driving. For instance, during rush hour today, a woman, seeing that the traffic was backed up ahead of her at a green stoplight, decided to pull out into the intersection anyway assuming she could pull through before the lights changed. A common mistake. But, instead of being embarassed and concerned she was in the middle of the intersection as other cars were trying to go through, she got angry and laid on her horn, yelling at everyone. To the person in front of her "I'm in the middle of the intersection! MOVE UP!" To the people innocently trying to take advantage of their green light and drive around her: "If you hit my car, I'll SUE YOU!" Her actions made me very angry, because she, like most drivers in now in our area, have self-appointed themselves the ultimate control in what is and isn't the right of way (which is always granted to themselves). I realize by complaining about this, I am quite possibly just as bad as they are, but I have a question to put to you: If a certain number of hours of Driver's Ed were required before you could get your license, would you be offended?

I also wonder, if this were too difficult to pass as a law, would you be offended if you were required to re-take your driver's test before renewing your license each time?

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Mediocrity at its most average.