re braindead drivers who don t look ahead hhm cbnewsd cb att com herschel h mayo writes so i block the would be passers not only for my own good but theirs as well even though they are often too stupid to realize it as a rule of philosophy i don t feel particularly sorry when somebody gets offed by his own stupidity but it does worry me when some idiot is in a position to cash in my chips too h h mayo zdem a hgo hou amoco com donna martz writes well aren t we just mr altruism himself just what the world needs another frustrated self appointed traffic cop hhm cbnewsd cb att com herschel h mayo writes well if you want to stick the nose of your car up the ass of a foot semi i suppose it s your neck however i m not going to let you kill me in the bargain if you get frustrated by somebody delaying your inevitable death due to less that wise driving practices then tough well i never wrote that i would act as you described i stated that i would not block a would be passer i would not block a would be passer for their own good or for any reason other than i was prevented from doing so due to the traffic circumstance i fail to see how deterring a passer under these circumstance would in any way decrease your chances of being involved in an accident fatal or otherwise in fact i could imagine how blocking a would be passer would actually increase your chances of being offed or involved in an accident especially if this passer is riding your bumper intentionally blocking a person riding your bumper is certainly not a wise driving practice it only causes the jam to become more congested i don t mess with trucks and i actually watch the road ahead and the road behind if i perceive that i am rapidly closing on a pack of vehicles i try to avoid getting caught up in situation such as you decribe usually either traffic is just building and i have to deal with this fact of life or i wait to a slow passer to complete their pass and make way for the pack to clear if someone decides then to pull up on my bumper i signal my intention to move to the right and do so at the first opportunity hope they will open the jam i feel this is not only courteous driving but alot safer than the actions you advocate there are actually many courteous drivers on the road who do not intentionally impede others if someone in front of me seems to be oblivious to the fact that they are blocking traffic i use my blinker or flash my lights or if all else fails will briefly speed up slow down so they might get the message that i am a faster vehicle trying to pass i feel it is never safe to ride anyone s bumper if someone is intentionally blocking traffic because they feel that it is civil duty or philosophic duty or for some unfathomable reason i feel they deserve at the very least derision sorry this is soooooooo long
