It might be counter-intuitive, but recently I came across another example where being too nice might not be such a good thing on the road. It's ironic, because I'm always annoyed when drivers display a lack of respect or safety for others by failing to signal and such.
There was a car speeding on the curb lane that failed to beat the traffic before reaching some parked cars, and hence came to a stop and turned on his/her signals to merge. The car directly in front of me, who was leading a line of five vehicles, came to a rapid stop to let the person merge. I had room to stop, but my first response after hitting the brakes was to glance in my rear-view to see whether the big honking SUV behind me -- with a bumper worryingly much higher than mine -- was paying attention and would stop in time, and the vehicles further down the line.
Anywhoo, everyone stopped in time, but I couldn't help but wonder whether the driver ahead of me, who was just trying to be nice, was perhaps being too nice in this situation.
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