Comment 70926

By Undustrial (registered) - website | Posted October 27, 2011 at 13:14:44 in reply to Comment 70913

I'm with spacemonkey here. You don't get to re-write the rules of the road for the sake of courtesy. It might give you a warm and fuzzy feeling, but unlike transport trucks and emergency vehicles our cars don't have loudspeakers or CB radios. There's no way for anybody else to know what you're trying to do, and it adds a really dangerous element of unpredictability to the road.

I'm not saying those who cruise on by without paying any attention to those around them are without fault. I certainly don't have a lot of patience for those who lean on the horn because somebody in front of them is stopped for a pedestrian. But for gawd sakes, check your mirrors before trying something like this. In general, I'm far more annoyed and threatened by people who act this way than those who (safely) speed by and get out of my way.

"Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century." — Lewis Mumford

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