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  • 8 years ago
    Comment TryingToReason

    I drive a decent amount both for work(~25K miles/year) and for personal travel(~22K miles/year). You get used to the way people drive during the day on a weekday. It is always the same - others' driving behavior is generally predictable. I think it is because those people are "highway regulars." They are probably traveling for work and do so just as frequently as I do. On the weekends and especially during summer, it seems like chaos - nothing is predictable. It seems like there are a lot of people who never leave their city taking big family vacations with little understanding of open highway etiquette.

    That said, I am generally very relaxed driving during the week and "off season," and very alert and cautious during the other times. I try to avoid travel as much as possible during those peak summer travel times just because of how frustrated I get. If I had to state a style during those times, I think I am more of an offensive driver. By that I mean something like "if you have a yield sign and you have to yield to me, then you better do so because I will not yield to you just to be safe." I do keep an "out" in those situations, but if I share the road with you,I promise to uphold the rules of the road and I expect the same out of you. I actually think defensive driving can be more dangerous sometimes because you may be going against the accepted rules - like in my yield example above, if I yield when you are supposed to yield, I may surprise other drivers and create additional problems.

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  • 8 years ago
    Comment TryingToReason

    Yeah, I doubt there is much downside to them doing this. There are probably only a handful of people who are thinking "well, that does it, no more ESPN if they don't support Trump." In the meantime, like you said, they pick up a bunch of media mentions because of this decision.

  • 8 years ago
    Comment TryingToReason

    I have had an Amazon account for a while, too. On the account page, you can look at every order you have ever placed at Amazon, which is almost like another version of looking at old pictures of yourself. It was fun to see, especially because it reminded me of gifts that I gave different people at different times in my life. Also, I looked back at my early orders, and found a VHS tape I paid $20 for. It got its fair share of use, I know that.