"RoseGarden" - - - - - - - from - nscave

As a retired large vehicle driver/operator trainer, one thing constantly catches my eye. We all complain how bad the other drivers are, while suggesting we ourselves are better.

Could it be the way they are being taught? Could it be the driver instructors?

I have watched numerous "Student Driver" cars either on their way to pick up a student, or being used for personal business, break every rule in the book. Speeding,  not stopping for cross walks, rolling stops, passing in no passing zones, no signals, to name only a few.

These people are teaching others how to drive.

I have also observed driver instructors do a reasonably good job training while with a student. Then they get in their own vehicle after work and drive home doing all the things mentioned in paragraph three above. They become an absolute menace with no regard for safety or correctness.

If I can spot these occurrences I am sure the students they were with moments ago can do the same. So I am wondering, are some of the crazy things we see drivers doing being taught by the instructors in an informal way?

When I was a full time driver trainer, I always tried to "walk the talk" and never believed in the "do as I say, not as I do," even to this very day.

So today's blog is for all driver instructors. Take a look at yourself. If you are one of the good ones, great. If you are not, get with it!

-=One Day At A Time=-

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