A little of intuition and a bit of common sense

I see a lot of people going around involved with their life and the their daily problems. I have no complaints there as I am one such person. Sometimes I get a feel that many of such people lack a special bone that gives them a little of intuition and a bit of common sense.

Here is an example - traffic sense. Yes. that's a most uncommon 'sense' in our people. When someone is on road, driving, he somehow gets to feel that he owns the road. I would like to call them - the no-common-sensers.

• These think the horn is a device added for the drivers amusement.


• Some people also think that the horn is a stress buster device - well I actually believe we can have altogether a new essay on this topic - "honking" and I am planning to write it soon.


• Since these no-common-sensers are kings of the road ('road ka raja') they think the petty rules such as wrong-side, free-left would not apply to them.


• There are these young no-common-sensers who are well educated (or still educating) who think that a full traffic road is a best place for races. Combined with the amusement device I mentioned above, creating chaos gives them bonus points in the race.

And I come to wonder what these people lack apart from the common sense and why is that they behave like this on the road - then I got flashed to the answer - a bit of intuition and a caring for fellow drivers' safety. This is what they lack. If you have thought that there are people behind of my car who are equally anxious to reach home, you would have freed the left lane. If you thought that it is fatal to try your luck driving wrong side on a busy road, you would not have attempted it and not risked deserting those who are waiting for you to reach home safely. These things look very petty when you read but make a lot of difference. So, lets start by implementing two most basic traffic senses first -

Free-The-Left-Lane and No-Wrong-Side

Definition:sign

[from merriam-webster online]

Main Entry: ¹sign

Pronunciation: \ˈsīn\

Function:noun

Etymology:

Middle English signe, from Anglo-French, from Latin signum mark, token, sign, image, seal; perhaps akin to Latin secare to cut — more at saw

Date:

13th century

1 a: a motion or gesture by which a thought is expressed or a command or wish made known b: signal
2a c: a fundamental linguistic unit that designates an object or relation or has a purely syntactic function <signs include words, morphemes, and punctuation> d: one of a set of gestures used to represent language; also : sign language2: a mark having a conventional meaning and used in place of words or to represent a complex notion
3: one of the 12 divisions of the zodiac
4 a (1): a character (as a flat or sharp) used in musical notation (2): segno b: a character (as ÷) indicating a mathematical operation; also : one of two characters + and − that form part of the symbol of a number and characterize it as positive or negative
5 a: a display (as a lettered board or a configuration of neon tubing) used to identify or advertise a place of business or a product b: a posted command, warning, or direction c: signboard
6 a: something material or external that stands for or signifies something spiritual b: something indicating the presence or existence of something else <signs of success> sign of the times> c: presage, portent <signs of an early spring> d: an objective evidence of plant or animal disease
7plural usually sign : traces of a usually wild animal sign>

[from Wikipedia: Signature]
A signature (from Latin signare, "sign") is a handwritten (and sometimes stylized) depiction of someone's name, nickname or even a simple "X" that a person writes on documents as a proof of identity and intent. The writer of a signature is a signatory. Like a handwritten signature, a signature work describes the work as readily identifying its creator.

[from Wikipedia: Sign]
A sign is an entity which signifies another entity. A natural sign is an entity which bears a causal relation to the signified entity, as thunder is a sign of storm. A conventional sign signifies by agreement, as a full stop signifies the end of a sentence.