Poll of the Day > Are you prone to road rage?

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Personally, I rarely get angry behind the wheel. I'm prone to blaming myself when things get dicey, even if somebody else is screwing up. Like if I have to slam the brake to stop myself from hitting somebody who has cut me off, I get frustrated with myself for not noticing them sooner. Plus, I just get tense, knowing we narrowly avoided an accident.

Basically, I get anxious, not angry.

What about you?

I get angry if someone jeopardizes my life due to their actions. I drive a honda civic coupe so most of the times my vehicle is going to lose in a one on one collision that would either kill me or cause me to be brain dead

Yeah but on the flip side I acknowledge that I myself am a terrible driver.

No; it's extremely rare that I get enraged in general. I totally get the anxiety though. I've had my license for a few months now and am still making mistakes. I can tune out other people's rage from that in the moment but then I tend to ruminate over stuff I did wrong later on.

no only road despair

I get racist against all races, including mine, when Im road raging.

I think its cool that people put their national flag hanging from the rear view mirror so I know where to direct my hatred. Very convenient.

I used to want multiple mounted infinite ammo guided missile launchers on my car, but I've calmed down in recent years.

if someone waits longer than 2 seconds at a clear green light, I rage a bit.

or when someone can't read the "except during" part of a "no turn on red sign"... if it says no turn on red except days X at time Y, you can go during those times.

https://youtu.be/fMlwa4s-5H0

sometimes. it's funner/funnier to get in the way of a road rager and then laugh at them.

actually, there was a situation I was in where I forced myself not to get annoyed and it payed off. hard to explain, but there was a bus that was being driven slightly erratically that I was stuck behind. this was on a "main road" where there's no stop signs, a parking lane, and a single driving lane.

I knew not to get annoyed since it would only lead to me doing something stupid. but it kept driving slow, would enter the oncoming traffic lane slightly, would enter the parking lane slightly and could almost have hit some parked cars or oncoming traffic.

eventually it made it to the next bus-stop which is at a T intersection (if T is the intersection we're travelling left.) there were two crosswalks. I _wanted_ to angrily pass the bus now that it was pulling over into the bus-stop but I forced myself to follow the "don't pass in a crosswalk" rule so I made sure not to go through the crosswalk until the bus did. it was hard to tell since the bus-stop is almost at the same place as the crosswalk.

trying to make sure the bus crossed the crosswalk first, it ended up NOT entering the crosswalk, and only because I was barely paying attention to that I came to a stop right next to it at the crosswalk. and then a kid on a scooter zipped in front of me out from in front of the bus... yikes.

I get nervous, but not into road rage. Actually, I'm afraid of road rage.

Sahuagin posted...

sometimes. it's funner/funnier to get in the way of a road rager and then laugh at them.

actually, there was a situation I was in where I forced myself not to get annoyed and it payed off. hard to explain, but there was a bus that was being driven slightly erratically that I was stuck behind. this was on a "main road" where there's no stop signs, a parking lane, and a single driving lane.

I knew not to get annoyed since it would only lead to me doing something stupid. but it kept driving slow, would enter the oncoming traffic lane slightly, would enter the parking lane slightly and could almost have hit some parked cars or oncoming traffic.

eventually it made it to the next bus-stop which is at a T intersection (if T is the intersection we're travelling left.) there were two crosswalks. I _wanted_ to angrily pass the bus now that it was pulling over into the bus-stop but I forced myself to follow the "don't pass in a crosswalk" rule so I made sure not to go through the crosswalk until the bus did. it was hard to tell since the bus-stop is almost at the same place as the crosswalk.

trying to make sure the bus crossed the crosswalk first, it ended up NOT entering the crosswalk, and only because I was barely paying attention to that I came to a stop right next to it at the crosswalk. and then a kid on a scooter zipped in front of me out from in front of the bus... yikes.

A kid(may have been 2) here died like that.

Annoyance, but not rage.

When I go driving, I stay in my lane.

There's been more than one occasion I've called someone a c sucker that I hope dies in a fire. I'm not outwardly angry, but the words I use sure are.

Mainly when people are going way slower than needed. When its raining really hard or snowing? Thats one thing. On a clear, beautiful day? There is absolutely no excuse to be driving 10-15 under the speed limit. Have some consideration for other people ffs.

My main peeve is when people drive in the left lane at the same speed as a vehicle in the right lane. If you want to drive at that speed, use the lane that's going that speed...dagnabbit.

wpot posted...

My main peeve is when people drive in the left lane at the same speed as a vehicle in the right lane. If you want to drive at that speed, use the lane that's going that speed...dagnabbit.

I can understand that. It definitely disrupts the flow of traffic.

Dawdlers at a green light is another pet peeve.

When the light turns green, put your foot on the gas and fuckin go.

rexcrk posted...

Dawdlers at a green light is another pet peeve.

When the light turns green, put your foot on the gas and fuckin go.

Look both ways and then fuckin' go. I knew someone who got t-boned because of not doing this.

granasaberx posted...

Look both ways and then fuckin' go. I knew someone who got t-boned because of not doing this.

there are people who take at least 5 seconds before going.

wpot posted...

My main peeve is when people drive in the left lane at the same speed as a vehicle in the right lane. If you want to drive at that speed, use the lane that's going that speed...dagnabbit.

yes there are lots of people lately that do this intentionally. even worse when they do that and then accelerate insanely to prevent you from passing them. basically happens every day these days where I am.

granasaberx posted...

Look both ways and then fuckin' go

Well, yeah, obviously. That pretty much goes without saying