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Zen Motoring.

Been driving across the land this week.
It's apparent that driving standards have lowered, but it needn't be a race to the bottom.
Don't get vexed: simply apply the rules of
CPAZM (Craig Pullen Approach to Zen Motoring).

Let people through. Watch as the congestion clears around you; it matters not if a person you don't know gets to their destination before you get to yours.
Everyone has lapses of concentration, or gets in the wrong lane occasionally, including you. Forgive them.
Don't allow others to draw you into their desire for conflict.
It's not your duty to regulate someone else's speed. Move over. They'll be waiting at the lights soon enough; Be the lane change you want to see in the world.
Give yourself extra time*, and waiting in a queue just becomes sitting down, listening to a podcast/sick beats, in a comfortable place.
Put a hobnob in your obsolete tax disc holder.
Don't forget: you are not stuck in traffic: you ARE traffic.

*The average speed on the Strategic Road Network in the UK is 57mph.

Hope that helps.

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