Having gotten my drivers license just months before leaving for college, living in a college town that didn’t require a car and then moving to the mother of all pedestrian cities, New York, I haven’t had that many opportunities to drive. And frankly, I don’t even like driving. I like my feet and bicycles and subways. All that’s different now that we’re San Diego. I need to learn to love it. Or at least tolerate it.
So far, I’m getting used to cruising around neighborhoods and downtown — craning your neck past the obstructed view to see if you can pull out takes getting used to! — but I’ve yet to hit the freeways. I’ve been relying on Eaman for that so far. Here’s the dilemma: Once you take an exit, you immediately have to change lanes because the next exit is upon you. The other dilemma is you can’t always stay in the right (slow) lane: That lane’s often only for the next exit and the next lanes over are only for another highway. So you’re forced to switch over multiple lanes to get to where you need to be. Oh and the third dilemma: People are aggressive drivers over here! Where’s the mellow, man?
I’m not really looking forward to jumping on the freeway. I know I’ll get used to it, but right now, I sense it’ll be much like this clip below from Clueless.
Watch, have a happy Friday and send me some words of driving inspiration if you have any!
