Everybody makes mistakes while driving. Everybody does dumb things– sometimes by accident, sometimes by design.
But when you decide to run a red light and almost hit the person across from you who’s clearing the lane? Don’t you dare honk at them.
You’ve just officially gone from dumb to idiot.
I often choose to not get riled over traffic issues–getting cut off, having someone in front of me who’s not paying attention to the road, whatever–by reminding myself that I’ve unintentionally done the same thing. And by reminding myself of how embarrassed and remorseful I am when I’ve done such a thing–I just wish I could tell the driver I cut off how sorry I am. It serves me well to assume the best of the drivers around me. I stay calm, my blood pressure stays low. All is well.
But when someone disobeys the law and then has the audacity to get upset at the ones they could have killed in their recklessness? There’s no excuse for that kind of behavior.
Ok, thanks for defending me, but don’t get too upset. It helps me to think about God’s goodness. We weren’t hit yesterday be someone running a red light!