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Gauge -> RE: My Head is Going to Explode! (4/2/2006 12:33:24 PM)
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I love how society is perpetually going to hell, people are stupid, and it is ALWAYS somebody else's fault. Nevermind that the pedstrian has the right of way;
Pedestrians in a crosswalk have the right of way. A pedestrian crossing the street in the middle of a block where there is no crosswalk must yield to oncoming traffic.
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or that merging traffic from on ramps have equal right to the driving lane.
Ahhh... a great many people miss that traffic law. They also miss that upside down triangular sign that says YIELD. Merging traffic has the same right to the driving lane as long as there is no oncoming traffic. Too often do you see people force their way into the flow of traffic totally ignoring the fact that there are other cars next to them. Sorry, but you are wrong.
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If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem.
I do not get your accusation. Are you thinking that my mannerisms and my courtesy mirrors those that I have talked about? Tell me, by what basis have you made that judgment? It is funny though that such a broad brush stroke has been used to paint me into part of the problem and not the solution.
I hold the doors open for others when I can. I have helped disabled people get their groceries into their cars. I have gone out of my way to walk an old woman home because she was not very steady on her feet. I follow traffic laws as closely as possible. I yield when I must and I have a great deal more patience with others than most. But I am part of the problem. Interesting.
While your post holds some merit in that perpetuation of curtesy and kindness will help to stem the tide of the decline of manners etc. How is it possible that those that observe this behavior are part of the problem? Have I made some errors before? Have I been in a hurry and committed an offense upon someone else? I am sure I have and I am not sure that anyone can honestly say that they haven't. It is the prevalent attitude that I am addressing not a single individual. Not a single instance where someone has learned that a loved one is in the local emergency room of the hospital and they are panicked and want to get there, it is the general consistency of these issues that I am talking about.
Am I not clear about that?
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