Editing How To ...Drive

Riviera Beach is located in Palm Beach County, Florida.  The original author did not know he lived there until a couple of years after he moved in.  Submitted for assistance of travelers, transients, residents and those who also did not know they were residents.
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==Approach Vehicle==

a.) Parking Lot approach-[[Image:Reversepark.jpg|left|thumb|This is why you should walk in the middle of the aisle!]]  For the parking lot approach, one must attempt to walk in a group.  At least one (1) of your group should be wearing either old, smelly flip flops or be barefoot.  Walk in the '''center''' of the parking lot aisle between the rows of cars to slow all approaching vehicles (from ahead or behind).  When you have one stopped, walk more slowly.  If you are within 40 feet of ''your'' vehicle and do not have even a single car slowed, then you are walking much too fast.  Turn around, walk back to the store, and try again.


b.) Driveway approach-[[Image:Driveway.JPG|right|thumb|Proper car to choose unseen this picture]]  For the driveway approach, one must have first chosen to drive the vehicle that is boxed in by the most cars.  That is, if at least two (2) cars are not blocking you in, then use your cell phone and get some friends over quick.  Good.  Now that you are blocked in, move one of the cars out onto the front lawn.  Park it so that it blocks part of the street for thru traffic.  Move the next vehicle ''out of the way'' by parking it directly across the street from the first.  Also park it so that it blocks part of the street for thru traffic.  Only just enough room for a single line of subcompact cars should remain on the street.  If anyone you have ever seen--even if just at the store while you were walking back to your car in the parking lot (see a. above)--approaches on the street, then leave a door open and go talk to them.  Ignore any other traffic.  It is crucial to ignore other traffic during the talking to people you have seen step.  Later, if you still have to drive somewhere, you can pull ''your'' vehicle out of the driveway and park it in front of a neighbor's driveway.  Find out which of the driver's whose cars were blocking yours is leaving first, so you can pull their car into the optimum boxed-in spot so they will be able to leave without having too large of a crowd.

c. All approaches-  

Women: fumble in your purse looking for the keys.  Do this even if you know exactly where they are.  Mumble something (to make it convincing) like "I just know my keys are in here" or "Now where's did they go?"

Men: hold keys out in right arm in the "this is a phaser" approach from Star Trek.  Push alarm deactivation button.  Reactivate alarm.  Deactivate again.

==Mount Vehicle==
With door open, gently set yourself onto seat far enough that you can put the keys in and start the engine.  Turn on the radio.  Turn up volume.  Turn volume higher.

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==Driving==
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Keep radio at or near the upper limits of its ability.  Some find it more tolerable to put speakers in the trunk as it can get rather noisy.  Another technique to deal with the noise is to wear headwear over the ears, although it has not yet been finally determined whether the bandana style of this method (both [[Tupac Shakur]]style (with knot in front)and [[List of Pitied Fools|Billy Ray Cyrus]] (knot in back)).


Type of vehicle is important as well, but one must follow the cardinal rule: Factory is good, Conversion is better.  Here are some simple applications of the cardinal rule:
* Tinted windows is good, spoiler is better.
* Factory paint is good, bright lime green (even if only one one side of vehicle) is better.
* Factory muffler is good, racing muffler is better.
* Wheels are good, rims are better.

==Keeping ahead of other cars==
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Perhaps the most important aspect of driving is keeping ahead of other vehicles on the road, except for police vehicles with the exception that it is important to keep ahead of them if they are not pulling you over.  That is a) keep ahead of everyone but police and b) keep ahead of police except when they are pulling you over.

The key to keeping ahead of other cars is lane changes.  When the light turns green, it will not do for you to slowly accelerate.  Hit the gas!  You need to speed up to get in front of those two (2) cars in the right lane so you can turn into WalMart.  If you do not speed up fast enough, you might hit them when you pull right (don't use turn signals because it may give them an edge) and you wouldn't want to cause an accident.

Another key to keeping ahead of other cars is to swerve.  Say that you are not in too much of a hurry, or your tires are out of alignment.  Then, you can still keep ahead of other cars, by slowly drifting back and forth across more than one lane of traffic.  Pretend you don't see the other cars.  That's very important.

Or you can ''fool'' the other cars by making lots of turns.  Should another car get "ahead" of you, then just make a u-turn.  The beauty of u-turns is that not only can you do them '''anywhere''', but you get yourself ''back into the lead!''  I can tell you that it is a thing of beauty to behold when you see a lime green Civic pull a double u-ey beating ''both'' the northbound and southbound traffic during rush hour.  Timing is everything.

==What lanes mean==
Although they seem very complicated, it really is not that tough for a grizzled veteran.
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Everything breaks down into smaller pieces as follows:

The '''Left''' Lane: On highways this is the lane you should be in when you need to make a phonecall, are passing someone and the other lanes are all full, if you are over 72 years old, or your vehicle has pieces falling off.  This last instance--pieces falling off--is why it is called the ''Left'' lane, as in ''left behind''.  Tailgating is encouraged in the left lane.

The '''Center''' Lane: There is no reason to ever be in this lane.  It is difficult to make u-turns from this lane.  "Swervers" (those enacting the 'swerve' scheme described above) will never properly execute from this lane because it is too easy to get around them.  If you accidently find yourself in this lane, it is crucial that you make a phonecall.  Note that in american football, the "Center" gets to have the quarterback's hands put basically between his butt-cheeks.  However, tailgating is encouraged should you find yourself in the center lane.

The '''Right''' Lane: This is an excellent passing lane, especially on highways because traffic merging onto the highway is not going as fast, so you have extra time to pass.  In many places, you can always turn right from this lane (even if the sign says "no right turn") because of the "Right Turn Rule" interpretation by the Supreme Court that says it is contrary to the Third Amendment to refuse to allow right turns on red.  This is a good place to talk on the phone while passing other cars.  Of course, tailgating is required in the right lane.

Lanes not described above: The "Reference to the True Lane" rule applies.  

For example, if you have four lanes, there is no "Center" lane.  There is a right lane, a left-right lane, a right-left lane and a left lane.  The left-right lane is next to the right lane, hence its name ''Left''-right lane.  As it is a ''Left'' lane using the reference rule, follow the rules of the road listed above for ''Left'' lanes.  The right-left lane is next to the left lane, hence its name ''Right''-left lane, so follow the right lane rules for that one.

==Emergencies==
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I think this is self-explanatory.  Emergencies are when you need to get somewhere fast.  The rule here is to honk your horn when another car is in your way.  You will find yourself in an emergency whenever you are at a mall, if there is a car accident nearby, or if you are from South America.  Please only honk in an emergency.

==Driver talk==
At the office water cooler, blame all traffic on the roads themselves.  It is rude to blame people as most of you are people yourselves and this will only come back to bite you.  Use things like "the interstate had horrible traffic", or "it always is bumper to bumper".  Or you can be creative such as, "I saw an SUV that was CRAZY, he pulled across three (3) lanes of traffic to do a U-TURN ON THE INTERSTATE THRU THE OFFICIAL USE ONLY TURN!  He *could have* caused an accident!"  This is not putting blame on the driver of the SUV, but on the SUV itself because they are so much fun to drive, it could not be the driver's fault the SUV decided to do such a crazy turn.  Bonus points if you were the SUV driver.  (**Although expressly not condoned, if the SUV caused an accident, ''only in a water cooler situation'', it is permissible to say "could have" caused an accident.)




==See also==

[[Category:How To ...do everything]]