So to prepare, we're studying up on the surprisingly large number of Utah-only driving rules. Here are a few of them:
- On a 4 lane highway, the speed limit is also the minimum allowed speed. The expected speeds for each lane are, from right to left: +0mph, +5mph, +15mph, Mach2, and +0 in the carpool lane.
- When a car passes you on the left, immediately speed up by 5mph greater than the speed of the would-be passer.
- A Red light is actually Yellow for its first 3 seconds.
- Lines drawn in the parking lot are completely arbitrary and thus ought to be ignored. Feel free to invent your own driving lanes.
- Backing out of a parking spot is dangerous - don't do it unless you absolutely must. Instead, pull forward.
- Neighborhood roads are very wide one-lane roads.
- Construction zones are annoying. Get through them as quickly as possible.
- The appropriate amount of following distance is calculated thus: 0-80mph = 1 foot per 10 mph; 81+mph = 1 car length per Mach #.
- When a car's turning signal comes on, that is a clear indicator that the car's driver thinks you are a sissy. Immediately accelerate to close the gap between you and the car in front of you and show the other driver who the sissy is now.
- Don't ever use your signal. People will think you're a sissy.
- Pedestrians never have the right of way. Imagine they are orange cones. This makes every parking lot become a slalom course.
- Your half of the center is my "buffer zone."
- Always use the left lanes to pass. Or the right lanes.
- When in doubt, weave.
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Well, Seeing as the driver's "test" is open book...this could explain some of the awesome driving skills some Utahns seem to posses...=0)
ReplyDeleteReminds me of California minus the Uzi's and lack of insurance.
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