Driving not exactly like donating a kidney

Driving not exactly like donating a kidney

By: Ettie Newlands January 10, 2008

Okay, so it wasn't exactly a kidney donation.
It was only letting someone cut in front of me in traffic. But, it WAS rush hour. And it WAS pouring down rain, and it WAS dark. And there WAS an incredible amount of traffic.
Not that I wouldn't donate a kidney. I would. And I will actually, two of them even, when this body dies. And sooner probably, if someone actually asked for one.
But on this particular dark, late, busy, rainy evening, nobody did.
All that was being asked of me - with a questioning look and a hand raised in a sort of semi-wave gesture - was to let a car yield right into the spot in front of me.
That would, of course, put me even further away from home, if only by one car length, than I already was.
Well, naturally I nodded, gesturing that the woman was welcome to pull in front of me; how could I do otherwise?
Now she gave me a real wave, grinning as she went, and I was wondering if the phrase, "road bonding" had ever been used before.
We crept along for another mile and progress short lived, came to another complete standstill.
As we did, I noticed a car in front of my new best friend trying to cut in.
Well-placed street lights and car head lights allowed me to witness the whole questioning look, semi-wave, come hither nod, real wave, and ultimately, the grin and yield process.
Okay, I was hungry and tired but surprised even myself by actually getting teary-eyed like I do when cars pull over for ambulances or fire engines.
Ah, hormones.
So I started realizing that if every car anyone ever gave "cuts" to extended the same courtesy - well, actually, maybe it wouldn't be such a good thing.
The line of traffic would go around the world twice before coming to the first red light.
But for that two-minutes, it honestly felt good to have done a good deed.
Like I said, it wasn't exactly a kidney donation.
But hey, it's a start.

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