Do you have road rage?
By tanniebabe78
@tanniebabe78 (2934)
United States
June 5, 2008 1:24pm CST
I don't have RAGE exactly. I do tend to have some foul language and gestures sometimes though. Which I go to church and pray about every Sunday. I can't let something like traffic keep me out of grace!
What do you do about the guy that sits in the middle of the green light, rides your bumper or passes you even when you are going over the speed limit yourself?
3 responses
@lflores413 (10)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Yes i have road rage badly! i am guilty of it , but i try not to be! because it is dangerous. But i think it depends on the driver if they are a bit impatient with people . it makes them be more agressive (i need to get there now!) driver.If someone tale gates me i don't even pay attention i just mind my business and thats it .... just have the atttitude like this" i am going the speed limit, he is not , and he can ride my bumper like there nooo tomorrow" he will be the one with the 450 dollar speeding ticket...
@dragonstar1 (330)
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20 Jun 08
I think half of the problem here is that most people are unwilling to follow the road rules. I get upset as I remember most of the rules. (I'm aware we all forget a little once that test is passed and we are out on our own). I do think though if people were more considerate and followed the rules a little more, we'd all shout a lot less.
One of my major gripes is circular signs, in the UK they are an order! Most of these signs are speed orders. I failed my first driving test as I was in a 50 zone and I was doing 40. The sign ordered 50 and I should have been travelling at that speed once I passed the sign. Most road users consider this to be just an indication of how fast you can go and not the order it states.
A lot of country lanes here are 50, and as with lanes often there are blind corners. Often you will come around one of these corners and find someone travelling at 30mph? Is this dangerous or what, you can't see them, yet you have been ordered to travel at 50mph. Generally I find they are accidents waiting to happen.
I just wish more people would observe and take into account the rules.
I do check my highway code around once a year just to check to see what I have forgotten.
Along with the things I had forgotten is that you are supposed to give way to a vehicle travelling up hill if there is an obstruction. Its rare that this happens and normally the person travelling down hill takes advantage. This means that you have to slow and use a lower gear. Which is exactly the reason why the rule is there, as there is more chance of you stalling and causing an obstruction.
Music is a great help, if I'm singing while driving, I find I shout a lot less.
@ruby222 (4847)
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5 Jun 08
pERSONALLY I DONT HAVE ROAD RAGE..BUT HUBBY GETS A BIT HOT UNDER THE COLLAR SOMETIMES AND MUMBLES A FEW CHOICE WORDS AT OTHER DRIVERS!!..i ALWAYS GET HIGHLY EMBARASSED WHEN HE DOES IT..IT MAKES TYOU FEEL SO SMALL..BUT MANY TIMES IVE BEEN GOING ALONG IN THE CAR AND WITNESSED SUCH IMPATIENCE..ITS UNBELEIVABLE..WHY CANNOT PEOPLE JUST WAIT A MINUTE OR TWO!!!ooooim so sorry ive locked the caps on by mistake!!