Living in Chicago (or any other urban area) comes with one major piece of baggage: traffic. I'd have to say that traffic is one of my biggest pet peeves of all time. I'm an efficiency freak, so the thought of sitting in a car for over an hour to travel 10 miles makes my blood curdle.
In light of this, I thought I'd bring to light (no pun intended) one of my biggest pet peeves of all time: abusing the break pedal when driving! What do I mean? Well, if you are a conscientious driver, you should always be in a situation where you are maintaining a comfortable speed where there is a decent amount of space between you and the car in front of you, to not require over-use of the break pedal. This is true when you are traveling at 70 mph or 5 mph.
I am convinced that one of the biggest causes of traffic jams and the occasional delay is due to too many people tapping on their breaks, when not needed. When people see the break lights come on in front of them, what do they do? That's right, they break. Thus, a domino affect and a traffic jam.
It drives me crazy to see some drivers using/tapping their breaks when they really don't need to. I'm not sure why they do it...maybe they like keeping their feet busy or they are just a 'nervous Nellie'. Whatever the reason, it's just wrong and poor driving. If you have enough room in front of you, are coasting at an appropriate speed, and you are anticipating traffic above the car in front of you, you shouldn't have to break that often! Please do your part to reduce traffic jams...give your breaks a break!
Ok, off my soap box now...at least until I write a blog post about people who drive with both feet!
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