DM to the mother freakin' V

on July 10, i made a left turn from one of those lanes you can only make left turns from during certain hours. on April 08, i made a u-turn prior to the intersection. on June 13, i got this bullsh*t letter from the state. today, i can sort of laugh at it.

State of California - Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency
Department of Motor Vehicles
Licensing Operations Division

June 04, 2008

Warning Letter

Dear California Driver,

Drivers with crashes and traffic convictions on their records are at a greater risk of causing future crashes. Your recent record of bad driving (see below) places you at increased risk of causing crashes, injury and death. We do not want you to suffer those consequences and want to help you avoid them.

We understand that you believe you are a good driver, and yet your driving record is much worse that the average California driver. While you may be a good and safe driver most of the time, your record reflects at least momentary lapses in driving judgment. At highway speeds, a moment of carelessness can become a tragedy. Good, caring people who make careless decisions while driving can cause injury and death.

In our effort to urge you to drive safer, we are offering you a choice. You can choose to prevent further action from DMV by avoiding additional traffic convictions and by not causing any crashes. However, if you choose to continue your unsafe driving, the penalties will increase and eventually lead to probation, suspension or revocation of your driving privilege.

We believe you are capable of making a change to become a safer driver, but it is up to you to do so. If you do not want to change, your driving will continue to present a risk to yourself and other road users. If you want to change and become a safe, more responsible driver, you can. We hope that you will decide to change, but the choice is yours.

If there is a discrepancy in your driving record, you may contact the Sacramento Department of Motor Vehicles, at (916) 657-9074.

please! don't patronize me. this has to be one of the most ridiculous and condescending letters i think i've ever read. and don't get me started on this: "We understand that you believe you are a good driver, and yet your driving record is much worse that the average California driver." are you kidding me? most california drivers don't even have insurance, let alone good driving records. if you want to ensure my safety as you claim in paragraph one, perhaps you should patrol those lushes driving from the club or the bar on Saturday nights. or maybe you should find that dude in the jeep who rolled through that stop sign yesterday. luckily, i had sense enough to stop despite being such a bad driver.

i think the DMV can kiss it, L.A.