Traffic School

I had to spend an hour of my evening on Tuesday at traffic school. Although I had to pay $50 for it, it'll save me big money in the long run and it did turn out to be quite entertaining. The instructor was a retired police officer who tried to be funny, and was actually successful most of the time. The first 10 minutes of the class were spent with everyone sharing what they were "in for". Of about 100 people there, only 5 didn't receive speeding tickets. Once we learned how many speeders there really were, he had people share where they got pulled over so that we could all learn where the cops hang out to pull over speeders. And who said I wouldn't learn anything at traffic school?

Here's a re-cap of what else I learned...

• The #1 traffic complaint in Utah is that cars drive too slow in the fast lane on the freeway. (So it's not just me that's bugged by this. Whew!)
• Before you can switch lanes, you have to have signaled for 3 seconds. Know anyone who actually does this?
• When turning left, cram as many cars into the intersection as possible, so they can all turn left on a red.
• Utah is famous for the "moving roadbloack" or the "Utah wedge". 3 or 4 cars on the freeway going the exact same speed so that all traffic behind them can't pass.

My favorite thing of the night, though, was toward the end of the class when the instructor was about to give us a few final traffic questions and he said "If you don't know the answer, cheat". Good advice from a teacher, wouldn't you say?