Rather than quoting and answering all of you passive-aggressive, self-righteous with a mild case of unaware psychosis types in this thread, I'm going to address you all at once. Whatever you do after reading this is up to you, but if I can change one person's mind, then my job here is done. And it will be for the betterment of mankind. . Now, I know some of you have ADD, so I will attempt to bold the points that I think you should pay attention to, deal?
Let's examine the tailgater, let's assume that the guy/gal is a selfish asshole, a speed demon and just wants to exercise his/her car's ability to exceed the speed limit. Right? OK, if there was no one in the left lane, that person would be gone in a second, you wouldn't even remember the car's color after a few seconds. Maybe they'll lose control and end up in a ditch, maybe they'll clip someone and cause an accident. Most importantly, whatever may happen, they are unintended consequences, do we agree? And, hopefully, the police will stop that person before something really bad happens.
Now, let's ignore the fact that maybe some of these people do really have somewhere to get to, maybe it's an emergency for them. But, fuck them, right? It's all about you. All you care about is that person who coming up behind you fast, and you coudln't bother to get out of the way, and they're not passing you. Are we good with that? OK, let's move on to you.
You're a different kind of selfish asshole, you're the passive agressive kind. You always think that you have something to prove, and that you think by letting anyone by you, you've lost something. Maybe it's "respect", maybe you're angry because your own hypocritical way of thinking, because let's face it, some of you will speed up to block the guy if he tried to pass you on the right. Now, you would intentionally and through premeditation, perform an act that could potentially cause a chain accident, maybe even result in a loss of lives. Think about it, you're willing to take a life, by your direct action. Premeditated. Intentionally. Because you couldn't just move out of the way, because your ego won't let you, and because you think it's your duty to police the road. Your own superiority complex got in the way of good judgment. You don't see it that it's you who would have caused the accident. Without you, nothing would have happened in this scenario.
I was like you once, I was young, and stupid. I'm less stupid now, and that's all due to self reflections. I looked back at myself and saw how horrible of a person I was. I grew out of it. I grew up. I realized that to make this world a better place, it starts with me. I stopped caring about the idiots on the road, it's not my place to correct them, and I believe eventually, karma will take care of them. It's life. There isn't a day go by that I don't run into multiple idiots on the road, but at the end of the day, they're still going to be idiots, and I couldn't care less. I don't want to ever be associated with any of those idiots in any ways.
Hey, another thought, maybe that person that you're going to brake check on one of these days, well, maybe that person doesn't really care about anything anymore. Maybe they'll just run into you, perform a pit maneuver, turn your ass sideway so you can roll down the freeway at the speed you're going. Maybe then you'll be happy. Or, just maybe, they have a gun, and they're even bigger assholes than you thought you are... Maybe they'll follow you home, because you know, if you think you're crazy and stupid, there will be crazier and stupider people (maybe not...).
Cheers,
Your friendly neighborhood SSSnail
P.S. seek professional help if you can't self-reflect.