Okay, let's admit it. We all know them and at certain times in our lives we have all been them. That is the drivers on the road who demonstrate by our driving behavior that somehow the rules and laws of the road do not apply to any of us. After all, their time or our time is more valuable and important than others, isn't it?

The most frequent infraction appears to be what is known is driving through the inconventient stop sign. That red octagon sign that states in bold white letters STOP which only applies to others. Not to the person that finds it an inconvenience. After all, they are important beings.

What happens when this insignificant sign is ignored? Not much if you consider almost or actually causing accidents on a daily basis insignificant if you make the conscious choice to ignore these inconvenient signs that takes seconds off of getting to our appointed destination.

There always seems to be that one neighborhood in particular where residents have a continuous habit of ignoring these signs. One resident of that neighborhood was so agitated about the inconvenient stop sign that when he choice to use the stop sign as a simple curve in the road, he instead decided to inform the offending driver that by law had the right of way on a main road, how much this person offended him. After attempting to run the stop sign and both drivers having to rapidly apply brakes to avoid the collision, the driver who was in the process of running the stop sign spent the next several minutes letting the other driver know just how much they were out of line. This included following the driver flashing high beams, honking his horn at a traffic light and then when the driver who decided that the rules of the road did not apply to him had the opportunity on a four lane road, pulled up next to the offending driver, not only giving the official glare, but also the universal finger sign, before proceeding on to the important destination.

We have all been recipients of that particular driver and unfortunately in one way or another been that particular driver, but hopefully not to that extreme. Can we all remember that we all pay taxes to maintain the roads and to remember the lessons that our mothers tried to teach us when we were young. The lessons are take turns and to share. Not only will we all get to our destinations safely, but we can do so and not raise our blood pressure unnecessarily at the same time. Wouldn't practicing random acts of kindness on the road make each of our lives and the world a nicer place to live?

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