Remember the golden rule I mentioned earlier? Why do you have a problem with driving such that you don't negatively impact others? Why do you have a problem with those complaining about being negatively impacted?
My interest began when I moved to an area that didn't have the gridded roads and through streets in subdivisions and other residential areas that I was used to for all of my life prior to that point. This is when I started to be forced to ride arterial roads much more than I ever had been to get from point a to point b.
This is when drivers with a MFFY style went from a minor annoyance when I (up to then rarely) drove to a life threatening condition when I biked. I don't know about you, but the bicycle is my favorite vehicle, most of my driving technique is from my bicycling. How I've learned that giving a inch means a driver will take a mile and how that could kill me.
MegaMFFY 3357Well what exactly are you arguing for then? Because it seems you shouldn't have any...
I was once nearly sucked under the wheels of a box truck because I had moved over for him and he decided that 3 inches was a suitible lateral gap when there was no more road to my right. I ended up crashing into the ditch, and that hurt, but at least I wasn't dead.
While it may be a minor annoyance to you all wraped up in your steel cage, I'm sitting over and around a steel frame and it's my body that will take the impact. So, it's not just an annoyance to me, it's life and rest.
MegaMFFY 3355I don't have any such problem. Where did I say that? Because its a lot like kids complaining about sand in their bathing suits while playing at the beach. If you're going...
Beyond that, I've had my vehicles hit by people engaging in MFFY behaviors. The kid who crossed the center line because he couldn't be bothered to pull over and clean his windshield and had no concern what-so-ever for nearly killing me (the second time a door beam and a seat belt saved me) and doing significant damage to my car. The kid who cut me off going much slower than the posted limit and then slammed on the brakes because he was and I quote "in a hurry" and couldn't wait for me to pbutt by. Then there were the times I've been rear ended while waiting at traffic lights.
So excuse me for being concerned about the rampant ignorance, lack of attention, and self centered behavior of MFFY type drivers and the consistant encouragement and reward for that sort of behavior.
