Average Fayette driver IQ below average
I have written in the past about the ignorance of the Fayette County driver as to the meaning of the turn signal to the need to obey stop signs and stop lights.Unfortunately, I must add the inability to recognize the meaning of a non functioning vehicle with it’s four way lights on and blinking.
Vehicles do break down in traffic, which happened to me last week behind PNC Bank near Walmart. I drifted the vehicle as far to the left as possible and l immediately put on the four-way hazard lights. Unfortunately, quite a few drivers could not recognize this universal sign. Several pulled up immediately behind me and blew their horns like that alone would get my non-functioning SUV moving. I got out to ensure that the emergency lights were indeed working. They both were. To increase recognition, I put the hood up even though I had no idea what was wrong.
Did that change the situation? It did not.
One elderly driver pulled up along side the drivers window to say, “That’s a bad place to stop.” Like it was my intention to break down exactly at that location. By this time, these misinterpretations of why I was stopped there had gone from puzzling to hilarious.
Finally, the vehicle did start and I was gratefully on my way. However, this event did leave me concerned about the intelligence of the Fayette County driver. Maybe we all could use a drivers’ education update every time we renew our license. I do want to thank those courteous drivers, men and women, who stopped to offer help. I REALLY appreciate it.
There are still good people in the world, even in Fayette County.
Linda Hess
Gibbon Glade