Saturday, November 14, 2009

Large Van Etiquette

I drive a 12 passenger van out of force due to the fact that we have 9 family members (hopefully 10 soon) and cannot fit in anything smaller. That said I wish to put out some general reminders to other drivers..........

1. Surprisingly these vans don't have a lot of pick up therefore please to not honk your horn when you hope they will turn on right with cars coming at them.

2. On a big bend in the road I will brake as there is a big sticker in front of my face showing me how the van will roll over if I take a tight corner. Please do not come up as close as possible to the back of my van.

3. In a parking lot please realize that there is 1 side door for getting in and out of van. Driving a 12 passenger van most likely means it is carrying many people who need to get in and out. Therefore when you park within 2 inches of the door, you make a very difficult situation of getting said people in the van.....including many small children in my case!

4. To go along with the above comment...there is a very small space behind all the seats to put strollers or groceries and since the van fills up the yellow lines please to not park 2 inches from the back door.

Thank you............ ;)

4 comments:

  1. I wonder if you could squeeze all of this on a bumper sticker?!

    ReplyDelete
  2. You said it - I drive the same van! Could you add, please scoot over when passing me on narrow roads. If you are in the middle of the road, I'll be in the ditch!
    Thanks,
    Jenny at www.ourplansmultiplied.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  3. This is great! I drive a 15 for the same reason... not many options for us.

    ReplyDelete