People that cause road rage

by Teresa
(Virginia)

At times, what drives me crazy is other peoples driving. Have you ever been driving down the highway, feeling relaxed and enjoying the day when suddenly you come upon a driver that you know simply has no clue about road rules, courtesy to other drives or just a basic knowledge of how to drive?

I can feel my blood pressure going up when I get behind these people. For example, once I was driving and came up behind two cars, one in the left lane and the one in front of me in the right lane. I move over into the left lane, which also happens to be called the PASSING lane and the car in that lane stays the same speed, driving next to the car in the right lane. This lady doesn't speed up to get over so I can pass, she just keeps to her steady speed and I can feel the aggravation and anger climbing inside me. What is the matter with people like this? Don't they understand they are in the passing lane, that it means they're to pass other cars, not drive at the same speed?

This goes on for miles and miles. I beep my horn, flash my lights and nothing budges this woman. My aggravation reaches the point that I'm tempted to nudge her bumper to get her to speed up and move over. Fortunately, I am able to keep hold of my temper, but when the car in the right lane slowed down a little and I was able to quickly swerve over and jump in that lane and pass the woman who was studying to be the "driving Grandma Moses", I looked over at this woman and knew I was looking at the cause of a lot of road rage.