The purpose of any trip into the abyss of the Peak Hour traffic is to in fact arrive, hopefully safely and with a little more to give over the next 12 hours of your day, than a sad regurgitation of your trip around the water cooler.<\/p>\n
So why do so many of us arrive so angry?<\/p>\n
Is it that we just can\u2019t rise early enough to arrive on time?\u00a0 Are we so highly strung that we lose the plot when we are armed with a vicious 2.0ltr engine? (most general, nothing personal)<\/p>\n
Since when do we get to our destination any earlier that we can\u2019t give way to another vehicle trying to merge correctly; or when a person needs to merge off a side road into main road traffic (does anyone know it is actually illegal to stop in traffic across ANY intersection \u2013 not just those marked!!). Why do we have to speed up \u2018just in case\u2019 the little old lady might overtake you??<\/p>\n
I do believe the problem is in the old saying \u201cThere is nothing common about Common Courtesy.\u201d I have been watching the ways of traffic these past few days and have truly seen some remarkable states of self- induced rage. \u00a0I am the first one to admitting my favourite car comment is, \u201cthe speed limit would be nice,\u201d and my son\u2019s favourite, \u201cengage the traffic,\u201d but to hang out the window screaming and honking the horn- please spare me!<\/p>\n
The sad fact is, due to the uprise in all of this I have recently been overwhelmed by the lack of engagement of others when respectfully giving way or allowing traffic to merge. People are so used to NOT being able to merge \u2013 they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n
Take a day\u2019s experiment and reap the rewards of your humanity.<\/p>\n
Try making it to work by letting someone in (even if they are no \u2018entitled\u2019 to it), merge with the \u2018side street lady\u2019, and let those pushing the speed limit \u2013 do it. Then, here\u2019s the kicker; wave with a smile, make a kind hand gesture (remember when we used to wave to say \u2018thanks\u2019), keep left, turn your favourite music up and arrive not only safely but happy in yourself, and in the knowledge that \u00a0the \u2018side street lady\u2019s\u2019 day has improved as well.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t be the jerk that beeps and curses, runs up behind everyone and yells out the window. It is not your problem.<\/p>\n
So, even when faced with the psycho \u2018Gen Y\u2019 racing up behind you in their P plated silver Corolla that Dad bought, tooting and swearing while you are slowing down to, God forbid, park, as they scream up to a red light only 10 meters in front of them\u2013 smile, laugh and think \u2018have a nice day\u2019. You\u2019ll feel so much better! http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/zaymyi-next.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The purpose of any trip into the abyss of the Peak Hour traffic is to in fact arrive, hopefully safely and with a little more to give over the next 12 hours of your day, than a sad regurgitation of your trip around the water cooler. So why do so many of us arrive so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12579,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions\/12579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}