Fingering
By adamg - 3/4/05 - 2:02 pm
Jennifer reports she's crossed over to the Boston side - she now uses her middle finger as a standard signalling device in rotaries:
... I gave the finger this morning to some innocent minivan driver, and I don't know why. I think it's because I suspected they were going to do something out of line. Or maybe because their car was taupe. ...
Comments
I can and do understand your frustrations, Jennifer,
and know how you feel, and I sympathize with you. However, giving the finger to another driver can be, and sometimes is risky, because one never knows who or what they may be dealing with, especially today, with the world being so crazy and all. There was a rather horrific story (I forget where I heard/read it) about a driver in Philadelphia who gave the finger to another driver who cut him off in traffic. In response to being given the middle finger, the driver who did the cutting off immediately pulled out a gun, shot and killed the other driver. That definitely underscores the risks of that kind of response, and it can happen anywhere at any time.
I think ...
You've put your finger on the problem.