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From: 551rcg@hound.UUCP (R.GANNS)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: bad drivers
Message-ID: <833@hound.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 12:17:54 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 15 12:17:54 1985
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    There are two major challenges posed by rude/incompetent drivers:

      1. to avoid being involved in an accident because of them;
      2. to avoid becoming one of them.

    It is not always clear which of the two is the more difficult.

    The only smart thing to do when confronted with such a
    driver is to put distance between you and them--usually
    by letting them get ahead of you (--oh, my aching ego!)

    If you insist on locking horns with them, you have just
    failed challenge number two, and are well on your way
    to failing challenge number one.

    What makes all of this even more difficult to deal with
    is that it seems like these encounters usually occur when
    we are not at our best--early in the morning when we are
    sleepy, cranky, etc., and late in the day when we are
    burned out, P.O.'d by work, tired, etc. One way to avoid
    having bad drivers piss you off is to try to imagine some
    possible reason for why the guy did what he did--that it
    was nothing personal, that the guy just made a mistake--
    maybe his wife just died, maybe he/she just lost their
    job; the key is not to react emotionally. Treat bad
    drivers with great care--they can kill you.