Oceans 130? Could work, but they have about 117 sequels to go before they get to that one.

Ladies and gentlemen, responsible drivers of the world, I have a proposal. It is based on the following observation: every driver is playing their own personal game. For too many people, it is a zero-sum game; the object is to be first, and the way to win is a) get ahead of the other guy, and b) don't let the other guy get ahead of you.

When you drive, you can choose to play a different game. I propose the following very simple idea:

Whenever somebody goes ahead of you, you score one point.

This transforms the game from zero-sum to positive-sum. In an interaction between drivers, both drivers gain something. The one who goes ahead gets to be in front, and the one behind scores a point. You can imagine estimating the value of a point as the fraction of a second difference in arrival time you lose by letting the other guy go ahead. Since the value of individual points is so small, there is really no point in trying to hoard them by driving very slowly. And your final score must be a trade-off between travel time and points. I prefer to simply think of the points as a kind of tally of driving karma. The one extension rule I might consider is scoring two points for large buses and tractor-trailers.

You can also think about the interaction of populations of drivers. If all drivers are playing Zero Sum Driver, the road is a mess. If a few drivers start playing You Go I Score, both populations benefit: the ZSD players have more opportunities to get ahead, and the YGIS players have abundant folks willing to give them points. As the proportion of YGIS players increases, everybody continues to win because the roads become nicer places to drive overall.

Next time you drive, think about the games you and the other drivers around you are playing.