Quote:
|
Originally Posted by FallenAngel5
Well I must say that I am a very patient person, in driving especially. If I'm in a bad mood, someone may get a 'bastard' under my breath, but that's usually about it. If I'm the passenger, I'll usually flip someone off.
In response to Jaybee though, about people being tailgated: You make it sound like it the person being tailgated's fault. I do enjoy driving, but most of all, I will only do about 5MPH over the speed limit because *news flash* I don't want to get pulled over. Most people tend to speed more than that, but that is not my fault. I prefer to be safe and not die. The speed limit is there for a reason. So when I do get tail-gated, which isn't too often, I don't think that it's my fault... any other opinions?
|
Hi Mandy, first time we've spoken (I think!)
I'm suspecting here our relevant sexual positions of choice, you submissive, me dominant, have their motoring equivalents too, and that both sets of choices are symptomatic of our differing personalities.
To explain, I prefer to drive at
my speed, not have it dictated to me by traffic conditions or indeed arbitrary laws put in place decades ago when cars had awful suspension and lax road-handling. I drive a powerful car, and that is too a mirror of my persona.
Neither of us is at 'fault', except me in the legal sense for driving over the speed limit. It is not your 'fault' for being tailgated, but it IS the result of your driving style. If you drove like me - illegally fast - you wouldn't be tailgaited.
We are who we are. The conflict arises when markedly different driving styles compete for limited road space. On a 10 lane highway, it isn't too much of a problem. The Ferraris can zoom past to their hearts content, and the Skoda's can potter along at 29.999 mph. Everyone is content. On a crowded London street, if I need to get through a green light, and I don't think the driver ahead will make it through, I'll get around and be a mile up the road before the light turns green again. Again, everyone goes home happy.
Speaking of happy...
(Throws FallenAngel5 over his bonnet for some 'gear-shifting')
Jay.