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A sort of success story. If the mods disagree, please move to appropriate sub forum.

I was on the road during the afternoon rush, an upcoming traffic light turns red, I let off the throttle and cruise in gear. As usual, people behind interpret that as poor driving and all change lanes to rush to the red light. This one guy in a pickup was particularly assholish about it. He came right up to my bumper, swerves violently to the next lane, floors it to get in front of me then immediately had to brake for the red light. I may have uttered an expletive:P Anyway, the light turns green and the pickup guy continue to dart through traffic. Quite a few lights later, the pickup and I are side by side again because we all know that aggressive driving hardly ever get you any further in traffic.

The guy rolls down his window and tries to get my attention. I reach to turn down my stereo, nervously expecting angry verbal attacks. Instead, the guy said: "hey, you're right, just relax." ...I was in shock. People never understand us eco-drivers, to have an aggressive driver suddenly showing appreciation for our sensible driving style was a very novel experience. I was still in defensive mode from expecting insults so I didn't even clue in to what he said until after we both drove off again.

By seeing me catch up to him with my mellow driving style, did he really realized the futility of his aggressive driving? There was no sarcasm or hostility in what he said. He also really relaxed his right foot after saying that so maybe the impossible did happen: someone encountered eco-style driving, understood its benefits and immediately became a more sensible driver!

Still seems too fantastical to be true.