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Improve World Karma
1. Don't use your cell phone when you drive. You DO drive like an idiot when you're on the phone, no matter how hard you "concentrate."
2. If someone needs to move in, let them.
3. If someone lets you in, please wave.
4. If someone lets the person in front of you in, don't tailgate in order to get ONE car ahead.
5. If there is a semi that wants to move over, back up and flash your lights to let him/her in.
6. If you're in a hurry, please don't tailgate me. I'll move over when I can.
7. If you're speeding, please recognize that since you are speeding, you might have to wait for the rest of us.
8. If you're in a grocery line and you have a lot of items, and someone shows up behind you with only a couple of items...let the person ahead of you.
9. If the line at the gas station is long, get your damn lottery tickets later.
10. Riding a subway or bus that's full? Let someone have your seat....regardless of age, sex, or pregnancy.
11. Put your cigarette butt in the ash tray that is 3 feet away from you.
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Good List, Mojo...
I'm a horribly defensive driver though. I would never let a semi to cut in front of me. There are enough times where they try to do it all on their own. Bastiches.
I also very rarely let a car cut in front of me. Especially if we're approaching the exit, and an idiot waits until the last minute to try to cut over. No way in hell they're getting in front of me.
heh
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I drive defensively by assuming the merging vehicle is being driven by a fucking moron. I'm usually correct and avoid a lot of potential problems by either speeding up or slowing down simply to improve the flow of traffic.
Truckers, I have found, are pretty gracious. If you let one in, watch for the brake lights to flash at you. They're saying "thanks".
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Motorcyclists learn to be defensive. If you tap-dance with a car, you're gonna lose.
My attitude is, if they're being an asshole, why should they make me mad? I'll never see them again. I'll give them room and keep my peace of mind. They continue being assholes. I win.
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LOL The truckers I've encountered are dumbasses who shouldn't be on the road. Most are hardly even awake, and weaving in and out of the lane, because they're too much of an idiot to pull over and sleep, and want to meet their precious deadlines.
When I was in Virginia, driving in the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, some trucker decided he was going to switch lanes INSIDE the tunnel. He cut me off, and nearly caused a severe accident. I was 7 1/2 months pregnant, and my son was in the backseat. Luckily, at the exit of the tunnel, there was a cop sitting there. He pulled him over right away, and I stopped, got out of my car and started screaming at the guy. The cop kept repeating "It's ok, Miss, I'm handling it". LOL..
So, since then, especially here in Rhode Island, I've seen that pattern. They don't get in front of my car, that's for sure.