08-30-2016, 02:04 AM
(08-30-2016, 01:41 AM)co6aka_imp Wrote: There is a different opinion on the subject. I can't recall where I read it, but here it is. Before smartphones became ubiquitous, road rage was a huge problem. Now, it is a lot less of a problem, as people are paying less attention to the road, and more to the phone. Take if for what it may, but, on a motorcycle, I'd much rather deal with careless / distracted driver than with an enraged one. If you're riding like you're invisible, anticipate people making idiotic moves, and leave yourself a way out, you will arrive home safe. On a bike, I'd much rather deal with traffic situation that's turning into a reading room, rather than a wild rodeo of people gone mad. YMMV.
An interesting perspective, to be sure. Here's my perspective on this perspective:
Point 1...I would have to see the statistics that road rage has declined, but if it has it's more likely cause is that the enraged know that their anger can be recorded and that the police are just a phone call away. I find it hard to believe that a significant portion of potentially enraged motorists are suddenly so engrossed in their phone that they don't have time to get pissed off.
Point 2...You are absolutely entitled to your opinion and I am not criticizing it in any way, but given the choice, I would rather encounter someone who was angry at me than someone who is not paying any attention to me whatsoever. At least with the former, I usually he's out to get me and I can take action to avoid him. Unless I see the impaired/distracted motorist driving erratically as I approach him, I have no way of knowing that he's about to weave into my lane as I pass or whatever other thing he may do.