THE INCOMPETENT DRIVER MANEUVER

My wife taught me the incompetent driver maneuver.  We were traveling on the freeway, she had her turn signal on, but the car next to her would not yield and let her move over.  She just jerked toward the lane anyway and then quickly jerked back.  She called it the incompetent driver maneuver.  The other vehicle honked its horn at her and backed way off.  She then calmly moved over.

I am not recommending this.  For one thing, my wife is very skilled at the incompetent driver maneuver.  A less skilled driver might make a serious mistake.  In addition, some recent road rage incidents are a reminder that people don’t always respond the way you expect.  That being said, the incompetent driver maneuver actually works.

I don’t know if the Trump attack on Syria is brilliant or stupid.  I do know that the entire world is looking at him differently than they did yesterday.  Trump has shown that he can and will take decisive action with little or no warning.  Some people will applaud this, some will scream to high heaven, but all will be well aware of the risk of Donald Trump merging into their lane.  Like I said, the incompetent driver maneuver, while not recommended, can be effective.

TDM

2 thoughts on “THE INCOMPETENT DRIVER MANEUVER

  1. Well said. He’s sending s message to the world that his “red line in the sand” has more bite than his predecessor. He’s not trigger happy. The prior President lacked a pair to back up strong language and presented the enemy with movement timetables our adversary’s used against the West.

    • What Trump is doing is risky, but not nearly as risky as ignoring the problem and hoping against hope that it goes away. All of Trump’s critics need to answer one question: Will this be easier to handle if North Korea gets a missile capable of delivering a nuclear bomb on the U.S.?

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