Driving in South Mississippi

Just a little Public Service Announcement.  Driving around it would seem like some people need a little refresher course.

Stop Signs
You too can stop at stop signs.  That little white line that generally accompanies aforementioned stop sign is not just there for decoration.  This is where the front of your car is supposed to be.  No need to get all tricky and have it exactly bisect your car or try to put your rear bumper on it.  Oh, also, you may want to stop.  If you are at an intersection with more than one stop sign, the person who arrives at the stop sign first is the first to go.  Just because you slowed down first does not necessarily mean you go first.

Yield Signs
A yield sign is much like a stop sign without all the commitment.  Yield is short for "yield to right of way."  It works like this, if there is not a car coming you can go.  If there is a car coming, you slow down and let the car past and then go.  This does not mean you punch it and hope you can get in front of the car so he can slam into the back of you or run it off the road.

Interstates
The interstate is a magical and wondrous place.  This is the South, and yes, everyone loves Nascar, but you are not [insert your drivers name here], chances are you don't drive as good as they do and you are not in Nascar.  It is some pretty simple math here.  Traffic moves as fast as the slowest driver.  This means a car traveling at 95 miles per hour behind a car doing 75 miles an hour is generally a bad thing.  Also, if you are on the interstate and doing 60 miles per hour, you need not feel compelled to get in the fast lane and block all the traffic.  I know some of you may feel the need to save us all from ourselves, but that is the government's job.

While we are on the subject of the fast lane...  Those little turn bays you see spaced out periodically with the signs that say "For law enforcement and  Emergency Use Only" generally do not apply to you, unless perhaps you are a cop or an ambulance driver and I stand corrected.  But, for arguments sake, if your name is Jim Joe Bob and you come to a complete stop on the interstate to make a U turn and almost cause a pile-up because your good buddy just called and said Wal-Mart has a sale on toothbrushes, that does not qualify as an emergency.  Sorry.