Ben:

People didn't go around trying to kill each other back then because there was concern for other people. Today, most people are only concerned with their own priorities and don't give a damn about anyone else.

Case in point. Yesterday my wife and I were leaving a shopping center when barrelling towards us in our lane was a Lexus SUV intent on parking as close to the Blockbuster return slot as humanly possible. When I stopped the car and refused to drive around the other car (which would have put me in the path of oncoming traffic) the other driver began scowling and gesturing. I finally got by when he pulled over to/onto the sidewalk. I thought this event was over then but this guy then chased me for a mile just so he could pull up next to me at a light and ask "what my problem was". I explained to him that in America we drive on the right side of the road. This statement didn't seem to register with him so I took advantage of a green turn arrow and lost him.

Second case in point. Driving down a residential street I was passed by two car loads of kids on a 90 degree blind corner. These people had zero concern for anyone who may have been coming the other way or the people who were walking on the road.

There is definitel a resistance to going with the flow in this country that I'm afraid is only getting worse.

Chris