On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 02:33:40 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Monster
wrote:

On Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 8:38:04 PM UTC-5, Ashton Crusher wrote:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 21:28:48 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:

Per Ashton Crusher:
Interesting points. My driving experience is that things are no
different on the road now then they ever were in the past as far as
the general competency and driving behavior of other drivers.

I probably ride a bike more than 99% of the general population - and
have been for sixty+ years.

I see obvious changes in driving behavior over the years.

The most obvious: people drive faster, signal less, run more red lights,
and more people are obviously doing other things besides driving -
mostly things that were not technologically available years past.

The red light thing has developed in the past few years since our area
went over to ludicrously-long red lights plus red-in-all-directions for
a seemingly very long time plus un-timed lights.

Most people running red lights used to be trying to slip through a stale
yellow light. Now I seem them coming in at speed and not even slowing
down.

I can't say you are wrong, we may be seeing the same thing
differently. But I will say that every generation complains about
"kids today... yada yada yada" and believes the youth are going to
hell in a hand basket. And they have been saying that since Socrates
day.

"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for
authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place
of exercise." - Socrates

I view how most people talk about "other drivers" the same way. No
matter who you talk to it's always the same, drivers are getting
worse, politicians are getting worse, everything is getting worse. It
seems that such a "it's getting worse" view is hard wired into most
people as they age.

Kids have it too easy. If The Internet had been around when I was a kid, I'd be ruler of the world by now. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Despot Monster


As I told my kids, when I was there age I walked to and from school
and it was uphill both ways. I carried a hot potato in my pants to
keep warm and then ate it for lunch. I had to set fire to toothpicks
to make charcoal to use as a pencil.