| Are You A Lazy Driver? | Toronto Star Wheels - 10/09/04 | |
Take our quiz and see if you’ve become a lazy driver. For each question, simply choose the answer that best describes your daily driving routine.
1. I signal all lane changes and turns.
a) Rarely, they’ll figure it out when they see me moving.
b) Most of the time, except what’s the point when there’s no one else around?
c) Every time, and I remember to turn my blinker back off again too.
2. Stop signs require drivers to come to a complete stop, not a rolling stop.
a) Let’s just say I look at a stop sign as more of a suggestion than an actual rule.
b) It depends: on the intersection, the traffic, and whether or not I’m running late.
c) I’m not perfect, but I’d say I come to a complete stop 99 per cent of the time
3. Unless otherwise signed, when executing a left turn onto a multi-lane roadway, drivers must remain in their lane and turn directly into the far left lane.
a) Well, I do tend to take it a bit wide and kind of drift over into the right-hand lane during my turn.
b) It depends: how narrow are the lanes, and am I going to be making a right turn immediately after that left turn?
c) Always, it’s a pet peeve of mine.
4. Littering
a) My tax dollars go to cleaning up the roadways so no; I have no problem tossing my coffee cup out the window.
b) What else am I supposed to do with my cigarette butts and chewing gum?
c) Okay, so my car’s a pigsty, better that than the side of the road, right?
d) I do not litter the roadway or the inside of my car, ever.
5. Executing a courtesy move-over for cars merging into traffic from highway on-ramps.
a) Why should I? I was here first, it’s up to them to yield, merge and stay out of my way.
b) Only if it’s convenient.
c) It’s the polite thing to do.
6. Wear your seatbelt
a) Not unless there’s a cop around.
b) Always on long drives, usually on short trips.
c) My car doesn’t move unless everybody’s belted in.
7. Parking
a) So okay, sometimes I park in the handicap zone.
b) I never park in handicap parking, but occasionally I’ll slip into those spaces designated for pregnant women and the elderly, why should they get all the good spots?
c) I usually drive around the lot a couple of times looking for a convenient (read: closest to building entrance) parking spot
d) I park way, way, in the back of the lot. I hate door dents.
8. Driving in the passing lane
a) Me? I’m usually zooming past everybody, so yeah I’m always in the passing lane.
b) I tend to stick to the middle lane, that way I can just scoot either way, especially if I’m not sure of the route or when my exit’s coming up. They’ll pass me if they don’t like it.
c) Mostly I cruise in the right-hand lane.
9. On a highway with two or more lanes in each direction, you spot a police car with flashing red lights stopped up ahead on the shoulder of the road adjacent to the lane you’re driving in, what do you do?
a) Thank my lucky stars it’s not me getting that ticket and keep on driving.
b) If I can I usually move over into the next lane, you know, to give them room. But I didn’t realize that it’s actually a law, - for fire trucks and ambulances too.
c) I knew that, and I also give buses pulling out from bus stops the right of way, because that’s the law now too.
10.Cleaning the windshield
a) I usually just scrape part of the front windshield, the back’ll defrost after a couple blocks, any stuff on the roof eventually falls off and ya don’t really need the side view mirrors.
b) I turn the car on and go back in the house until it defrosts its self.
c) Cleaning off the car is just another one of those things about Canadian winters, what are you gonna do?
Okay time to tally up your score. 1. a-0 b-1 c-2
2. a-0 b-0 c-2
3. a-0 b-0 c-2
4. a-0 b-0 c-1 d-2
5. a-0 b-1 c-2
6. a-0 b-0 c-2
7. a-0 b-1 c-1 d-2
8. a-0 b-1 c-2
9. a-0 b-1 c-2
10. a-1 b-0 c-2
Scores of 0 to 6:
DANGEROUSLY DEGENERATING DRIVER - Stop being so lazy and shape up before your lackadaisical ways cause an accident. It also wouldn’t be a bad idea to spend some time reviewing the Official Driver’s Handbook.
Scores of 7 -15
MODERATELY MINDFUL MOTORIST - On a slippery slope but still redeemable. Now that you’re aware of those lazy habits, you’ll fix them, right?
Scores of 16 - 20
AMAZINGLY ATTENTIVE AUTOMOBLIST - Were you being totally honest? If so, great, keep up the good work. But remember, nobody’s perfect. Every driver has bad habits and there’s always room for improvement.