[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The mindset of most of the driving public baffles me. I've been commuting with > my 240D manual for 2 1/2 years now 80 miles a day largely highway. Lately in > an effort to save fuel I've been cruising at around 65mph and trying to ease > up to that speed. Whats really crazy are the people who will honk the horn and > flip me off and then fight their way over into the passing lane. Quite often > when I get off the highway I'm right behind a guy who 20 minutes earlier was > totally pissed that I was holding him up. Whoa he sure saved some time there.
I see it as part of a larger problem, not really related to driving per se. Our society is largely unhappy, and getting worse by the day. I use the example of my old neighbourhood, a slightly upscale (rental) urban area close to a bar/resto/tourist strip. Very much in favour with 19-30 year old singles. When I moved there, the pharmacy had one pharmacist and one clerk on duty behind the counter and you could often stop and chat with the pharmacist easily, as it was rarely busy. When I left after about 15 years there, the population had not changed much but there were now three pharmacists and up to four clerks behind that same counter and it was pandamonium from opening to close. GP physicians mostly treat unhappiness and discontent in the guise of illness, these days. I feel for them, as I cannot imagine what it's like to listen to the parade of lifestyle-induced complaints all day. mac
