Comments on: Yielding and the Art of the Merge http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/09/yielding-and-the-art-of-the-merge/ Musings and Ramblings from a Not-So-Average Girl Next Door Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul Doucette http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/09/yielding-and-the-art-of-the-merge/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Paul Doucette Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:54:43 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=124#comment-238 Some people might say you are from Maine so you don't really know what traffic is like but as you can attest they are just as foolhardy and unforgiving here. I have been with you on more than one occassion when you comment that people don't know how to merge. And the majority are not tourists. I also like how you relate this to life - if you don't know how to be considerate in your driving, think how that relates to your life.<br /><br />PDiddy Some people might say you are from Maine so you don't really know what traffic is like but as you can attest they are just as foolhardy and unforgiving here. I have been with you on more than one occassion when you comment that people don't know how to merge. And the majority are not tourists. I also like how you relate this to life – if you don't know how to be considerate in your driving, think how that relates to your life.

PDiddy

]]> By: august http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/09/yielding-and-the-art-of-the-merge/comment-page-1/#comment-237 august Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:48:17 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=124#comment-237 I love the article. My wife and I have started a movement/company about this entire concept. Be Good to People. Since we started the company I probably over yield. Maybe I should move to Maine. I love the article. My wife and I have started a movement/company about this entire concept. Be Good to People. Since we started the company I probably over yield. Maybe I should move to Maine.

]]> By: Erin http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/09/yielding-and-the-art-of-the-merge/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Erin Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:56:42 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=124#comment-236 I really liked this post.<br /><br />I drive for about an hour each day. I would say I'm a pretty cautious/forgiving driver (which is how I am in all aspects of my life). I try to let people in when at all possible and wave people through stop signs before me. The only thing I get "road ragey" about is when people ride in the left lane going under the speed limit. I actually took a driving class after I got a ticket and learned that doing that is a passive agressive move because it forces other drivers to comply to the speed that you choose or drive dangerously to get around you. I really liked this post.

I drive for about an hour each day. I would say I'm a pretty cautious/forgiving driver (which is how I am in all aspects of my life). I try to let people in when at all possible and wave people through stop signs before me. The only thing I get "road ragey" about is when people ride in the left lane going under the speed limit. I actually took a driving class after I got a ticket and learned that doing that is a passive agressive move because it forces other drivers to comply to the speed that you choose or drive dangerously to get around you.

]]> By: Legal Beagle http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/09/yielding-and-the-art-of-the-merge/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Legal Beagle Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:45:03 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=124#comment-235 I love it!! I originally started my blog waaaaay back in the day to complain about drivers and then realized that I had too much fuel. Let's make it a series! ;) I love it!! I originally started my blog waaaaay back in the day to complain about drivers and then realized that I had too much fuel. Let's make it a series! ;)

]]> By: Susan Pogorzelski http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/09/yielding-and-the-art-of-the-merge/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Susan Pogorzelski Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:03:01 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=124#comment-234 Elisa: Great post! I definitely feel for you -- all that mileage means encountering a lot of impatient drivers -- two of which I just encountered today.<br /><br />I love how you relate this to life and wonder if it goes further to how we are as individuals. Personally, I tend to be a defensive driver -- not overly cautious, I admit, but enough to know what's going on around me while being in control of my own car. I think I'm like this in life, too. I enter a room and the first thing I do is observe, guard and defenses up. <br /><br />Likened to driving, I think it's the same idea as yielding, for the reasons you have listed. I don't like to be caught off guard or put in situations where I don't feel comfortable, yet I consider myself far from meek -- standing up for myself when need be, going when I have the right of way (and seriously? You're absolutely right -- when did right of way become a game of chicken?)<br /><br />Your post really made me think about how driving equates to life, and how we as drivers relates to who we are as individuals. I love that -- so much depth in your words. <br /><br />And kudos to you for navigating the Tappan Zee bridge. Was just on it a few weeks ago and dear goodness, I would really like my jetpack now, please! :) Elisa: Great post! I definitely feel for you — all that mileage means encountering a lot of impatient drivers — two of which I just encountered today.

I love how you relate this to life and wonder if it goes further to how we are as individuals. Personally, I tend to be a defensive driver — not overly cautious, I admit, but enough to know what's going on around me while being in control of my own car. I think I'm like this in life, too. I enter a room and the first thing I do is observe, guard and defenses up.

Likened to driving, I think it's the same idea as yielding, for the reasons you have listed. I don't like to be caught off guard or put in situations where I don't feel comfortable, yet I consider myself far from meek — standing up for myself when need be, going when I have the right of way (and seriously? You're absolutely right — when did right of way become a game of chicken?)

Your post really made me think about how driving equates to life, and how we as drivers relates to who we are as individuals. I love that — so much depth in your words.

And kudos to you for navigating the Tappan Zee bridge. Was just on it a few weeks ago and dear goodness, I would really like my jetpack now, please! :)

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