Are you sure they passed a driving test?

In our country, the driving tests includes transmission,driving in the slope, stopping in the slope, reversal, and parking... The bad driving habits i see is driving the bike with walkman on their head, they don't hear the horns sound of the other vehicle. Then, talking with mobile, over speed, rash driving are the other bad habits i see here.. Have a great day.

Dear Thea, Hahaha , Ditto here in Malaysia.. What we learn and practice in driving school, during driving test is then unlearned when we are on the road practically after 1 year of driving. In real scene on the road, there isn't any 'cone' to guide you to park.... No ones will give during peak hours, you have to show hand language in order to request people to give in so that you can get to the right lane , if not police will summon for turning at wrong lanes etc... In my country, there are professional drivers, cautious drivers and lunatic drivers too. Most of those problematic ones can't even read the road signs because that just 'illiterate'. Then, how they passed the theory exam and the practical exam? Money speaks louder here, the licence can be 'bought'...so beware when you drive here... Cheers and take care!

Taking driving lesson is not cheap anymore and many people resort to over the counter driving license by paying a small amount of under table money to get their driving licenses. I have heard of this happening in my place where people who know just how to steer the wheels and and step on the brake and clutches are able to drive on the road. They may know how to drive but they do not know the rules of road safety for drivers which every learner need to know before getting the legal license. These instant drivers are the cause of many road accidents as they drive without care for other road users.

Here In India We Do Have A Bunch Of Lunatics On Road .. Getting A License In my Country is Kind Of Easy .. You Can Pay A Bribe And Get A License Within a Month .. There Are Way Too Many accidents Because of reckless Driving, Drunken Driving .. I Just Don't Think The Situation Can Improve On Here ..

The worst for me it the one that doesn't slow down for a stop sign until they are right there...so you might be driving along and you see them speeding toward a stop sign and you wonder if they are going to side swipe you or actually stop......and those who can't hear that their blinker is on and they keep driving by roads without turning! Scary!

i dont drive but i see lots of reckless driver in my city that is why there are many road accidents. most specially cause by drunk driving. only few accidents were cause of unavoidable reason like some problem on the brakes. most were because of irresponsible drivers.

I wonder these a lot of times. When I'm on the fastest lane, and bikes tend to weave in between the cars although in a straight line, even with the apparent appearance of moi behind them on their windscreen mirror, they would make the last minute dash to the next lane, and I'm at the back, having to quickly doing that engine braking fast! Or break totally so that I don't hit their backs. I don't mind if ample time is given and if there's a signal thank you very much, but last minute dashes, erm.. made my heart flutter to my mouth. Bikes are at a disadvantage totally and this is really a cause of concern. Cars have more advantages; they are spacious, don't need to balance like the 2 wheelers, so they try to take the role of a motorbike and weave fast to another lane. That makes me so, so nervous. I got into a lot of road rage situation whereby cars chase me back because I side-tracked them; no choice, bugger, I got to go fast because erm, I can't possibly tail behind your back? Sorry for this personal rant, Thea.. I'm disillusioned..

hi thea here in the US we now have a law that you must have your cellphone fixed in such a way you are not holding it while driving.okay so I was in an access bus,a little bus for talking handicapped and elderly to doctors appointments and such, and we were on the freeway. in front of us was a woman holding a cell phone in one hand, and sort of steering with her right elbow as she attempted to apply more lipstick, she wobbled across her lane into the lane in front of our little bus. she m ade our driver have to slam on his brakes so as not to rearend her. then the dizzy dame just plain stopped. well we just got stopped before the bus rammed into her, she had stopped that lane then for a good five to ten minutes while I guess she was looking for her damned lipstick. by then a chippy ,thats short for califoria highway patrol came up on his motor cycle. gave her a ticket And waited until she got her hands free and tried to drive like an intelligent person. if our driver had not been a keen woman driver we cou ld have had a nasty accident as the bus occupants including myself were all handicapped in one way or another, one was blind. it would have been a real disaster indeed.

hi thea I have seen several women putting on lipstick with one hand and talking on the cellphone and s ort of steering with I guess one elbow, anyway she was weaving from one lane to another on the freeway and I was with my friend who was also driving a bit too close to the line but still in the right lane.we almost rearended her when she suddenly just stopped. we had to work to get around her, when i looked bAck she was getting a ticket so some chippy was there watching her going back and forth over the different lanes. we figured she had finally stopped to put on her damned lipstick. any way she passed us going too fast a little later so I guess the chippy was out of the vicinity.by the way chippy is really california highway patrol in abbreviated form. It is absolutely against the law to hold a cellphone in your hand while driving in California yet they still well do it. one day in our shopping mall I was almost hit by a woman who was y akking away on her cell phone and not paying a bit of attention to anyone walking across the parking lot, if I hadnt jumped out of the way she would have hit me,instead of the grocery cart she creamed. darn the cell phones and the users.lol lol.

Great discussion lol We have really bad drivers here as well. I see a lot of people that can't stay in their lane and I always tell my kids "see what happens when you fail coloring". I heard a stand up comic once say that the drivers test should have to include coloring and I happen to agree.

Many people get a driving license, but do not own a car and have little chance of driving. After a couple of months, they feel cold on the steering wheel. Driving training schools are calling them back for renewal of the driving license, which is beneficial for themselves and for the society in general. As you mentioned, so many drivers are nignoring the rules and regulations, causing lots of traffic accidents, and resulting in inconveniences for other people. We do need to launch campiagns focusing on enhancing the awareness of those people, with more severe punishment when needed.

Hi thea09, I live in New Delhi India and I know what you are talking about. We have whole lot of people who dont even know what is lane driving and would cut you right in front of you and would on red light put their car in extreme left lane when they have to turn right so they would cut off many drivers when lights turn green. It is very easy to get a driving license. My very close friend know someone in authority so he got all of us the license when we turned 18 ( minimum age to get DL here) and we never went for the tests. Also there are touts, middle man here who would get you your license even if you fail for some considration like cash. So yes there are many people here in India who never even went to test leave aside pass it.

Hi kyria thea, I think all country have a standard rules in the driving tests. The learner should know how to drive safely and park nicely. But since rules are meant to be break, a lot of driver do that. But the most annoying driver here the one who entering the junction without signals. They just cut the line and hope everyone aware of their action and keep the distances. And they keep pressing the honk even during jam.

You know my driving skills!!! But while on road watching people drive, I have seen most taxi,bus and auto drivers are rash drivers. Here unlike in many foreign countries, we do not have lanes for diffrent speeds so people speed away or go slow all on the same lane...That is where most accidents happen. Here men have a feeling that women are very bad drivers. One day me and my husband were seated on the rear seat and i had to reach some where urgently, so I asked our driver to spped up. After a few minute i noticed our car at the same spped and looked ahead to see a car going very slow and without giving side to overtake. The driver made a pass saying it defenitley would be a lday. I got agitated by his comment and almost started to get involved in an argument when we overtook the car and saw a lady driving!!! there is this joke which is doing it rounds here which goes like this: I am a lady piolet and one day an old man seeing that i am the cheif piolt asked whether I can fly properly. I said the only thing my husband doesnt let me drive is a car!!

Hi Thea, I hate it when you see people driving whilst on their mobile phones, here in the UK it is actually illegal to do this, but do you think that makes a difference? They've even made commercials for what happens when people are on the phone when talking and the aftermath of what happens but do you think that makes a difference? Does it heck as like. Trouble is the deterrants are not that high so what kind of message does that send across? I also hate drivers who tailgate you, if you brake fast it doesn't give them time to slow down! Respect other drivers, but sadly respect goes out of the window as soon as some people get behind the wheel. I swear some people turn into Mr Hyde when they pass their tests, as if the highwaycode itself has become defunct and doesn't apply to them no more.

Living out here in the bush, encountering other traffic is rare (and blissful) but it's this that makes me really slack sometimes in the use of my indicators. If I'm going to the rubbish dump there is no-one else on the road I need to indicate to that I am turning right, so I usually don't. I do use my indicators when going to and leaving the post office because it is right next to the cop shop so I am not completely out of the habit. I rarely see people doing the wrong thing. Last time it was a guy hogging the road...driving in the middle and slower than the speed limit and not moving over when I indicated I wanted to go round. I sounded my horn and he still didn't move and when I finally pulled out to go round him, he moved further over...he was elderly and I reckon he was falling asleep at the wheel. He slowed right down after that so I hope his passenger was giving him a wake up call. That's probably the worst danger round here. The roads are straight and long and it's a long way between towns some times and it's really easy to nod off.

god..i've seen all of the above local.. worst i'd ever seen though had to be the lady with 2 cells at once. i guess either the lane hoppers or the delivery trucks.either's usually good for an accident.

I try to be a very safe driver. What is aggravating here to me is people pulling out in front of u like they are daring u to hit them. someome times i'd like to, don't want to hurt anyone of course but when they do that it's very aggravating. They are real big on talking on their cells & texting to. They are passing laws againist texting & i think they should. Watch out for those wild drivers.

Hello my friend I believe the drivers here are the worse, I use to ride with a friend that whenever someone cut here off she would throw pennies at their car, she always had a bunch of pennies for this purpose, people here are very aggressive I am not an aggressive driver, they scare me, when I am on the highway trucks blow their horn oh my, you don't want to know what that does to me,taxi drivers are the worse they will run you over to get your fair you have to actually jump back because they don't want the other taxi to pick you up first, I never drive downtown for this reason if you are not an aggressive driver you and your car will be smashed Thank you.

yes thats very true in india we to face such on road disasters.we ve our share of problem here.first of all mostly the licence are illegaly acquired,then there is this bad traffic police who are there to handle everything except traffic.i think there are very few people who appear for driving test here.most of the time its on road parking here.ha ha.hey i m not joking