Originally Posted by desdemona

I try to avoid changing lanes on the highway. But I don't have trouble on the highway anyway. It's more when I get with the nutcases on the smaller roads. Tailgating is a problem. I have taken to figuring out a way of letting them thru (such as turning on my flashers, gettign to the shoulder if i can, etc.). Another problem is that they dislike slowing down before a light. They want you to get right to it-- it's quite a problem of red light running and they put all these cameras on the lights with hefty fines. People will get double, triple, quadruple fines, you'd think they would learn?! Anyway, I think that smiling at them is a great idea-- will try this. They don't like courteous driving, like letting someone in. Of course these are all generalizations. I don't always get honked at. And I am not really complaining (well a little bit maybe). But was making a point that it isn't your hybrid, it's that if drive carefully some people are ticked. They think they are going to get their faster if they rush to the light and apply brakes or tailgate for instance. They don't. Many times I pass these goofs because as it happens I tend to (maybe it is intuitive as I never have thought about it) know about the light timing. So I keep meeting up with them. It's quite funny when i meet up with some jerk that has honked and passed me in a huff. :-)

I don't wave at Corolla drivers. :-)

BTW, I do like northern CA. Might even live there if the cost of living weren't so darn high.

Anyway the point again is really that it is the driving not the hybrid. Of course there are people that think that hybrids are for liberal sissy types so there may be a bit of macho stuff re that I don't know.


--des


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