file.newsgroup.cars.102783 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Donna Martz)
Subject: Re: BRAINDEAD Drivers Who Don't Look Ahead--
[email protected] (herschel.h.mayo) writes:
>> >So, I block the would-be passers. Not only for my own good ,
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> >but theirs as well even though they are often too stupid to realize it.
>> !!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ !!!
>> >As a rule of philosophy, I don't feel particularly sorry when somebody gets
>> >offed by his own stupidity, but It does worry me when some idiot is in a
>> >position to cash in my chips, too.
>> > H.H. Mayo
>>
>> [email protected] (Donna Martz) writes:
>> Well, Aren't we just Mr. Altruism himself!! Just what the world needs,
>> another frustrated self appointed traffic cop.
[email protected] (herschel.h.mayo) writes:
>Well, if you want to stick the nose of your car up the ass of a 50 foot semi,
>I suppose it's your neck, however, I'm not going to let you kill me in the
>bargain. If you get frustrated by somebody delaying your inevitable death
>due to less that wise driving practices, then TOUGH!!!
Well, I never wrote that I would act as you described. I stated that I
would not block a would-be passer. I would not block a would-be passer
"for their own good" or for any reason other than I was prevented from
doing so due to the traffic circumstance. I fail to see how deterring a
passer under these circumstance would IN ANY WAY decrease YOUR chances
of being involved in an accident, fatal or otherwise. In fact, I could
imagine how blocking a would-be passer would actually INCREASE your
chances of being "offed" or involved in an accident, especially if
this "passer" is riding your bumper. Intentionally blocking a person
riding your bumper is certainly NOT a "wise driving practice", it
only causes the jam to become more congested.
I don't mess with trucks and I actually watch the road ahead AND the
road behind! If I perceive that I am rapidly closing on a "pack"
of vehicles, I try to avoid getting caught up in situation such as you
decribe. Usually either traffic is just building and I have to deal
with this fact of life, or I wait to a slow passer to complete their
pass and make way for the pack to clear. If someone decides then to
pull up on my bumper, I signal my intention to move to the right, and
do so at the first opportunity (& hope they will open the jam). I
feel this is not only courteous driving, but ALOT safer than the
actions you advocate!!! There are actually many courteous drivers
on the road who do not intentionally impede others.
If someone in front of me seems to be oblivious to the fact that they
are blocking traffic I use my blinker or flash my lights, or, if all
else fails, will briefly speed up /slow down so they MIGHT get the
message that I am a faster vehicle trying to pass. I feel it is never
safe to ride anyone's bumper. IF someone is intentionally blocking
traffic, because they feel that it is civil duty or philosophic duty
or for some unfathomable reason, I feel they deserve, at the very least,
derision. (Sorry this is soooooooo long.)