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...I've seen it in England and when it is done with respect to traffic conditions and driver training it is a great benefit. But there's the rub. In England (my only example since I have some experience with it having family there and a past relationship) the driving tests and qualifications are MUCH more comprehensive than they are in the US so drivers there are more prepared (usually) to deal with motorcyclists splitting lanes. I'm not saying that GB doesn't have it's share of stupid drivers but I know that if I tried something like that with the f-tards I've found on SC roads since I moved down here I'd be dead by now from their sheer stupidity (some of the things I see on a daily basis are mindboggling). I grew up in the DC area (NoVA) and can adjust relatively easily to NYC or MASS/CT aggressive driving (no small feat, I can tell you). I would like to see states adopt driving programs that actually treat driving as a serious qualification or achievement rather than "juss summin' you git" when you turn 15 or 16 (as I get older I prefer it to be 18, yeah get off my lawn!)...



Yep! And with THAT we come back to my "local culture theory" I mentioned in one of my earlier responses here.

And so, to put it in a little perspective, HERE'S a scenario for you folks that while I THINK is probably overstated by me "a bit", I ALSO think it CERTAINLY "captures the flavor' of this issue about "local culture" of which I speak here:

Let's say as you're driving or riding along at the posted speed limit on a multi-lane highway in the "Fast Lane", you happen to come up behind a jerk...err, I'm sorry, I MEAN a person who is driving let's say 10 to 15 MPH slower than that posted speed limit IN that so-called "Fast Lane", and so, using the accepted INTERNATIONAL method of asking that slower driver ahead of you to please move over to a slower lane and allow you to pass you flash your headlights to them.

In Europe, most likely that person in question here WOULD move over.

BUT, in the "Good Ol' U.S. of A" you'd MOSTLY LIKELY either have a that a$$wipe take A SHOT at ya, OR at the VERY LEAST said a$$wipe would somehow sense that you were SOMEHOW questioning his friggin' manhood and driving abilities, AND he'd think YOU were being "inconsiderate" and would "FLIP YOU OFF"!!!

(that's RIGHT...we DO NEED to make getting a friggin' drivers license HARDER TO GET over here, ALRIGHT...I TOTALLY AGREE!!!!)

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)