A driver tailgated and honked at me angrily for no good reason

I was tailgated and honked at today. The driver proceeded to pass me on the right hand side. I was not doing anything wrong. The situation was that there was a car turning left in front of me and I had to slow so they could make the turn before I could proceed. When the car behind me was getting closer and honking, I just kept my ground and continued to drive defensively. We were moving the whole time, just slowly. The care behind me continued to honk at me. Once we got going again and the car behind me proceeded to pass me on the right, I was horrified as this was not only dangerous of them but illegal. I looked at the license plate and told my passenger, as I recited the plate number, that I should call the police and report them for careless driving. It didn't take long before I forgot all about it until just now when I seen your discussion. There are so many careless and disrespectful drivers out there that at the time, it is unsettling but unless it is really startling, I soon forget about it.

honked at...yelled at...the sign language...yup, I've experienced it all. I got yelled at once by a guy who nearly sideswiped me because he felt that it was his turn to go and that I should have stopped. The problem with that was that he had a stop sign and I did not...didn't even have a yeild sign. When I pointed that out to him he just took off...no appology. I do think that laying on the horn is distracting and can also startle people and cause accidents. I rarely use my horn because of that reason. I use it so rarely that when I saw a guy backing up towards me, I had trouble finding it to alert him that I was there.

I try not to let it get to me, but yes it has happened. Unless you're in an actually dangerous situation -- where someone is banging into your car on person, or someone actually gets out of the car and tries to hurt you... the best thing to do is just look away and move on. They WANT to get a reaction out of you, and it angers them more if you do anything they consider provocation. Or, you could try my mother in law's method, and if you have someone just tailgating you... step on the breaks. They will be at fault for the accident, and maybe it will teach them a lesson. But I don't recommend it.