Nothing deep about the title.
Was just on the road today. Thinking about the question that always come to my mind when on the road: Why do people want to step so hard on the gas petal and then step equally hard on the brake?
As usual when I'm out with my grams, I drive extra cautious and be ultra stable by minimizing braking. (Though I consider myself a very stable driver in all time ^0^).
So I tended to tick off some cars behind me because we were approaching red lights. How? I was only doing the right thing ^_^ I don't step on the gas petal and let my car "roll" below the speed limit. So I tend to do that to 1) minimize braking 2) of course, save gas!!
Drivers are very impatience these days.
Speaking of impatience... ohh.. the good old days when I would get pissed off by other drivers... don't get me started on those times I "play" with the cars who honked me after I was only 2 secs idle after the light turn green by stopping there even longer, and the few other times a car wanted to pass me from behind and I blocked it from cutting into my lane by keeping myself beside it, oh, God bless that one time this guy that almost crash into the bus... oops. now that I think about it, did i really do it? Forgive me, my Lord for I have sinned...
Why do people want to go 60 or even 70 when they can see the red light in front of them? (or do they not see it?? haha) They are wearing out their brake belt plus wasting gas too. I hate sharp brakes and there's no point to do that when you know you are going to stop, why not just go for a "smooth stop" instead of "sharp stop"?
Same thing goes to many things in life. Can't you already see some distance ahead of you if your driving? Like if you are expecting a red light, slow down, don't keep going and brake like crazy. If you are expecting a turn, you prepare by signaling and again, slow down. If you miss a turn or lost on the road, you either keep going around the block, or stop somewhere to look at the map, don't just freak out and confusing the car behind you. Your in control, but you don't own the road! (or I guess I should say, we all own the road by paying taxes!)
Since there are many worse driver than I am (I can never consider myself the perfect driver yet, but I'm pretty good, at least my grams approve me. grampa's driving instructor in hk and my gramma use to drive.. though their standard must be "outdated" but still! they always say I drive very smooth.. hohohoho)
I learned not to get impatience anymore and my goal is to "educate" others by driving smoother on the road because we need to bring back the patience and politeness on the roads of Toronto. (I still remember how nice the road's "atmosphere" was 10 years ago!)
Patience Driving makes the road/world happier!! hahaha...^0^ (or does it make some other pushy driver more unhappy??!?!) Anyway. ^_^
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