Pet-peeve #19

I know this is a phenomenon familiar to most people but I just need to reiterate one of my (many) pet-peeves. I have often thought of making a bumper-sticker that is a play on the "I brake for (insert your favorite critter/cause here)." Mine will go something like, "I brake for no apparent reason." This is an endless cause for frustration on the road. I can't figure out what initiates the firing of the nerve that tells the right foot to apply the brake when there is no cause for slowing. One piece of advice, if the light is green look at the crosswalk sign. If it still says walk, the light is not about to turn red...don't brake!

Sympathy breaking

Ever wander where those phrases come from that you mutter from time to time? Well this one came from me. You know when you're driving down the road in the middle lane and someone on either side goes to turn or break, causing others in that lane to break and for some reason the person in front of you brakes as well?...that is sympathy braking. It drives me crazy. Don't be a sympathy breaker!