Summary Of Driving While Stupid By Dave Barry

Final Paper Assignment Driving While Stupid, a Miami Herald column written by humorist Dave Barry, was written with the intent to make readers aware of the bad driving habits of today’s motorists. Dave started off his column by mentioning that he wanted to tell the reader of something he saw while driving on the I-95 Interstate in Miami, Florida. Before he did so, however, he felt compelled to provide proof that Miami drivers are the worst drivers in the world. He did this by first mentioning that he has driven in every major city in the United States, and in several places around the world. The second way he provided proof was by giving examples of his experiences. These helped to establish that he did, indeed, know what he was talking

The second example was his experience in Italy, where—according to him—no driver can be behind another, which results in all the cars, in all lanes, trying to pass each other at all times. The third example is about the time he spent in a taxi in the Argentinean city of Mar del Plata, where it seems that no one drives below 65 miles per hour, even in parking garages, and motorists drive without their lights on at night. According to his taxi driver at that time, the reason for this is that it prolongs the battery life. Berry was told this as they were waiting out a traffic jam caused by a truck and a horse. A bus in China was the fourth example, where Berry witnessed the bus driver vie for road space with anything from a truck to an ox-drawn cart. He even recounted how the bus driver would use the bus itself to shove pedestrians out of the way! Having given these examples, he then went on to explain exactly why Miami drivers are worse than any others in the world, starting with the way motorists completely disregard stop signs as if they were mailboxes. Berry made a quip about how the police have stopped trying to enforce traffic laws, and would allow you to drive away with a body in your trunk if it were your first