Polite Driving, Various Perspectives

[iptv_tech]

Perspective One:
As I got into my car this morning, I noted that there was a truck parked along the street right across from my driveway. Not really an issue, but it does reduce the roadway to a single lane so I'll have to be careful backing out. I get into my car, and as I am backing up past the trees that line my driveway, the intersection not

Comments

[spiffikins]

Guh! Some days I feel like there's something in the air and all the drivers are out to kill me :) Those days, I actually will give up and just go home - it's not worth it

[iptv_tech]

you DO NOT want to be the rock sticking up out of the stream, forcing the water to move around it

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he actually said that it's safer to drive a bit faster, and keep up with traffic, than to be the slower car, that everyone has to go around.

Lots of truth in that. That's what I preach to everyone else, and what I hope I captured when distilling the concepts into the ADD safe "Don't deviate from established traffic patterns" phrase.

State of Alaska puts it into print. The speed limit on a road is whatever 85% of the people are doing, regardless of what is posted. This works in both directions: impeding or speeding. Further, they have posted "Slower Traffic Keep Right" signs posted. Take these two concepts together, and you end up with "Left lane is the fast lane, and the speed limit is what everyone agrees to".

Put simply, "If you see nothing but miles of empty road ahead of you and miles of headlights behind you, move right."