2008-02-29T09:37:22-08:00 9861 6441 8748 1 2008-02-29T09:47:34-08:00 5413 2008-02-29T09:41:53-08:00 22240 6441 1 9861 1 2008-02-29T09:47:47-08:00 2008-02-29T09:37:22-08:00 <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">In order to be respectful to a fellow human being, we first have to be aware of them… to acknowledge them… isn’t that correct? The dictionary uses the locution “consideration toward others” to depict courtesy. </P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">&nbsp;</P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">Let’s contemplate on this for a mo, shall we? The more you progress towards being a pro driver, the easier it is to notice that the common concept of <A class="" href="http://www.funandsafedriving.com/defensive-driving.html" target=_blank mce_href="http://www.funandsafedriving.com/defensive-driving.html" mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">defensive driving</A> is your feel of what’s happening beyond your car body borderline. </P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">&nbsp;</P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">Most all the issues, minus one, that can convert you into an aggressive driver revolve around actions inside the vehicle. Cell phone calls, talking to passengers, text messages, listening to music… all this is what distracts you from paying attention to what’s happening outside your car.</P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">&nbsp;</P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">Another component is your mind-set. Excogitate it, if you are pissed off about something, a vehicle is not the best spot to be and you should be self-aware enough to adjust your driving until you calm down, or not drive at all. Your measure should always be courtesy. </P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">&nbsp;</P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">If you are respectful then a lot of good things are happening in that processor in your braincase. When you are respectful, you are focusing on what’s outside your car. You are also mindful to other drivers' demands, which is as decent as it gets. There are dozens of chances on the average ride around town to be respectful to fellow drivers. </P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">&nbsp;</P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">They may not at all times detect your courtesy, but they normally do. In my extensive experience those minor benignities you pass out to complete strangers normally get returned to you by other complete strangers as if by magic… kind of cool actually. You unexpectedly discover other drivers allowing you into tight spaces when earlier they behaved like dorks… magic I warn you.</P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">&nbsp;</P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">If you will merely risk to be as polite as possible to other drivers for five days, I predict you will be astounded. It actually alters your whole perspective on driving while at the same time distinctly setting you as a true jimdandy. Now, who among us doesn’t wish to be a jimdandy? </P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">&nbsp;</P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">What winds up happening, is that you soon find yourself chasing opportunities to cut the other guy some slack, which makes you feeling proud of yourself. It also focuses you… pay attention here… focuses you outside of the bubble in your car. You are concentrating on what’s happening out there much more, when you risk to be respectful to other drivers.</P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">&nbsp;</P> <P mce_serialized="131j4ipqs">This minor practice in human relations 101 can catapult you from a mediocre driver to a pro in no time. So… you if you seek to be a safe driver, it’s that easy… just cut the other guy some slack. Even if they don’t acknowledge it, you will be a good human being and a better driver for doing it.</P> 22241 6441 3 9861 1 2008-02-29T09:48:26-08:00 5414 2008-02-29T09:42:59-08:00 22242 6441 5 9861 1 2008-02-29T09:47:52-08:00