Fiore
07-16-2008, 10:26 AM
Hi All,
For years I have given into the tail-gaters and pulled myself off the road to let them pass. I know that for recovery, I have to claim my right to the road, and in true elephant eating fashion, the elephant will become easier to digest over time (where's the recipe for the dipping sauce Rich!!!).
The criterion I use for a tail-gater (on a road with a speed of less than 35 miles per hr) is that if I can't see their number plate in my rear view mirror, they are tail-gating. I might be going a bit slow, but they are more in breach of road/safety rules than I am.
Tonight this happened to me on my way home. I was only a tad below the speed limit, but this very macho vehicle .... (don't know how to describe it in American lingo) had bull-bars, about four extra head lights ... etc etc was sitting right on my tail and started flashing all of it's extra lights at me, and I was surprised it's very blokey bull-bars didn't actually make contact with my car.
HOW DID I REACT? With a small morsel of elephant being munched on, I mentally claimed the road. I thought to myself this driver has a bigger driving problem than I do. He's a road rager. I mentally sent him (oh dear, there you go, I assumed it was a him) a message telling him he needs to develop patience. I recall a comment Rich through in .... "SO WHAT!!" so used that a bit too. By the time I came to the next traffic calmer (don't know if fellow readers understand this term, but it's little things in the middle of the road to stop speeding) I slowed down to a level that was uncomfortably slow for even snail-pace moi. In short, I empowered myself to own my portion of the road.
Another ramble, but hope it helps some.
Regards
Fiore
For years I have given into the tail-gaters and pulled myself off the road to let them pass. I know that for recovery, I have to claim my right to the road, and in true elephant eating fashion, the elephant will become easier to digest over time (where's the recipe for the dipping sauce Rich!!!).
The criterion I use for a tail-gater (on a road with a speed of less than 35 miles per hr) is that if I can't see their number plate in my rear view mirror, they are tail-gating. I might be going a bit slow, but they are more in breach of road/safety rules than I am.
Tonight this happened to me on my way home. I was only a tad below the speed limit, but this very macho vehicle .... (don't know how to describe it in American lingo) had bull-bars, about four extra head lights ... etc etc was sitting right on my tail and started flashing all of it's extra lights at me, and I was surprised it's very blokey bull-bars didn't actually make contact with my car.
HOW DID I REACT? With a small morsel of elephant being munched on, I mentally claimed the road. I thought to myself this driver has a bigger driving problem than I do. He's a road rager. I mentally sent him (oh dear, there you go, I assumed it was a him) a message telling him he needs to develop patience. I recall a comment Rich through in .... "SO WHAT!!" so used that a bit too. By the time I came to the next traffic calmer (don't know if fellow readers understand this term, but it's little things in the middle of the road to stop speeding) I slowed down to a level that was uncomfortably slow for even snail-pace moi. In short, I empowered myself to own my portion of the road.
Another ramble, but hope it helps some.
Regards
Fiore