The bane of people like me are those who have NO business being behind a wheel:
1. drunks;
2. teenagers who, if they are female are thinking of their HAIR and if they are male, are thinking of sex; [Pardon me if I've got that wrong.]
3. foreigners, especially non-Europeans, who aren't used to this traffic and if they are female foreigners, are SCARED TO DEATH of the traffic; [I don't blame them.] Or, the foreigners who have lived in Rome and/or Mexico City and drive like maniacs because in THOSE places they had to;
4. those in a hurry, for no particular reason, who speed (Indy 500 Syndrome);
5. tailgaters;
6. chronic lane changers;
7. those who simply refuse to obey the traffic laws;
8. those on the phone gabbing or those gabbing with a passenger;
9. "speed police" who drive 45 m.p.h. in the fast lane because that is the speed limit;
10. double parkers;
11. oldsters who should only be driving during the day and to-from doctor/market;
12. people who are angry for some reason.
Have I missed anyone?
More were CONCEIVED in one!
“8. those on the phone gabbing or those gabbing with a passenger;”
I think before they give a license, a person should have to drive a gymkhana course while eating a cheeseburger, drinking a beer, smoking a cigar, and discussing a complicated subject on the cell phone, while one’s spouse gets frisky with their lap from the passenger’s seat.
If you knock down a pylon, or if you fail to eat the burger, drink your beer, and smoke your cigar, or if you lose track of the conversation or drop anything, no license.