I'm working on this myself. Achieving new levels of zen.
Okay, I still sit in my car and swear, but I'm trying to cut down on horn use.
Road rage?
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I'm working on this myself. Achieving new levels of zen.
Okay, I still sit in my car and swear, but I'm trying to cut down on horn use.
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
Bingo. That's called "a healthy sense of responsibility when armed."
Yessir. We all have to realize that carrying is insurance, for use only in case we are attacked. That insurance is "revoked" when we get out of the safe zone and intentionally put ourselves in harm's way, like getting out of the car at a red light!
I was in Albuquerque and pulled off a busy street into a gas station/convenience store. Went inside, bought a Coke, and when I came out there was a 5'4" woman red-faced and angry; she started chewing my *** for "..stopping so fast I had to slam on my brakes and everything fell in the floor..." and number of other things. I gently told her I had no idea of what she was talking about, ignored her continuing shouting, got in my truck and drove away. My wife was with me - I asked her if there had been anyone behind me when I turned, as I saw no one....she confirmed there had been no one.
You can't let any mammals live in dense populations without problems.
You can't let any mammals live in dense populations without problems.
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silentflyer
Member
Much better to back away from an incident like this than to ratchet up the the anger, hard to think logically when emotions are high. Not worth trouble it would bring, police,lawyers,courts etc. unless your or yours were threatened with bodily harm.
Rotorhead1026
Member
Yeah, we KNOW reptiles will eat each other, but we mammals are unpredictable.wingriderz
Member
Indeed & Indeed
keith44spl
Member
Yes Sir, Avoid at all cost !!!
I didn't work this shooting, but I knew both parties involved.
One was a court security-deputy sheriff, the other was a former constable.
The former constable, left behind a wife and three small children.
If you dig reading police reports, witness statements, etc..
Well here it is.
http://files.courthousenews.com/2014/03/03/police report.pdf
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Rastoff
US Veteran
I was thinking the same as RGVshooter.
I've learned to just drive. If someone is trying to pass me, I maintain my speed. What if they decide to try to slow and get behind me as I'm trying to slow to let them in front? Yeah, it just gets ugly. So, I just drive. If they want to pass, it's on them to get busy and pass. If they want to drift behind, that's on them too. By maintaining my speed, it makes things more predictable for them.
What you may have thought of as "plenty of room" was not enough for them to be comfortable.
I've learned to just drive. If someone is trying to pass me, I maintain my speed. What if they decide to try to slow and get behind me as I'm trying to slow to let them in front? Yeah, it just gets ugly. So, I just drive. If they want to pass, it's on them to get busy and pass. If they want to drift behind, that's on them too. By maintaining my speed, it makes things more predictable for them.
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
That's the best policy, in my opinion.
I did that on one occasion when a kid about nineteen decided to show of for his girlfriend and pass me on the right just barely before the right lane ended on a street with a 35 mph speed limit. I decided not to make any sudden moves, so I held my speed at 35. He wound up in someone's front yard, with his girlfriend giving him nineteen kinds of red-hot hell.
I confess to a certain amount of nasty pleasure in his predicament as I drove on at the sedate limit.
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LoadedRound
Member
Anger will pass in relatively short order. The consequences from a bad decision can haunt you the rest of your life.
Give em room. Back off and go home safe.
Give em room. Back off and go home safe.
misswired
Absent Comrade
Saw a bumper sticker today: "my horn is broken, look for finger!"
We had an incident in Seattle late last year. 25-year old gal on a bike, 60-year old guy behind her got upset with her driving as traffic slowed down on I5. He cut her off, forced her to stop on left side of road, got out of his SUV and started a fight and began hitting her.
She shot and killed him. Police said it was justifiable. The guy's wife was in the car with him. I can't imagine what she went through.
My dad was a whiskey salesman. Drove his car every day in the worst Long Island, NY traffic for 40+years and he never, ever got upset at the idiots on the road. Said if he did, he'd spend every waking moment angry. So he just cooled it. Taught me to do the same. (But I still carry most of the time in the car...and most everywhere else.)
She shot and killed him. Police said it was justifiable. The guy's wife was in the car with him. I can't imagine what she went through.
My dad was a whiskey salesman. Drove his car every day in the worst Long Island, NY traffic for 40+years and he never, ever got upset at the idiots on the road. Said if he did, he'd spend every waking moment angry. So he just cooled it. Taught me to do the same. (But I still carry most of the time in the car...and most everywhere else.)
Pisgah
Member
Okie21, you have almost reached maturity. You'll know you're there when, in similar circumstance, you just mutter to yourself, "Dumba**), and then placidly go on your way...
