In article , "Kim "
writes:

"N2EY" wrote in message
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"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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"N2EY" wrote:

OTOH, if "behaving like an idiot" on
the road is not rewarded, the driver
may try something else (like courtesy,
or getting on the road a few minutes
earlier).


However, your child analogy falls apart when you remember that you're
talking about an adult

A biological adult who is acting like a spoiled child.

Remember the scenario Kim describes:

- multilane divided highway
- all vehicles at or above the posted speed limit.
- vehicle comes up behind her, flashes brights, follows too closely,
tries to get around on the *inside* shoulder. IOW, unsafe, aggressive
driving actions intended to intimidate Kim. (as if!!)

Some "adult".

- an adult that is going to get very angry at a
person blocking the fast lane while he and others are trying to pass.

Let them behave like adults, then. Following too closely for the speed
of travel is not adult behavior, regardless of what Kim is doing.

Lets be realistic here.

OK, fine.

It's realistic to behave in a safe responsible way when driving a
motor vehicle.

If Kim is intentionally blocking others on the roads, she
doesn't deserve courtesy.

She's only blocking those who want to speed faster than she wants to
speed.

Suppose several cars were to line up side-by-side on a multilane
divided highway and go exactly the speed limit. Would that justify the
"idiot" behaviors Kim describes?

Suppose they were police cars....

Instead, she is more likely to be a victim of road
rage (something else she doesn't deserve, but far more likely). If she
manages to avoid that, and if one of those people she is blocking just
happens to be a cop, she may instead eventually get a ticket for not
driving
on the right.

Agreed! That's why I previously said I let the "idiots" get past,
because I'd rather have them in front of me than behind me.

But the behavior/reward model I gave is valid. For both children and
alleged adults.

73 de Jim, N2EY


Well, I suppose it's valid, Jim.

Thank you

I've really never given the "behavior"
such thought, i.e. analogy, etc.

Think about it. You've dealt with children - isn't it true that they will tend
to repeat behavior that gets them what they want? If whining works, don't you
get more whining?

It's illogical to think that sort of thing isn't present in adults.

BUT, I am generally a very even tempered
person and I don't feel I'm in any way wrong to stay in the lane I've chosen
to drive in, above the posted speed, safely, forming safe distances between
myself and drivers ahead of me, and never-minding nitwits behind me who
think I should "yield" to them so they can speed faster and keep making each
successive vehicle move.

Would you agree that if you *do* yield, you validate their behavior and in a
small way encourage them to do more of it?

Personally, I move, because I care more about my own safety. But that's just
me.

73 de Jim, N2EY