Boy oh boy, last week was a crazy one! Got a flat tire which couldn't be repaired (and another was on its way out), had an eye doctor try to touch my eyeball which resulted in a freak out, and spent an entire day in the ER with a friend. Hey, first time riding in an ambulance! Phew, it was high stress!
Luckily I was able to wind down at my parents' house this weekend. Know what I did? There was sun shining in through the sliding glass door, so I grabbed a pillow and laid right there on the hard wood floor, soaking up the sunshine. It was amazing! My mom's dog was a little disappointed that I took her spot, so I eventually had to share. :)
I've been thinking about today's assignment for months. I spend most of my days driving through Philadelphia, and let me say, some (*cough cough, most*) of these drivers need a lesson in niceness.
Today's Assignment: Road Respect
I think I have pretty good road manners. I try to let people in that need to merge. I always use turn signals. I rarely use my horn. But I'll admit that I'm no angel. My dashboard has heard many an expletive escape my mouth. I think we could all try to be a little more respectful of each other on the road, don't you think?
I'd love to hear from you guys! What do you think are ways to be nice on the roads? Oooh, you know what I love?? To get into my neighborhood, I have to make a left at a stop light where there's no left turn arrow. While the light is red, a huge line of cars forms in the opposite direction. So when the light turns green, I have to wait a while, sometimes until it turns red again. Frustrating! But on occasion, the first car in opposing traffic will flash their high beams at me, signaling that I can go in front of them when the light turns green. I think that is SO NICE!
What else? I leave work during rush hour, so pulling out into a line of traffic is huge on my list. I am so grateful when others do it, and I always try to do the same. Do you have any examples of road respect?
3 comments:
Love this, Melissa! How funny is it that we wrote our "sidewalk rage" post around the same time as your road rage one? A NICE coincidence for sure. Whether you're behind the wheel or "hoofing it," a little courtesy never hurts!
I wanted to share a story with you that my husband told me today.
Near our house we have a 4 way stop sign, twice in the past couple of weeks my husband has nearly been hit by people deciding to go when it isn't their turn.
One person was so rude, it was my husband's turn to go, but this man decided it was his (so many people around here just do not know what to do at a 4 way stop.) My husband was turning and this man almost hit him, he blew his horn and was obviously shouting at him.
A few days later the same thing happened but a different person accidentally started to go before my husband had gotten out of the intersection. This man stopped abruptly and then waved at my husband mouthed he was sorry and that it was his fault.
That was nice.
Why can't more people just admit "oh my goodness, I messed up"?
It would just make the situation so much easier.
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I mentioned you on my blog
https://picnicwithants.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/im-very-nice-and-a-kind-hearted-blogger/
wendy
Here in Devon we can tell the locals from visitors in that locals generally wave a 'thank you' when as often happens on our narrow roads, you pull over to let someone go past. Also we used to have a big roundabout in town (a circular road junction where you merge in and the out again). The cars on the roundabout have the right of way and you have to wait for a space before you can merge on. This town roundabout was nearly always packed solid but it was the unwritten rule (followed by most people) that if you were already on the roundabout you would let one car out at each junction. That way everyone got where they were going eventually.
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