YMM–of course, in all senses–V, but surely there’s a line somewhere between mundane, everyday choices and deliberate offense. I’d like to think it’s somewhere in the neighborhood of common sense.
Forgive me for croggling (or don’t) but this whole brouhaha strikes me as overblown to the point of insanity. Projecting moral qualities–selfishness, even casual risk to others–based on what style of car people drive!? Stupid, stupid, stupid. They’re just other people getting around.
As a long-time driver, I frankly don’t give a howling whoop what kind of vehicle someone drives. Hulking commercial vehicles, crusing land yachts, “sub-mirror” darters: they have just as much right to the road as I do. It’s my responsibility as a driver to navigate with them. Large vehicles are no less my shared responsibility than motorcycles, sub-compacts, etc. What the hell ever happened to regarding a vehicle as a tool?
“Dinosaur brains” are gaining dominance. It’s so damned easy to see the hulk or annoyance of machines and project totally unwarranted assumptions onto people using them. Roads and streets are shared. Get used to it. The vehicle isn’t the person. As long as the DRIVER observes the laws and protocols, chilll out and grow up.
Yeah, it’s a pain to coping with huge vehicles that block view and tiny vehicles one can’t see easily. They’re stilll fellow travellers. And NONE of them need to justify their right to travel in whatever ways suit their needs. Driving isn’t a right. It’s a responsibility. Part of that responsibility means sharing the common right of ways with others whose needs and means of transport don’t match yours. (New PC target! tiny vehicles that are too small! Danger! Deliberate malice!)
Feh.
Veb