In article >, Alexander Rogge wrote:
> I'm very frustrated by the number of driving days that require the use
> of rapid deceleration, evasive action, and rapid acceleration to avoid a
> secondary incident.

This is one of the reasons I am commuting more by bicycle these days.

The idiots on the road are beyond critical mass. Everything backs up.
Sloths fail to accelerate, the queues at lights don't clear, etc. With
the bicycle a route to work and back that cars cannot use is open to me
and I can avoid much of the problems. Also with the smaller vehicle I am
more nimble and I can out accelerate the sloth. I use the left lane to
pass the right turning sloth and if I am turning right I can find a
suitable gap, make a textbook lane change and make my turn.

Moves like that are just impossible in a car given the safety margins I
desire. I don't have the visibility and the car is far too large.