Friday, June 20, 2008

Summer Driving Test


By CHRIS MILLSPAUGH

When you drive your vehicle, do you ...

a. Talk on your cell phone

b. Play with your dog

c. Comb your hair

d. All of the above

2. When approaching a slow vehicle ahead of you, do you ...

a. Flash your lights

b. Beep your horn

c. Tailgate as close as possible, then pass and blow them off the road

d. All of the above

3. When you dine in your car, do you ...

a. Eat and drink at the same time

b. Steer with your knees

c. Steer with your chin

d. All of the above

4. When you're waiting for a traffic light to change to green, do you ...

a. Rearrange everything in your vehicle

b. Change clothes

c. Rev your engine so you can blast out of the intersection on yellow

d. All of the above

5. When you're parallel parking your car, do you ...

a. Head into the parking space front-ways

b. Back in and leave your vehicle pinned to the bumper of the rear vehicle

c. Pull in at an angle and leave your rear end in the street

d. All of the above

6. When you see a friend on the street, do you ...

a. Lean on your horn, wave wildly and shriek at the top of your lungs

b. Try to run them over for laughs

c. Come to an abrupt stop no matter who's behind you and chat

d. All of the above

7. When you're on the freeway from Mountain Home to Boise, do you ...

a. Set the cruise control on 87 mph

b. Drive 105 mph in the passing lane

c. Draft behind huge semi's to save gas

d. All of the above

8. When you're about to turn left, do you ...

1. Turn quickly in front of on-coming traffic

2. Stick the front of your vehicle into the oncoming lane

3. Yell out, "Signals are for pansies" and blast your horn

4. All of the above

If you agree with any of these answers, will you please call me at home at any time to tell me when you are slipping behind the wheel ... I'm in the book.

Nice talking to you ...




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