OFF SUBJECT: universal driving practices ?


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Posted by R Davis on Friday, February 16, 2001 at 9:33AM :

Is it just me or have the driving habits of the majority become sloppy,lazy, and selfishly hateful ? I started to notice awhile back (before the term roadrage was coined) that people were becoming negelent in practicing and obeying the laws ,rules , and common curtiousies associated with habits I remember from years ago.Even elderly drivers seem to have no regard any longer for the rules of the road.
I am a no-nonsence driver who drives like I have a place to go and I get there and get off the road so others can get to where they want to go. I us my signals, yield , go, stop, speedup, slowdown and move to another lane or pull over if need be to help the flow of traffic.I regret to admit that I have become a more agressive driver but I feel it has been forced upon me by by the mindless head-up-the ass style of driving by the many who drive without being focused on driving. They seem to be thinking and paying attention to everythimg except whats going on around them. If there was ever a time we needed to practice cautious & curtious driving habits it is now ,when our roads are packed.
I would love a slow ,scenic drive when the area is nice but I realize I have no consitutional right to drive slower than the traffic is flowing and I once got a ticket for empeding the flow of traffic while doing the speed limit. He told me that even though I was doing the speed linit,that the traffic flow was safely moving at a faster pace and he observed that I was disrupting the flow. I got the ticket because I argued about being within the law.The judge agreed with him.
In my state , it has been common knowledge since I was a boy, that the slower traffic always keeps right on interstates and 4 or more lane state hiwys,but it seems every slow driver is now using the left lane forcing everyone to pass on the right.Race, gender,or age is no longer a sign of bad driving as was in the past.
We see so much directed towards the person that gets his fill and trys to give an attitude adjustment to some hateful driving jerk but we never hear about efforts to stop the jerks who cause the "road rage" to begin with.I wonder why ? There is no extra budget money for next year if you solve a problem this year! Ifyou make laws to show problems you can get money but if you take action to eliminate the problem you get no extra money.Law enforcement unions are to blame just as teachers unions are to blame for poor schooling.They get all the benefits without turning out the product and are always screaming they need more.I never got a raise without putting out effort and producing,why should we we continue to pay our hard earned money to people who are not good stewarts of it and do not produce?
I want to thank youall who let me get some crap off my chest and lower my blood pressure today.The drive to work was a nightmare,the interstate was clogged due to a accident between a car with teachers plates and a cop car and it wasn't even raining yet!



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