This article conspicuously omits at least 4 important things:

(1) Breaking the rules to be "courteous." The most courteous thing you can do on the road is to follow the rules of the road. The only time departure from the normal rules is "courteous" is when, for example, a driver would never otherwise be able to proceed because of heavy traffic. Otherwise, don't step on the brakes and be discourteous to 10 drivers behind you, in order to be "courteous" to one driver waiting his proper turn. Often when drivers are discourteous in the name of courtesy, you can look in your mirror and see that after a couple more cars, the driver awaiting his turn could have taken it in a few more seconds.

(2) This article conspicuously omits speeding, perhaps the biggest single cause, contributing cause or exacerbation of accidents. Yeah, there's a heading "Speeding," but only to complain about speed limits often being too low (I agree) and to say it should be ok to drive faster than the posted limit when safe (I agree but recognize the folly of self-serving judgments!). At the top of the list should be real, bona fide, unsafe speeding. PERIOD.

(3) Constant and rapid weaving in and out of lanes—whether you signal or not—and cutting across more than one lane at a time, signaling or not. My dad was a bad driver in certain ways, but one valuable thing he taught me: never make quick moves, give other drivers a chance to evade, if you make a mistake.

(4) Yapping on the phone (or texting or grooming or reading). God I hate those people. Almost every time you see someone not keeping up, or weaving to the edge of the lane, or not making that turn when they have a chance... if you are able to check it out, they're on the frickin' phone—and no doubt under the delusion that only THEY can do it safely.

I think this article might do well to conclude by "driving" this point home: if you EVER injure someone because you were driving too fast, not paying attention or breaking one of these common-sense rules, you will never stop regretting it and feeling like a jerk for the rest of your life. (No, I can't prove this, nor do I speak from example, but don't you think it's true?)

But this article would not logically contain such a reminder, because this site isn't really about safety as the most important concern, it is about complaining about the rules and getting by with stuff. There is a point to that (read my lips before you blast away), but it should take back seat to safety.