Tennessee ranks fifth in the nation for the most road rage shootings, according to a recent analysis.
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Must be a city thing. Around here the drivers are so damned polite traffic gets tied up at a 4-way stop because all the drivers are waving everybody else on.
"No no, Mrs Roarke, you go first so you can get home and feed your one-eyed tabby."
The wild, wild South wasn't as wild before large numbers of the obnoxious, Chutzpah infected yankees started to move down here.
ReplyDeleteFour-way stops are perhaps the dumbest invention of all time. Leaving random complete strangers to work out how to proceed in real time. What could possibly go wrong?
ReplyDelete...Then there's (rural MN) four-way stops where each wait for a minute for the other to go first - then both wave the other to go first. Finally, one slowly starts creeping through the intersection...
DeleteNever confuse politeness with incompetence.
Deletethat's the difference between living in the country and living in the city. when we pass each other we always wave whether we know them or not. it's just what we do. it's called being polite. another lost word among many. like chivalry.
ReplyDeleteDefinition: Small Town - Where no one uses turn signals. We already know where you're going. - Mississloppigarro
DeleteSame here in southern Virginia. Polite can be contagious. It’s a good thing.
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Space is the oil that allows people to get along.
DeleteStack too many people too close together, there's always going to be friction.
Human nature. I don't know how urbanites do it.
Tried it once; didn't like it.
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There's an app on your cell phone that enables you to disengage all electronics of cars and trucks inadvertently stopped for no good reason. There is an automatic reset that is activated from your rear view camera. There is a slight usage fee, but a lawyer hot line is included for free under clause 911 and 988. Note: not available on iPhones.
ReplyDeleteI call it "psychotic politeness". Tree Mike from Tennessee
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