You know, Arbi, you might find it interesting that when I moved from New Mexico to Colorado about a dozen years ago I remember being impressed with how kind Colorado drivers were in comparison. Of course, the Boulder area is a mess and they must have missed that memo... but for the record, there are places where it's worse. The only thing New Mexico has going for it is that there are less people there, but even that is changing.

And now I've moved to the land of the most polite drivers I've ever come across. They are downright dangerous at 4-way stops when everyone is trying to politely yield right-of-way to the other person. Elsewhere traffic is a mess, but by golly, people will let you in if you signal. (Even when you're driving the streets of Boise and are trying to get out of a business drive-way into a street that's close to gridlocked, someone will let you in really soon.) The one time the van died in traffic tons of people stopped to ask if I needed help.

I'm sorry it was different for you the other day. And I'm glad that one person remembered to be kind.