Resolution #3: Update - "Slow" Progress

Status update on my commitment to be a better slower driver: marginal improvement. Let me explain. I drive every day to work and must traverse Lower Wacker Drive (see Batman Begins chase seen with the Joker, and you know what I'm talking about) to get to and from my office's parking garage. Right now, it is under major construction, so the roads are no longer smooth. You basically have to go four-wheelin' with your non-rugged vehicle. It doesn't bother me much, except for the glacially slow people in front of you who fear terrestrial collapse if the go above 7 mph.

In any case, I was entering the construction zone, which has a 15 mph speed limit. I must've been at 22 mph, which is a tad quick but I was applying the brakes to slow down. Lucky me. Just as I entered the construction area, a mildly bitter construction worker gesticulated (yes, gesticulated) in a semi-fit of rage with his hands to get me to slow down. I cranked down the window, and he was furious. "This is not a racetrack!!!" he bellowed. I told him, "I was slowing down. You can't see my brakelights from the front of the car, can you?" This made him even more angry. "Who do you think you are???" He blared. I replied, "Calm down, buddy." This, of course, did not help. I drove off while he continued to scream. Needless to say, I was slightly humored by the encounter. Okay, so it was a little bit fast, but I always slow down just as I enter construction zones, not 100 yards before. As far as real progress on Resolution #3, I can't give myself any credit. I still want to mash the throttle. This is going to be a long road.