Road Test

Nobody asked but …

Here is a good way to check your latent tendencies on the voluntaryist/interventionist scale.

When you are riding shotgun with a significant other or a close associate driving, do you:

• Give unrequested directions?  If not, you might be a voluntaryist.
• Ask what route will be taken?  If not, you might be a voluntaryist.
• Mime the mechanical techniques of operating the vehicle?  If not, you might be a voluntaryist.
• Point silently turns that could be made?  If not, you might be a voluntaryist.
• Supervise braking, accelerating, and speed decisions?  If not, you might be a voluntaryist.
• Relax and trust the driver?  If so, you might be a voluntaryist!

— Kilgore Forelle