My wife, Mary called Thursday morning and told me about two drivers she encountered on her way to work. One was coming onto the interstate, the other was trying to exit the interstate at the I35, I20 split. They both had on their blinkers signaling to the other their intent. The each wanted the other one to get out of their way.

But rather than slowing down and letting the other guy pass, they both tried to race ahead of each other. Of course, by the time they both realized, that they couldn't get ahead of the other one, it nearly caused a wreck. You can imagine the rantings of both of those people as they got to work. It probably set the tone for their whole day.

None of us like traffic jams. None of us like the idiot drivers. That whole scenario could have been avoided if either one of…