Do you have road rage?

Take deep breath's is the best solution for me, but what gets my heart pumping is when there is 2 lanes merging into 1 and you get all the idiot's speeding up the lane thats ending then trying to force there way in , in front of you.. i have to really keep my cool there. Do they think there life is more important than mine , so im happy to sit and wait in traffic as i have nothing better to do..

I love to drive; to me the challenge is sticking to the speed limit, and all the rules and laws of the road. What really gets under my skin are those fog lights! They are meant to be used in FOG; not on a clear night on a two lane road with you behind me, blinding me in my mirrors! I get angry when people speed past me in a populated area, especially around schools. I wish I had the money to open up a driving school. I would call it "Bummies Driving School for Dummies". I think road rage is a scary thing. I sure hope I don't do anything to get hurt by someone else. As for me? I pray! Yes, for me it really helps. I say: "In Jesus name I pray, please keep me safe lord. Please stop me from becoming angry, and help me to stay legal". And I use my radio to keep my mood elevated.If you already feel happy it's harder to get mad. Even with all of this, it is soooo hard not to scream and cuss and blow my horn! Especially in the school zones. I live in a small, tight nit community area, where we all know each other. So I sometimes have a hard time controlling myself when I see, for example: the driving teacher for the county speeding down the highway with kids in the car, trying to get back because they are a few minutes late! I am not an angel by a long shot; and I try really hard not to judge others. But when those others are putting my life and my families life in danger, you bet I get angry. But how you deal with your anger has a lot to do with your environment and what else is bothering you.I know all of this, yet I fall into the same trap! It is a vicious cycle. All we can do is take it one car ride a a time and try to be the best driver on the road.I said the best, NOT the fastest driver. I have been called an old fogy for my beliefs, but I don' care. There are to many people out there on the road. Most accidents are caused by poor driving habits.Point blank. All it takes is one second and you could hit someones kid.OK I'll quit preaching now! I guess my bottom line is I try to constantly put things in perspective and keep my defense strong. As long as I am watching the other drivers I should be able to avoid an accident.

No why bother dose not get you there any faster and you might get somebody killed I think it's stupid to see people do that when they are driving. Most road rage is caused by road stupidity if people would pay attention and stay off the phone and drive like they are suppose to less of this would happen

It is a normal reaction when someone does something unpredictable out on the highway, it is a way to vent, but you have to know when to let it go and not let it eat away at you. That can be dangerous.

Well, for awhile there I was getting bad. I got really ticked off when people would drive too close to me, then try to go around me even though there was nowhere to go!! So I would get my heart racing and go grrr a lot. But now, I learned to relax and breathe in. Those people are idiots. So if someone is driving really close to me (when I'm already going over the speed limit) I slow down :-D Then when they try to go around me, I speed up. Screw you for driving too close to me and trying to push me into going faster. I guess that could seem like road rage, but it's pretty funny. Here's another thing that's funny, watching someone cut you off, than cut in and out of traffic for a mile. Then at a light 1 mile down the road, I look to the left and it's the same person! Guess all that cutting in and out really got them so far ahead of me haha!

I ued to get really upset and sometimes really angry if someone was driving way below the speed limit and I couldn't get by them. Or if someone would cut me off that would upset me too, now it bothers me a little but not at all like it used to.

This may sound absolutely crazy but it has the totally opposite affect to me. I can be really frustrated and angry at home but when I get behind the wheel of my car I am extremely calm, if someone cuts me up I think so what, what's the point in getting mad, none what so ever, you just get worked up, your heart beats faster, your stress levels raise all for what? I am very considerate when I drive and have plenty of patience for other drivers. Weird or what!

Hi kareng my new friend.LOL I do get really upset when something silly happens on the road. Some people should not be allowed to drive on the roads. Because they could have caused some serious accidents. But luckily Im very causious while driving and I can always tell when someone is going to do something stupid.

yes ....... but some time

I used to get really mad at things like that, but I guess I've mellowed with age! Don't know if that's good or bad. LOL

Most of the time I can manage to keep my road rage confined to mere utterances rather than outright acts of stupidity, although there are times when I have been tempted to do some really stupid things just as a payback to another driver. Just a couple of days ago I was running a little behind for a doctor's appointment 35 miles away. It was not that big of a deal since I was only a few minutes behind, but there was a truck going a few miles per hour below the speed limit just ahead of me. Every time there was a passing zone, he would speed up so that I could not pass then slow back down. At one point in time he actually went 20 mph over speed limit through the passing zone to prevent me from passing, then dropped his speed lower than what it had been before. He was obviously doing this deliberately. Although I did not retaliate, I will admit that the thought did cross my mind! There are so many drivers out there though who have no regard for others that it is sad. It is not only this though. Some do it out of carelessness, some from boredom, some to feel in control, and I guess it just makes some people happy to risk the lives and safety of others. Thirteen years ago, shortly after the birth of my youngest son, I was returning to the hospital with him because of some medical problems. Another driver was in a hurry and decided to pass where there was no room to pass. He ran my car onto the shoulder of the road, and an oncoming car into the ditch. My car was still drivable, and I could have caught him if I wanted. Let me tell you, if my newborn baby were not in the car with me, there he would have seen what road rage was all about!

yes, very badly. i am trying to work on it very hard now that i have a child in the car with me. i am also trying to get my hubby to work on this also!!