10-12-2013, 05:13 AM
I've seen driving habits change over the years as more and more move here from places like CA where traffic and going as fast as you can are the norm. I used to say the most dangerous thing here is people giving up the right of way just to be nice.
No offense Mark, but I'll bet I've been driving a lot longer than you and I've never, not even once gotten a ticket. That's about 50 years of driving all over the world. I always go the speed limit, even if it makes no sense to me. As a result I've been fingered (happen here for one of the first times a couple of weeks ago), threatened, tailgated, stink eyed, got shot at once on the mainland. All for going the speed limit. I pull over to let people pass and try to be as courteous as possible. Sometimes when confronted I ask people to calculate how much time the are going to save. Usually about two minutes. Not worth the stress. Slow down. Maybe you'll be able to see all the pretty memorials on the highway.
No offense Mark, but I'll bet I've been driving a lot longer than you and I've never, not even once gotten a ticket. That's about 50 years of driving all over the world. I always go the speed limit, even if it makes no sense to me. As a result I've been fingered (happen here for one of the first times a couple of weeks ago), threatened, tailgated, stink eyed, got shot at once on the mainland. All for going the speed limit. I pull over to let people pass and try to be as courteous as possible. Sometimes when confronted I ask people to calculate how much time the are going to save. Usually about two minutes. Not worth the stress. Slow down. Maybe you'll be able to see all the pretty memorials on the highway.