I believe it always pays to be kind to other drivers when we're on the highway.
Because a lot of times we'll be driving and someone will cut us off and we immediately respond with anger. But the reality is, unless we have extrasensory perception, we don't know what's going on with the driver in the other car. Many times we make the assumption that they're just naturally rude – or at the best – very unaware of the other drivers. But the reality is that we don't know what's going on with others. Maybe they're on the way to the hospital to visit a sick relative. Maybe they just got into an argument with their spouse. Perhaps they just lost their job. Even though we have a human tendency to come down on the side of negative, we'll feel a lot better if we give the person in the other vehicle the benefit of the doubt.
I don't believe that rude drivers get up in the morning and say "I think I'll go out and drive crazy and get everyone angry at me." Instead, I think they always have something on their minds that takes their attention away from their driving. That's not an excuse for driving rudely or cutting others off. But it is something to think about when we get upset on the road at the way others are driving a 4000 pound vehicle that could do a lot of damage if it got out of control over some petty anger.
And when we look back at these kind of incidents that inevitably occur once in a while we really don't remember much about them or why they occurred. Unless we get into a real accident, the things that happen on the highway are very unimportant in the scheme of things.
And the nice thing is that we get home safely to our family and loved ones.
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