Traffic will usually make a person very grumpy. Take deep breaths and take in the scenery. Even better, take out the camera and enjoy the sunset as you sit stagnantly on the pavement.

Heat is all relative. Sure, it might be 110 degrees outside, but if you're in a car with the heat blasting in your face, the moment you step outside of the car it will feel like you have just stepped into a mall with awesome AC.

Cars should stay in between the lines on the road.  Unfortunately, many drivers don't understand this.

Driving like a douchebag with your company phone number and information on the back is an excellent idea if you want to receive a criticizing email!

You don't know what it feels like to have you heart fall out of your ass until you see flashing blue and red lights and the sound of sirens behind you. This is when you hope that karma is good to you and you won't have to face telling your parents of a possible increase in insurance prices.

When driving, do not think for one second that no one is watching you! Yes lady, I can see you checking out your bosoms from my car, and yes you have been looking at them for the duration of this light. If you want to do things discreetly in your car, make sure your windows are tinted.

When unable to find parking for a festival, driving around for several blocks while pretending to be a tour guide may turn out to be quite entertaining, especially if your passenger actually knows their directions.  However, the cherry on top in this situation is giving up on finding an unlimited parking spot, pulling into the first open spot you see, and find out that the spot has no time limit!

Even if you begin driving only a few minutes after your usual time, time and traffic will be against you.  The left lane (read:  the fast lane) will consist of turtle-like drivers while the right lanes will be blocked by semi-trucks and people who refuse to speed up or slow down, causing you to curse like there's no tomorrow.

Funny how hard it is to remember some days, and then you realized what you did that day and you understand it was such a blur. This is what happens when you take out your side rear-view mirror and no epic story arises from this incident, just a simple case of "Asian Driver" syndrome.

When a SUV is reversing, stand by to watch what it is doing. Yes, it may stop and put its car in drive, but it can also quickly change to reverse in an instant. This is when you run quickly away from the SUV in order to escape from innards from being crushed.

In the USA, the left lane is for fast drivers, especially if there isn't a left turn lane coming up.

If there are three lanes going straight in a street, don't make a fourth one with the Turn Right Only lane.  If you do, you're going to:

1. Look incredibly idiotic, especially if your license plate matches the state you're in
2. Be a douchebag, since you didn't signal
3. Piss off the driver that you're cutting off
4. (Optional) Be yelled/cursed/glared at by the driver from #3

Life and death go hand in hand.  You may love one and fear the other, but remember to respect both; we're all connected to each other somehow.  Balance is good.

Example:
You are driving in a parking garage going the speed limit for once in your life.  As you go up the levels, a horrendous delightful driver begins to turn left without even slowing down or looking for other cars as you drive straight.  Fortunately, no crash occurs and you mutter under your breath about people's driving skills these days.

When you actually arrive where you're supposed to volunteer, you do your duties within your shift, going about just like every other day.  When your shift is nearly over, some strangers (who have been in the same place you have been volunteering) suddenly come up and thank you, giving you $5!  Yes, life is an odd, odd thing.

Bonus lesson:  Just because someone is silent does not mean they have nothing to say.

Autopilot during driving is not always ideal, especially when you're backing out and there are two people right behind your car. Think of it as you were trying to test their reflex and heart health.

Going to most likely location may not be the right answer to your inquiry. You may end up looking for a different location a few days later because your internal GPS system failed you in the first place.

You know it's a girls' night out when:

• All the girls in the car are talking trash about another girl
• There is non-stop gossip
• Shouts and curses are yelled out when an idiot driver is in sight
• They try and make each other laugh over trivial matters/competitions

Ma'am! Follow the arrows when driving, don't think you can go the wrong way on a one way street multiple times without getting your fancy Audi smashed.

When you are faced with the decision on whether or not to try and cross some train tracks during heavy traffic, it's better to be safe than sorry!  Wait it out and you will breathe a sigh of relief, knowing you managed to have the virtue of patience and not look like an idiot whose car got hit by a train.

Revving up your car at about 2:00pm in the afternoon in a sleepy, downtown area looks and sounds stupid, not cool.

Stereotypes, unfortunately, do exist for a reason.  The irony will not be lost on you when you complain about an awful driver with another person, debating on whether it is an old person or new driver, and you find out that the awful driver happens to be a female Asian driver.

Speaking of Asians--though this works if you know more than one language fluently--trying to talk in your "home" tongue, and only in your home tongue, is exceedingly entertaining.  Plus, it helps you practice your non-English tongue(s).