Kim W5TIT wrote:

It's not the matter of being kind and courteous and moving over so someone
who's acting like an idiot can go by. It's the principle of the matter that
*because* of the way they are being self-important, it's going to be *them*
that does the moving around. I.E., I see them in kind of like the "bully"
role of a little kid. Well, I'm not giving in to the bully.

At least you're consistent. This is much the way you've defined your
behavior at cocktail parties and sporting events. It is also similar to
the way you act here.

Yeah, I suppose...but my justification is that they can accommodate
themselves, by moving around. A) We are both speeding; B) At the point this
person is behind me wanting me to move over so he/she can get by, it's a
given that it's because we're both around a driver(s) in the right lane that
are going slower, right? So, what is it about the driver behind
me...practically shoving their hood up under my vehicle...that would compel
me to slow down, move over, reposition myself, when all they have to do is
allow *both* of us to keep speeding, i.e., stay above a speed limit we don't
want to drive, and wait the bit of time it will take to get passed the
"slower" traffic?

I think the priniciple is the same. The root of my angst toward the driver
we are speaking of, is their attitude. The attitude that has them convinced
that they need to speed faster than someone else.

*They* need to speed faster than someone else? Aren't you speeding in
order to go faster than those who aren't speeding? Please express the
subtle nuances which make your case different.

Or that where they are
going is far more important than where I am going (when neither of us has
that information available to us).

I can't believe that these things cross your mind. You actually believe
that someone behind you has it in his head that where he's going is more
important than where you're going?

Yeah. I thought when I got my truck with that on it, that I would always be
using it. I don't like it...don't know where to put my foot that I can
still have the same tactile feel with the brake pedal and gas pedal in
alignment with my placement of the foot. I don't feel "safe" with cruise
control engaged--plus the speeds of drivers is so erradic that one must keep
disengaging and reengaging it anyway. Never fails...set it to the flow of
traffic and 5-6 miles down the road, set it again.

That's why they make it easy to cancel and set.

Once when I was speeding. And, by all rights that cop should have nailed
me. It was 11:30 at night, and my registration sticker (of which the new
one was at home) was out, inspection sticker was out--which I'd not paid any
attention to, *and* I couldn't find my insurance card. But, he let me go!
WOW!

Uh, I have a problem with cops in general. Most I've encountered are not
friendly.

That runs counter to those I've encountered. Maybe it's all in your
attitude toward them.

However, most I've encountered in a casual setting are great
guys/gals. I don't like the military form of communication--stern,
expressionless, etc., and it puts me on edge.

Same as the non police (grin) scenario you gave me. I'd pace myself and
cruise. I also don't care or get all upset about traffic jams. I look at
them as an example to notice the birds flying around, look up under the
bridges to see if there's a poor homeless person up under there, look at all
the beauty I usually don't get to pay a whole lot of attention to--in fact
the traffic jam gives me the opportunity to find some sense of pleasantry in
places that really do require "closer inspection" to find it...(grin)

Hmmm. You see it as me wanting to control the speed, I only think of it as
not giving in to the way I perceive someone to be acting.

Why should someone have to give in to the way they perceive you to be
acting?

Dave K8MN