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In order to be respectful to a fellow driver, we first have to be aware of them… to admit the presence of them… isn’t that true? The dictionary uses the locution “consideration toward others” to describe courtesy. Let’s chew over this for a minute, shall we? The more you advance towards being an expert driver, the easier it is to find that the common feature of defensive driving is your awareness of what’s going on outside your car. Most all the issues, except one, that can transform you into an unsafe driver revolve around events within the vehicle. Phone calls, talking to passengers, reading email, music… all this is what distracts you from focusing on what’s going on outside your car. The other constituent is your attitude. Speculate on it, if you are browned off with something, a car is not the best place to be and you should be self-aware enough to adapt your manner of driving till you chill out, or not drive at all. Your standard should always be courtesy. If you are respectful then a bunch of good things are going on in that processor in your braincase. When you are nice, you are focusing on what’s happening outside your car. You are also paying attention to fellow drivers' needs, which is as decent as it gets. There are dozens of chances on the average ride around town to be polite to fellow drivers. They may not always pay attention to your respect, but they usually do. In my extensive experience those small benignities you distribute to complete strangers usually get returned to you by other complete strangers as if by white magic… kind of cool really. You suddenly notice other drivers allowing you into tight places when earlier they acted up like dorks… white magic I say to you. If you will merely risk to be as respectful as possible to fellow drivers for several days, I bet you will be amazed. It really shifts your whole view on driving while at the same time distinctly setting you as a authentic class act. Who among us doesn’t desire to be a class act? What winds up going on, is that you before long find yourself chasing occasions to give the fellow driver a break, which leaves you feeling great about your deeds. It also focuses you… pay attention here… focuses you outside of the bubble in your car. You are focusing on what’s going on out there much more, when you risk to be respectful to fellow drivers. This small practice in human relations 101 can convert you from an average driver to a pro in no time flat. So… you if you want to be a master driver, it is easy… just cut the fellow driver some slack. Even if they don’t appreciate it, you will be a better person and a safer driver for doing it.
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Joshua Nestor is a staff writer for Fun and Safe Driving, website devoted to promotion of real world defensive driving. Among other things, site features encyclopedia, defensive driving forums, videos, and mapquest driving directions.
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