I thought I'd already replied to this but it seems not.
"I think you need to calm down. Did I insult you with my comments? Question your age? Threaten violence against you in anyway? No.. But you seemed to do all three in your reply... Chill, it's only the internet.."
I am completely calm, I responded to you in the manner you did to me. Childishly. You make assumptions based on a limited thought process. Can you only imagine one scenario where a car would be hanging on the tail of your car? Have you never witnessed or experienced a situation where whilst traveling quite legally a car can approach from behind at a much higher speed than yourself? I suspect not. I imagine there are a number of differing scenarios where a car could find itself only 2" from the back of another car, maybe a few of them might be legitimate, for example sat in traffic, waiting at lights, parked? :) Look when I'm driving along taking care to drive safely and with respect for other road users, with my 16 month old and eight year old in the back, I get a little frustrated by anyone who has no respect for me or the safety of the people in my car. When did this become ok?
I believe it is about speed, the driver behind me attempting to intimmidate me into getting out of the way by being so close, has only one thing on their mind. That is to travel faster than me. Impatient they may be, but surely you cannot deny they are so because they want to travel faster than the speed limit. I was insulted by your comments, because again you assume I drive in a particular way, you qustion my driving technique ...
"So you didn't use your mirrors then?"
you then accuse me of dangerous driving ...
"it doesn't give you the right to pull out in front of them"
And now you act like you're the injured party? I responded emotionally. Maybe I shoud have risen above it.
I feel strongly about this subject and have given it some thought. I am tired of hearing excuses for the behaviour of the few who drive with a complete disregard to others, it's indicative of the state of the country. We seem to be slowly slipping down the pan whilst at the same time complaining about it and without taking responsibilty for it.
I seem to be going off track, but ... in my opinion (and I realise that it's open to interpratation and question) there are many aspects of our society today that are going the same way, which leads to a bigger more serious situation for society as a whole. When complaing about the "nanny state" we should maybe consider our own role in society and ask the question, are we to blame? As it's been said, it's about education, but also respect, and probably a few other things as well :).
I whole heartidly agree about the smoking at the wheel. One of my other pet peevs is about smoking, why do smokers think that it's ok to disgard the remains of the cigarette on the floor? Why is this not considered littering? Anyway, that's a discussion for a whole different time ...
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I thought I'd already replied to this but it seems not.
"I think you need to calm down. Did I insult you with my comments? Question your age? Threaten violence against you in anyway? No.. But you seemed to do all three in your reply... Chill, it's only the internet.."
I am completely calm, I responded to you in the manner you did to me. Childishly. You make assumptions based on a limited thought process. Can you only imagine one scenario where a car would be hanging on the tail of your car? Have you never witnessed or experienced a situation where whilst traveling quite legally a car can approach from behind at a much higher speed than yourself?
I suspect not.
I imagine there are a number of differing scenarios where a car could find itself only 2" from the back of another car, maybe a few of them might be legitimate, for example sat in traffic, waiting at lights, parked? :)
Look when I'm driving along taking care to drive safely and with respect for other road users, with my 16 month old and eight year old in the back, I get a little frustrated by anyone who has no respect for me or the safety of the people in my car. When did this become ok?
I believe it is about speed, the driver behind me attempting to intimmidate me into getting out of the way by being so close, has only one thing on their mind. That is to travel faster than me. Impatient they may be, but surely you cannot deny they are so because they want to travel faster than the speed limit. I was insulted by your comments, because again you assume I drive in a particular way, you qustion my driving technique ...
"So you didn't use your mirrors then?"
you then accuse me of dangerous driving ...
"it doesn't give you the right to pull out in front of them"
And now you act like you're the injured party? I responded emotionally. Maybe I shoud have risen above it.
I feel strongly about this subject and have given it some thought. I am tired of hearing excuses for the behaviour of the few who drive with a complete disregard to others, it's indicative of the state of the country. We seem to be slowly slipping down the pan whilst at the same time complaining about it and without taking responsibilty for it.
I seem to be going off track, but ... in my opinion (and I realise that it's open to interpratation and question) there are many aspects of our society today that are going the same way, which leads to a bigger more serious situation for society as a whole. When complaing about the "nanny state" we should maybe consider our own role in society and ask the question, are we to blame? As it's been said, it's about education, but also respect, and probably a few other things as well :).
I whole heartidly agree about the smoking at the wheel. One of my other pet peevs is about smoking, why do smokers think that it's ok to disgard the remains of the cigarette on the floor? Why is this not considered littering? Anyway, that's a discussion for a whole different time ...
I hope this clarifies my thoughts.