Driving a car is fun. It’s made even more exciting if we can drive smoothly on a hassle-free road. But I know it ain’t always possible. There are just so many things we encounter on the road. And I think that’s what could make our own car one of the most stressful places in this planet.

You can find almost any excuse to justify your swearing…people honking impatiently, cutting in-and-out, driving so close behind us like we have to hit 70 mph so they won’t hit us, police car on the shoulder ready to turn the alarm on once we go over 40 mph, heavy rain, thick snow, icy road, fogs blocking our sights, running late, and the list goes on. What do you hate the most? I used to think that every police car passing my car knows that I’m a rookie driver.  I’m not a rookie anymore, yet still I hate it when a police car is driving behind me.

But something else irritates me more when driving at night, especially in the suburb. You can imagine up-and-down topography making driving like riding a roller coaster. I don’t know why but it seems to me that some people driving at night in the suburb are not that patience and tolerant, or even respectful toward other drivers. As a driver myself I understand that I like a clear vision as far as my eyes can reach. But with no fancy lights of city stores, suburb area is like a world of darkness. Not to mention the deer that randomly shows up, stunned and amazed by a car’s bright highbeam light.

And not only does the bright highbeam shock the deer, but it irritate me as well. With even a fine sky and a full moon, some drivers still like to turn their highbeam on. I like to turn my highbeam on as well sometimes. But as soon as I know a car is coming from the opposite direction, I turn it off. Some other drivers do, some don’t. And when they don’t, I almost always wonder in my head, “What these people are thinking?”

I thought it’s the United States of America; I thought people were more cautious when driving in this country than in, I hate to say, Indonesia. Here I am wondering in my car almost blinded by the amazingly bright highbeam of the car coming from the other direction.  What is so hard about switching the highbeam off and turning it back on after no more car is coming? Is it really hard to see without the highbeam?

It makes me come up with my night-driving philosophy, Only those who do not have a bright vision need the help of bright highbeam. It sounds more like a fact.

Please, drive respectfully!