Driving VII

Maybe it's because I now have a license, but I started noticing how both my parents are horrible drivers. Well, I've always known Dad was shit at driving, but now Mum, too. I mean, not that I can claim to be a good driver, but at least I indicate at roundabouts and stuff. Mum doesn't seem to indicate, until she's exited the roundabout or is actually inside an intersection, and by then the point of indicating becomes moot.

So I was driving Mum all over the place on Saturday, because she wanted to buy a laptop. I don't know much about laptops, but my Mum is like, technology illiterate. Then it turns out that she only wanted a laptop from one particular store, because their advertisements claimed to have 50% discounts. That claim was fake, and after Mum discovered that she seemed to have lost all interest in purchasing laptops. What kind of person only looks in one store when they buy a laptop?

Anyway, I was going to mention how neither of us knew the way to the store. Mum had only a vague idea, and at a particular traffic light, she was still indecisive. By then I had entered a particular lane and was to go straight: the car had come to a complete halt, waiting for the light to turn green. Then Mum goes, OH TURN LEFT HERE. I glance at the slip lane to the left, and the fact that it's bounded by solid lines. I tell Mum that I can't switch lanes, because of the solid lines.

"IT'S OKAY JUST INDICATE THE CARS WILL LET YOU THROUGH"

...I don't know why I listened to her.
So I indicate, head check, yup no cars, and as I go out, this car speeds out from behind a bend, coming at least 90kmph. FFS, you'd think they'd slow for a turn. Anyway, I disregarded traffic rules, turned left, and the car continuously honked behind me. Seems as if it almost rammed into me. Oh well, still alive. Then Mum was like, "WHY DIDN'T YOU CHECK DIDN'T YOU SEE THAT CAR COMING FROM BEHIND" blah blah blah. Oh God how much I'd hated her then.

Then she did it to me again, a second time. Once again, we were at a traffic light, and the car was in a lane that was supposed to continue on straight ahead. INSIDE the intersection, Mum told me to turn right. I was that close to telling her to go fuck herself. Lesson learnt, I continued on straight, and listened to her bitch about how I "totally had time to turn" and could have just "indicated inside the intersection and turned anyway". As I did a 3 point turn later down the road, she continued to defend herself against my silent accusations. Silent. I had said jack all, but she kept on blabbering on.

Note to self: I may not be the best driver around, but I'm still better than both my parents, combined.