We're home! I always want to yell "LAND!" like the little girl in The Pacifier. Having just driven from Tahoe to Auburn (89 to 80) in bumper to bumper traffic, I'd like to give some helpful tips to other drivers.
1) When going up hill, you can continue at the same speed but only IF you press the pedal on the right. It's called the GAS PEDAL. It even works at 7000 ft. You should try to use it.
2) The space between my car and the car in front of me is there on purpose. It is not necessary for you to fill in any blank space as though driving is paint by numbers.
3) You are too close to me if I can't see the front of your car in my rearview mirror. If I'm looking in my mirror & waving my arms at you, it might mean that you have almost hit us one too many times.
4) Unless there are signs indicating otherwise, please continue driving normally in areas where there is road work equipment. The concrete barriers or orange barrels do not mean you have to slow to 30 mph. The lanes are the same as they are when they are marked with paint. I promise -- you will still fit.
5) Just because you are driving a rental RV instead of your normal prius, it does not mean that you know how to drive a large vehicle. In general, you should stay in the right hand lane.
6) When you are going downhill or around a curve, you do not need to apply pressure to your breaks. This is especially true if you are going 25 MPH in a 65 MPH zone already. No further slowing is necessary. It only looks scary. Your car is designed to go downhill and around the curves.
7) If you are driving a nice car that handles well (perhaps one that was tested on a certain German road) and you can't go around a curve at 25 +, please, please, please - go and TRADE IT IN. You might want to get a Prius or one of those SMART car thingies. You're wasting your Audi, BMW, Mercedes, etc. & it's making me ill.
8) Additional things that aren't scary & therefore should not cause you to slow any further: large trucks, stalled vehicles on the side of the road, rock outcroppings by the road, CHP standing on the side of the road.
9) Sometime around 1940, all automobiles became equipped with these cool things that some of us call blinkers. You pull down the lever when you want to change lanes or exit or turn. It enables the other cars to know where you want to go. Because of this nifty invention, it is no longer necessary to just turn in to a full lane of traffic without any indication of what the heck you're trying to do. It also means you don't have to wave your arms out of your top-down, convertible Mercedes (from Marin) in order to get your neighboring driver to know what your doing.
10) There are super awesome places called VISTA POINTS all along the road. They are put there on purpose for you to be able to look at the scenery at your own pace. You can even take pictures. I can guarantee you that the pictures you will take while STOPPED will turn out better than the ones you take while DRIVING through your window. Additionally, this makes it so the rest of us don't also have to slow down every time you see something you think is pretty.
I feel better now.
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