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It should be clear that many do not know what the traffic rules are and then the few that do know have an excuse as to why they do not follow them.

Just said it is okay. They asked if they were doing something wrong. If there is no one behind you, then you aren't bothering anyone.

Everyone wants to troll. Ugh. We should all support each other.

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Kind of like the glass half empty or half full - you can look at the situation both ways and neither is necessarily wrong. Nothing to really argue about.......and yet we do. :(

I am pretty much a rule follower, but once in awhile a small act of kindness that isn't hurting someone else by doing so is okay with me too.

The problem with using judgement vs following the rules?
One is subjected to evaluate each encounter then decide whether to follow the rules, break/bend the rules, be nice by not following the rules......

Hence opportunity for error.

Big deal? Probably not...most of the time.

However, when all is said and done, there is no acceptable/reason/excuse for breaking the rules/laws.

When everybody follows the rules things usually work better/smoother....most of the time.

And it is much, much easier to follow the rules than weigh the hundreds of thousands of random "judgements".

Agree with bille. You often don't know when a "courtesy" could lead a cart driver into an unforeseen dangerous situation.

I see both of your points and agree. Taking into consideration that it sounds like the person was using good judgment at the time and was only trying to be kind, I understood why he/she might stop. However, following the rules does clear the mind by not having to make unnecessary decisions - should I stop, should I go, etc. We tend to have enough distractions and things to look out for on the road without putting ourselves into the position of making these unnecessary decisions. So, back to simply following the rules. :)

Well said. Traffic rules exist for a reason. Why not follow them? Why take it upon yourself to do something different and risk something happening when your judgement fails.

You won't tailgate behind me. I'll stop dead to make sure you don't. Don't be so lazy.

Huh?

Oh yea. That's a great idea.

That's the type of behavior which results in road rage incidents...that makes front page headlines. :ohdear:

Don't tailgate and you will never know.....................

I don't.

Nor do I worry about someone following too close to me.

However, if you are one of those who are bothered by someone you think is too close, just slam on your brakes and stop in the middle of a busy street...to see if I was wrong. :ho:

You should...they're putting you in danger. If you have to stop quickly for an unanticipated obstruction, you're the one who gets hit from behind.

I'm not saying cause a road rage incident. But if you're being tailgated and just proceed on like nothing is amiss, you're making a mistake and asking for trouble.

If someone is following too closely for too long, I simply slow down until such time that they decided to go around me. Or on the extremely rare occasion that I'm not keeping up with traffic because I'm going too slowly...I might speed up a bit.

The last thing I would ever do, per the comment above...is to slam on the brakes and come to a stop.

Which makes absolutely no sense...if anyone of even average intelligence thinks about it.

You're worried about someone being too close and hitting you if you have to stop...so you "stop dead" anyway? :oops: