Quote Originally Posted by caseye View Post
If we as riders/ car drivers could be persuaded to try being courteous and considerate things would start to change on a large scale.
How could it not? if every other driver out there was suddenly waved through, given that park, smiled at instead of flipped a birdy, they'd freak out! Then they'd realsie that the road can be a safer and happier place, then horror of horrors they'd actually begin practising being courteous and considerate themselves.
Pinch me! I'm dreamning again.I try to behave well at all times, biking or driving, I see the same people on the same stretch of motorway everyday and lately I see more and more nice things being done for each other, it's really quite cool.
Nice work there Mom, it's got em all thinking.
I disagree. Most people (in my opinion, your mileage may vary etc.) do not drive consciously. Being courteous to other drivers/riders requires concious thought or a change in the way that driver behaves subconciously, which takes concious thought.

Try being in the car with someone who isn't some form of 'driving enthusiast' and questioning them on a decision they have made while driving. Any time I have ever done this it has been greeted with a 'oh, I didn't even realise I had done that' or a flat out denial.