I confess I have little patience for stupidity and/or ignorance…even when it’s legitimate and not willful. So suffice it to say that if I had to drive for a living, I’d likely have an ulcer, for it seems stupidity runs rampant on the streets and roads in this area. Now that I have a highly maneuverable little automobile with lots of get-up-and-go, my patience seems to have worn even thinner than it was when I was driving my ancient war tank.

Should folks be re-tested every year for simple things like highway terminology – such as what does PASSing lane mean? Is that just another word for ‘Senior Citizen’s Leisure Lane,’ or ‘Sightseer’s Lane,’ or is it simply the lane reserved for drunk drivers who need plenty of room on both sides of their vehicle? Or could it actually mean PASSing lane?!

Are those little ‘bumps’ in the center line of the middle of a multi-lane road there for people to practice their traffic weaving techniques in traffic while chatting blindly on their cell phones, or could they have some other obscure purpose?

Does the red light mean I stop here to put on my makeup until the red light turns green and the green light almost turns red again, and then I gun it through the new red light because the guy behind me is sitting on his horn and I don’t know why so I just dart out into traffic to get out of his way? Or does it simply mean, time to take a quick nap?

GEEZ. I'm convinced SC driver's liscenses are sold out of bubble gum machines behind the counter at the Family Dollar Store...