Driving etiquette requires patience for our younger drivers

A reminder: teenagers who are new drivers are also using the roadways. So before you honk your horn at someone going slowly through a roundabout or taking their time to drive safely, please consider being polite rather than rude or aggressive.

Last week, while riding with my 16-year-old granddaughter in Lacey/Olympia to give her more supervised experience in everyday driving situations, someone blasted the horn as she was carefully navigating a roundabout.

A few minutes later, another driver was more polite and gave her time to make a left turn in heavy traffic.

This story was originally published September 1, 2015 at 8:45 AM with the headline "Driving etiquette requires patience for our younger drivers."