The root of the problem is that our new American entitlement culture has completely erased the concept of personal responsibility. We have taught people to believe the rest of humanity will accommodate them — and if anything bad happens as a result of their stupidity they should get paid for it.
In your video you clearly had the right of way, but that woman figured the sea would part for her. Now she’ll be suing to recover from your insurance carrier for “what you did to her”. It makes perfect sense to her.
The sense of entitlement and absence of personal responsibility are 75% of the problem. The other 25% is increasing stupidity… My work puts me in contact with thousands of people I would not otherwise experience. I’m talking about people who don’t work, don’t contribute, and don’t think. Many of them make the dumbest guy in boot camp seem like a rocket scientist by comparison. These folks are out in the mix as random-event generators, doing things people with a brain would never do.
This guy (below) decided to go for a walk on the interstate in the fast lane, with his back to traffic. He was racing for a Darwin Award when I arrived.