If Car Commuting Tips Were Written Like Bike Commuting Tips

So you've decided to commute in a car! What a great choice! Just follow these helpful safety tips to make sure you arrive safely at work!

1. Remember, when you are on the road, you are required to follow the same rules as everyone else.  This means always using your turn signal, yielding to pedestrians in a crosswalk, stopping for three seconds at a stop sign, never exceeding the speed limit, and never accelerating through a yellow light, or a light that just turned red.

2. Your car should be equipped with a roll cage. This cage of steel tubes can be welded to the frame of your vehicle and will provide invaluable protection in the event of a rollover accident.

3. Your car should be bright yellow or neon green. Dark-colored cars are harder to see at night. Better yet, paint your entire vehicle with reflective paint so it will really pop in the headlights of an oncoming truck.

4. Sure, you've got headlights and tail lights, but your car should really be festooned with extra lighting. Undercarriage neon is a great choice to make your car more visible.

5. Avoid driving on interstate highways, which carry a great deal of truck traffic.

6. Avoid driving during times when other drivers are likely to be distracted, such as rush hour, when everyone's on their phones.  Also after bars close, when everyone's drunk.

7. When you're sharing the road with a bus or truck, try to drive as close to parked cars as possible so that the people driving those big vehicles can squeeze by you with as many as six inches clearance!

8. Remember: the road belongs to the drunk and the distracted. If they kill you, it's almost certainly your fault!

That's it. Have fun!