12-05-2008, 11:32 AM
Queenie Wrote:Seriously, what good does honking your horn, screaming, flipping someone off, giving them dirty looks as you go by, etc. do? Well, I know what it does to most - it causes tremendous stress that is passed on to the people they are around. And I can tell you what it doesn't do - it doesn't ruin the other person's day. When someone cuts you off, etc., they are not trying to attack you personally. They are probably just absented minded for the moment and do not mean to upset you so greatly. Before you engage in your road rage next time, think about this - have you ever, in your lifetime of driving, accidentially cut somebody off, pulled out in front of somebody, almost veered into an occupied lane, etc. by accident? I bet you have, and I bet you also did not intend to do so. Jesus people, take a chill pill and don't be in such a rush to die. It will happen naturally on its own. Let somebody over or out, and don't get so upset over such petty happenings.
Well put!!! 8-) I haven't had an accident or ticket for 15 years, but I, too, am guilty of being "absent-minded" and cutting someone off, at which time I slink down in my seat and refuse to look in the rear-view mirror until I am well past my unintended target.. yes, I'm a chicken-sh*t when I have erred on the road.