We have all become upset at that person who doesn't use their signal , who cuts us off , who does something inappropriate then flips us off and acts like it's our fault . How we respond to these people, particularly with our children in the car, is very important . We don't know who they are .
The woman in the picture, did not signal to get out of the short merging Lane and into the flow of traffic on Highway 347 also known as Nesconset Highway. She merely squeezed her way in and when the driver, who really had nowhere else to go, tried to get ahead to let her in behind them, she swung open her car door to force them to stop . After doing that, she laughed and threw them kisses, as if to firther taunt them.
A very easy to forget experience, except for one thing, she had at least one child in the backseat. That child then swung open the sliding door of the van and gave the other driver the finger while screaming expletives . The mother's response was to laugh harder still. What kind of a parent does that? This was such a shocking and disturbing occurrence I thought about it for hours afterward. What is that boy learning from his mother? How to do whatever you want in spite of the rules? How to be extremely aggressive toward others? How to be verbally abusive to strangers? Well yes, he has learned all of the above from his mother. Children learn what they live, If this boy experiences this kind of road rage when he is older , what will happen to him? If he responds to another driver in the manner that was done today, he could be shot, or killed some other way . It could have even happened today.
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Would it be only the fault of the other person? Wouldn't part of the blame be his mother's? After all, she taught him that this Behavior was not only okay, but fun. She was laughing hysterically! Yes, her behavior was upsetting, but that she was teaching this behavior to her child was far more disturbing .
We should think about this when we are on the road , cursing other drivers and not observing the rules of the road . We are teaching our children to be good drivers and good people, we are not teaching them to be abusive and that the rules don't apply to them. Let's make our choices wisely . If we have learned nothing recently, we have learned that how we raise our children matters, our Behavior matters. Be calm on the road and you will also be safe.
