It's A Wonder There Aren't More Cases Of Road Rage
By kelly60
@kelly60 (4546)
United States
April 16, 2007 7:17am CST
My mom had an issue with one of her coworkers many years ago, and she asked her why she would always pass her and slow down in front of my mother the way she did. The coworker thought about it for a minute and said that she guessed it was a kind of a control thing. She liked to be the one in control.
I think that may be true of many drivers who do stupid things like that. Many of them probably do not even realize the reasons why they are doing it. I do not think this woman did until my mother asked her. Thankfully, her behavior stopped, at least towards my mother afterwards although I am sure she still did it to others.
Any thoughts on the subject?
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
17 Apr 07
They like to be the one in the lead would be my guess. I get so angry at people who speed excessively so that they can pass you only to end up right in front of you not 5 minutes down the road. There have been so many times when I have had to drive closer to the shoulder and slow down so the person could pass. They nearly run into the driver coming on the opposite side of the road!
@Grandmaof2 (7578)
• Canada
16 Apr 07
I think there's a little bit of an issue with all of us men and women, we all like to feel we're in control at one time or another. I would just like to say however there really is a right and wrong place to feel control in a case where you're acting childish or just plain being an idiot. When we drive our vehicles we are not only taking our own lives but the lives of innocent people. When we play these little road games they could quite easily end up in someone getting hurt. My guess is it would be some innocent child and not the lady who thought she had a problem with your mother. What is she thinking and if she thinks she has a big problem with your mom then take it up with her but do it off road. I don't know what the beef is about but I'm thinking this woman needs to take a grip on the real world or take a bus or taxi. Just my 2 cents worth
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@mamasan34 (6518)
• United States
16 Apr 07
I know what you mean! When I was in college, there was a girl in my Public Speaking class and we got teamed up into groups. Our topic was Road Rage. She told me some crazy things that she did. Some to the point of idiocy! She used to carry around those little bottles of 99 cent nail polish, the little cheapie ones....and if someone made her mad, she would unscrew the top and throw it out of her window as she was passing the car and aim for the hood. That is so dangerous! I was astounded at some of the stories I heard. I can't say that I am not prone to my own bouts of road rage, but I usually just curse people out from the safety of my car. LOL
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@liutingenglish (90)
• China
16 Apr 07
In our life,we form a lot of habits gradully,some habits we can't realize.For example,someone like to talk loudly especailly the situation there're a lot of people,someone can't pass water whenever there's a man behind him,someone is afraid of the smell of his mouth is smelly,and so on.That's just a habit sometime.But some habits have affect others or harm others which we must get rid of them.
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