How about something a little more universally useful to help avoid upsetting other drivers:

1. Use the left lane for PASSING ONLY. Period. If you are in the left lane and someone approaches you from behind, move over at your first safe opportunity--even if you are going faster than the speed limit. Let them pass. Maybe they'll get the speeding ticket instead of you.

2. Signal Your Intentions-more than ever. They (your intentions) may be obvious to you but with darkly-tinted glass in most cars, eye-contact is nearly impossible nowadays; at intersections, especially.

3. Lane Squeezes: Work zones are clearly marked in advance as a rule. Stop trying to beat the traffic by racing down the open lane and forcing yourself in. It causes everyone else to close ranks and drive more aggressively; often causing rear-end collisions because drivers are trying to stop others (like you) from jumping the line. Play Fair for everyone's sake. We'll hate you less.

4. At an intersection, turn into the CORRECT LANE. When making a turn at an intersection, turn into the nearest lane. Yes, I know, it requires an extra turn of that power-assisted steering wheel-so much effort. Drivers coming from other places in that intersection will have a place to turn as well. It greatly improves traffic flow.

5. When you are approaching a stop sign, anticipating a turn into on-coming traffic, PLEASE STOP! When you keep rolling toward the intersection, we can't tell your INTENTIONS. Remember, your very-cool darkly-tinted glass means I can't see you to know whether you are simply asleep or not.

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