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In article <35c7276d.1573653@news.pipeline.com>, whorning@pipeline.com wrote:

> This time on the way home from work, there was this lady in the left
> lane. The traffic pulled away rapidly, the traffic was backed up
> behind her. But she refused to pass this truck. So I flashed my lights
> (the international standard for signaling your intent). She
> then put on her turn signal to pull over to the right. Thing is, being
> rush hour, there was simply no place to go to the right.
> 
> All the while she kept slowing and trying to back up but it was solid
> bumper-to-bumper in the right lane. In the meantime the
> bumper-to-bumper scenario in the left lane was one where the pack just
> got closer and closer together.
> 
> Finally, after flashing repeatedly, she finally got brave enough to
> speed up a tiny bit faster than the truck and pull over and let us all
> by.
> 
> OBSERVATIONS:
> 
>   - here is another "non-aggressive" driver lacking enough
>     "aggressiveness" to pass a semi (that had no reason to change
>     lanes, as the road was open ahead of him, she should not have
>     been so scared)
>   - here is another "non-aggressive" driver that had no business in
>     the left lane
>   - here is another "non-aggressive" driver trying to slow down in the
>     left lane causing a dangerous crunch in rush hour
>   - here is another "non-aggressive" driver, usually the type
>     that causes so many accidents by their lack of aggressiveness 
>     and yet usually drive away from accidents they are really to 
>     blame for.


As you have probably noticed, "aggressive driver" is the media's phrase of
the day. Politicians love to talk about this, and the police love to
ticket for it, but nobody wants to fix the real problem: there are too
many people on the road, who don't know how to drive !

Ali