| Consideration is defined as: thoughtful or | | | | guy a break. |
| sympathetic regard or respect; thoughtfulness | | | | |
| for others: If you have been reading our | | | | You will be amazed, that once you are in the |
| editorials on defensive driving, then you | | | | habit of letting people in front of you, |
| know that Awareness is a recurring theme in | | | | suddenly as if by magic, other drivers will |
| many of them. | | | | suddenly start letting you in front of them. |
| | | | Don't believe me? Try it for 1 week and then |
| Making a connection with the above 2 states | | | | tell me it doesn't work. Not everyone will |
| of mind is easy. If your aware, then it is | | | | respond to your thoughtfulness, some people |
| simple to take the short step to being | | | | can still be jerks. But most will, a smile a |
| considerate. Consideration of other drivers | | | | wave... pretty good feelings for you too. The |
| is a trademark of great drivers... drivers I | | | | secret chemistry behind this is likewise |
| think of as Pros. | | | | pretty simple. When the other guy is treated |
| | | | nicely, your deed becomes part of their |
| Of the many issues that separate good drivers | | | | awareness. So instead of habitually pulling |
| from bad, a lot if not most of them take | | | | in front of others, many will remember your |
| place inside the car. Things like keeping the | | | | letting them in and reciprocate to the next |
| distractions to a minimum. And let's not | | | | person in the sequence. Like rings spreading |
| forget the phone. A car is not the new phone | | | | from a pebble dropped in a pond. |
| booth... regardless of what others may tell | | | | |
| you. | | | | Why not take the one week challenge and give |
| | | | it a shot. The absolute worst that can happen |
| Add this to your attitude while driving. Are | | | | is you might feel good about your driving. |
| you in a good mood? Are you upset about | | | | Once that happens, you are on your way to |
| something? Here is a good test of whether you | | | | becoming a Pro... in fact your almost there! |
| should be driving right now; are you able and | | | | |
| willing to be considerate to others? If not | | | | Your evolution moves quickly when you look |
| park and cool down. | | | | for opportunities to be thoughtful. It takes |
| | | | attention... once you "get it" then |
| If you insist on a personal standard of | | | | everything else falls into place. All the |
| politeness, a number of critical emotional | | | | distractions inside the car take 2nd seat to |
| components line up perfectly. None of us can | | | | what's going on outside... where the real |
| be considerate when we are focused inside of | | | | action is. |
| ourselves... not paying attention to what's | | | | |
| going on around us. It's OK in your | | | | Focus on this and you will shortly find that |
| bedroom... it is not OK in a moving vehicle. | | | | all your driving skills have mystically |
| Let's go back to the attention word again. | | | | improved. And the final bonus is you will be |
| When you pay attention, you automatically | | | | proud of yourself for becoming a good |
| think ahead and notice those constant | | | | driver... in fact, better than most :) right? |
| opportunities that occur to give the other | | | | |