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General Discussion / Re: Do you really need more than 150cc's ??
« on: July 03, 2018, 01:37:59 PM »
I joined this forum to reply to the posts about road rage.
I live in the South, I drive the speed limit and I never have a problem with other drivers. Why? I try to drive courteously.
If cars are accumulating behind me or if one has been behind me for more than a minute or two, I pull off the road at the next opportunity and let them go by. If he seems agitated, I turn on my right turn signal until I find a place to pull off. When I'm just tootling along sightseeing and traffic is fast I might pull over more than once a mile. And I do speed up when someone tailgates me because I want to help him get what he wants.
The days when the passing drivers waved or beeped a thank you to me for pulling over as they went by (this used to be universal) came to an end about a dozen years ago, but that doesn't mean I have to follow their example. I don't pull over to get thanked any more than I hold the door open for the person behind me so I can hear a thank you. I do those things because that is how I choose to live my life. Others can choose the way they live theirs.
When I was young, before I learned to drive, my mother not only taught us children that, "Courtesy is contagious," there were signs on roadsides saying it.
I know one thing to be true beyond the shadow of a doubt even though it is far from obvious; the more I try to help others, the happier I get, and maybe safer, too.
I live in the South, I drive the speed limit and I never have a problem with other drivers. Why? I try to drive courteously.
If cars are accumulating behind me or if one has been behind me for more than a minute or two, I pull off the road at the next opportunity and let them go by. If he seems agitated, I turn on my right turn signal until I find a place to pull off. When I'm just tootling along sightseeing and traffic is fast I might pull over more than once a mile. And I do speed up when someone tailgates me because I want to help him get what he wants.
The days when the passing drivers waved or beeped a thank you to me for pulling over as they went by (this used to be universal) came to an end about a dozen years ago, but that doesn't mean I have to follow their example. I don't pull over to get thanked any more than I hold the door open for the person behind me so I can hear a thank you. I do those things because that is how I choose to live my life. Others can choose the way they live theirs.
When I was young, before I learned to drive, my mother not only taught us children that, "Courtesy is contagious," there were signs on roadsides saying it.
I know one thing to be true beyond the shadow of a doubt even though it is far from obvious; the more I try to help others, the happier I get, and maybe safer, too.