@farscythe said in Driving PSA from XKCD:
yeah...i appreciate you are being nice mate....but im still going to get hit by the bus going in the other direction..
Or a vehicle going the same direction on a multi-lane street, or the one behind you who thinks your courtesy toward me is discourtesy toward him... It doesn't matter how nice you are, you don't speak for other drivers.
To say nothing of the risk that I might accept your courtesy just as you get tired of offering it and hit the gas pedal.
The XKCD reminds me that National Lampoon used to have a multi panel cartoon called "Politenessman," who would cause disaster through excessive etiquette in some inappropriate context. Well, thanks for offering to let me in, but I don't want Politenessman to smack me over the head with his stainless steel hanky, so I'll just sit here at my low point in the right-of-way pecking order until my turn comes or a gap naturally opens up, thanks.