You may think that rules are no fun, but without rules, how would any team ever win a football game? How would a president be fairly elected? How would border hoppers know the difference between an innocent road trip and an incursion into New Mexico from that hellish wasteland from whence they came, Texas?

Rules are a necessary thing when it comes to driving, and they ensure that everyone behaves in a certain way so that there is the utmost safety and uniformity out there on the road. (Uniformity isn’t always a good thing, but a dangerous spot like a freeway is hardly a place to start tapping your creative juices.) Follow the rules below, and you will be more likely to live a long, fruitful life. Provided a bear doesn’t maul you. We don’t cover bear mauling on Shmoop.