Blinker Fable

A few days ago I was all upset because another driver didn’t use his blinker.  At the time, I was on the phone to my friend.  I might have freaked out (only a little bit) to her about how annoying and rude and inconsiderate and stupid it is when people don’t use their blinkers and cause near accidents.  (Obviously, me being on the phone had nothing to do with my near hit…it was ALL the other driver’s fault for not signaling.)

The NEXT morning I was driving to school.  Like every good driver and citizen, I attempted to signal my turn, but my blinkers didn’t work.  And they didn’t work at the next turn, or the next, or the whole way to school.  Ugh. 

Moral: It is way easy to jump to conclusions about the reckless blinker mistakes of others when yours are working just fine.  But when yours break, you might learn a new appreciation for driving blinkerless. :)