you are making the error of thinking that the Boston driver
actually notices the NH plates.

Oh, they notice everything! You only *think* that they are not looking
around them. The trick of driving in Boston is to move your eyes,
never your head. It is pretty much the same theory as not making eye
contact on the NY subway.

I used to flick my parking lights when cars crowded me too close on
the rat-race into Storrow Drive, coming off the Tobin Bridge. The
tailgaters figured I was braking and drew back (those NH plates
again!). But the guvmint ruined that technique when it mandated the
cylop's eye brake light.

I recall my astonishment when I went to Washington DC, and the drivers
actually stopped for me to cross the street. (In a different vein, I
was equally astonished when I went to NYC and found that the cops were
polite!)


all the best -- Dan Ford
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