Re: Road Rage
Originally Posted by
AnnieS
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People project their own emotions onto others and make all sorts of assumptions about what the other driver is thinking. As I don't know what's going on in their heads or what sort of day they have had I find the best way to handle things these days is to put my hand up in a thank you and smile, or just smile or just stare straight ahead. Quite often they aren't thinking clearly.
Firstly, thank God you're okay,
Summer but it must have been quite terrifying at the time.
Annie, you hit the nail on the head there.
Who knows what kind of day these drivers affected by road rage are having? But some people drive like that all the time and are of a naturally angry disposition to begin with. I believe these people need to think twice about getting in their cars/vans to begin with - it's similar to people whose temperament is affected badly by drinking; they shouldn't do so.
I've been a "victim" of road ragers often, mostly it's by the 'tailgators' who want to somehow make you drive faster and faster. No speed is fats enough for them as they want to "own the road". I simply slow down and then they have an option: they can pull back or turn around and find another way to their destination. I am unfazed by them.
When they sometimes do get past me I have my middle finger ready at the window. Without looking at them, they get it rigidly as they zoom past. I couldn't care less.
I had one driver see me do this last summer and he got past and pulled over into a lay-by, motioning me to do the same and stop as I went past him. I didn't as I wasn't looking for a fight, that is the mentality of an imbecile. If I had responded to his wishes though, he would have ended up in a very sorry state if he had attacked me I'm afraid, because I would have simply picked him up and thrown him over a wall or something. But it's not worth being put in a police cell for is it?