Defensive Driving -- Politeness Is The Antidote To Bad Driving

In order to be courteous to a fellow driver, we first have to be aware of them… to acknowledge them… isn’t that true? The dictionary uses the locution “consideration toward others” to depict politeness.

Let’s chew over this for a second, shall we? The more you march on toward being a skilled driver, the easier it is to notice that the common denominator to defensive driving is your awareness of what’s transpiring beyond your vehicle body bounds.

Most all the issues, minus one, that can make one into an aggressive driver rotate around actions inside the passenger compartment. Phone calls, chatting to passengers, reading email, enjoying music… all this stuff is what distracts you from concentrating on fellow drivers.

Another element here is your attitude. Ponder it, if you are irritated with something, a vehicle is not the best place to be and you should be self-conscious enough to conform your manner of driving till you chill out, or not drive at all. Your standard should always be politeness.

If you are courteous then a lot of good things are transpiring in that CPU in your caput. When you are polite, you are paying attention to what’s going on outside. You are also paying attention to fellow drivers' wants, which is as decent as it gets. There are rafts of occasions on the ordinary drive around town to be courteous to fellow drivers. They may not always pay attention to your respect, but they generally do. In my extensive experience those small good turns you distribute to complete strangers generally get returned back to you by other complete strangers as if by white magic… kind of cool actually. You unexpectedly discover fellow drivers allowing you into tight places when earlier they behaved like dorks… white magic I advise you.

If you will only endeavor to be as nice as possible to fellow drivers for five days, I predict you will be astonished. It actually changes your whole view on driving while at the same time undoubtedly setting you as a authentic jimdandy. Who amongst us doesn’t want to be a jimdandy?

What ends up transpiring, is that you soon find yourself chasing opportunities to give the fellow driver a break, which makes you feeling good about your deeds. It also directs you… pay attention here… directs you outside of the bubble in your car. You are concentrating on what’s transpiring out there much more, when you endeavor to be courteous to fellow drivers.

This small exercise in human relations can catapult you from an average driver to a pro in no time. So… you if you desire to be a good driver, it is easy… just give the fellow driver a break. Even if they don’t acknowledge it, you will be a righteous human being and a better driver for doing it.