Drivers

I don't drive.  I admit that might make me unsuited to comment on the driving skill of others, but as a non-driver I would wonder why I know more than some people who have not only learned to drive, but have actually passed a test.  I'll start with indicators.  As a pedestrian, I rely on drivers to indicate so I know whether or not it's safe to cross the road.  This is even more useful when I'm with my daughter.  Yet these days I am sorry to say it is no exaggeration to say that most drivers don't seem to bother with indicating.  A serious pet hate of mine.  I've been known to make rude gestures at such people.  I've also been known to make such gestures at people who run red lights and nearly run my daughter and myself over.  I'm pretty sure it's worse now than it used to be. But I don't have the most reliable memory at times so I could be wrong.  My boyfriend agrees though.  And he is a driver.  He uses a method of driving he calls defensive driving.  By assuming everyone else on the road is a brainless idiot who won't look where they're going etc, he says he has avoided more than one accident.  But then no one walking around town seems to look where they're going anymore either.  And it's not just because they've got their eyes glued to a phone either.  When did everyone lose the ability to be aware of their surroundings?  And is that even what's going on?  I have no idea.  I'm still capable of noticing the world going on around me.  For now it seems my survival depends on it.  And scarily enough, that's not an exaggeration.