This world is filled with all kinds of people.  There are people who inhabit towns of all sizes.  There are people who inhabit suburbs.  There are people who live in rural settings.  No one place is better than another.  It boils down to individual tastes.  It takes all kinds.  It doesn’t matter where you live.  It does matter how you behave in your area.  There are rules, both written and unwritten, that must be observed.  It is the observance of the unwritten rules that I’m most concerned with.  Follow the unwritten rules people.  Ignorance of them is no excuse.
I live on a dirt road.  Let me say that again.  I live on a DIRT ROAD.  It’s not a paved four lane highway.  It’s dirt.  It’s narrow.  There are trees and bushes pushing up against the road side.  People who have lived on a dirt road for a long time understand how to drive on a dirt road.  The rules are really simple to understand.  They are common sense.  If you meet a another vehicle coming toward you here is exactly  what you should do; Slow down, move over, and politely wave as the other vehicle slowly and easily crawls past you.  This seems simple doesn’t it?  How hard is it to slow down and move over?  How hard is it to raise your hand in a polite gesture?  For the folks who move from city to dirt road, this seems to be rocket science.
Let’s consider the first part.  Is slowing down hard?  I find that it isn’t.   I simply lift my foot off of the gas pedal and apply slight pressure to the brake pedal.  By doing this my vehicle begins to lose velocity.  I have driven a great many different vehicles in my lifetime and this procedure has worked every time.  I can’t speak for all vehicles but it is my belief that most will respond similarly to the above mentioned procedure.  There is no reason that I can think of that would warrant breaking this rule.  However, I  have witnessed this rule being broken on occasion by the new folks in the area.  I can forgive this obvious breach of etiquette a few times but I have my own system of justice that I will and have employed if the rule is continually broken.  The first time we meet and you do not slow down I just happily wave and  move over.  The second time we meet and you do not observe the rule I will still move over and slow down but I will not happily wave.  The third time we meet and you do not observe the rule I will move over but I will not slow down or wave.  The fourth time I see you coming toward me and I can discern that it is you I will accelerate my vehicle to whatever velocity it will gain until I have passed you.  I will still move over but if i can get my vehicle to a hundred miles an hour by the time we meet then that’s what I’ll do.  You will get a lovely shower of gravel.  Please accept this as my gift to you.
Let’s take the second part now.  When I want to move my vehicle in one direction or the other I administer pressure to the steering wheel.  I simply nudge the steering wheel in a clockwise or counter clockwise manner.  This procedure has worked for me every time I’ve tried it.  I can’t speak for all vehicles but all the ones I’ve ever driven have reacted in the same manner.  It is my belief that most do.  Many of  the new folks in the area must have foreign vehicles.  They can’t seem to make them move over an adequate amount.  I have wondered if they’re afraid that they will scratch their foreign vehicles on the many tree branches and bushes jutting out into the road.  This arguement doesn’t make any sense.  They must have seen these many obstacles when they looked at the property before buying it.  Why would you buy real estate sight unseen?  That would be crazy.  If you don’t want to scratch your vehicle don’t drive it on a dirt road.  If you must drive on a dirt road and you cannot move over then we will have a contest.  I will not move over for you.  I will aim my vehicle at yours and close my eyes.  We will see if your vehicle can in fact move over.  My truck is scratched and beaten.  It won’t feel a thing if we smash into each other.  Let’s try it.  I’m game.
Let’s consider the third part, the polite wave.   I don’t care where you are from.  We wave at each other.  It simply is a sign of respect and understanding.  The wave says to the other driver, “yes we live on a dirt road, yes I have moved over and slowed down, yes I acknowledge your membership in this dirt road community, yes I like you, yes we can be friends, yes you can borrow my lawn mower, yes we’ll have you over for dinner, and yes we will not try to kill each other over breaches of etiquette.  Slow down, move over, and administer a nice heartfelt hand gesture such as a wave.  This can’t be that damn hard to understand.