05-22-2009, 11:02 AM
MarkM Wrote:It may be that in traffic, we're all more in touch with some more primal aspects of ourselves, in the sense of what we do when there's little chance of having to answer face to face with someone, as in cutting up the line in a bank. I find that more often than not, those who cut me off in traffic tend to stare straight ahead, not countenancing my 'personhood' by finding my eye.
Welcome MarkM, it's great to see you on this forum. I always try to make the driving experience more personal by making eye contact ans smiling. I've found that, when I need to change lanes for example, making eye contact invariably allows people to lower their guard as it were, and even return my friendly smile. I also try to do the same when people want to cut infornt of me. Again, when they make eye contact, they are usually friendly rather than inpersonal.
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