Road-rage @ MindSay

It happened today. Who would have thought it would be road-rage. Then again, why wouldn't it be? The guy just kept on and on. I couldn't stop him and I couldn't stop It either. It just happened but when it was happening it was sooooo good. The guy cut me off and I yelled and blared my horn at him. I think I would've let it go at that. I would've left it. The dickhead stopped. Right in the middle of the road, he just stopped his car and got out. He might have thought he'd had a bad day until he met me.He thought he was being the bear that day, thought he was going to shake his little fist and yell and scream abuse at me. He thought he was going to walk away. He thought all manner of things but he isn't thinking now. He gets out of his car and walks toward me all the while yelling and being angry. He's calling me names - like that's going to wash. Telling me I'm stupid and that I don't know who I'm dealing with and that I should just get out of there while I still could. Then it took me. I felt my face get hot and I saw the sun get bright and then I was on it. I must have picked up the tyre iron on my way out of the car. I don't remember that part. I remember the look on his fat little face changing as he saw me coming at him. He must have seen the rage on my face. I know it. I saw his face change. I watched as he suddenly knew what was happening and that he wasn't the bear today I was. I just let it go, the rage. I just let it run wild, dance all over him, play. I hit him so many times. there was blood all over me, all over the road. Bits of him were flying off as I swung at him. It felt too good to stop, I just wanted it to go on. Then, after. I just felt empty, exhausted, tired and afraid. Like someone might've seen. Maybe they did, I wasn't looking. I don't really care.

Ever wondered what the difference is between a bad driver and a good one? The good driver has manners and uses them. I have decided that what makes a driver bad, is that they consider themselves first among many. It's a simple case of manners that's all. If you let others have more than they ask for, if you allow others to walk before you, if you show others the courtesy you would like from them, then all will be peace and calm upon the roads of the nation.

 

I watched today as a man in a van tried to bully his way into the traffic I was in. Instead of merging calmly and slowly, he had chosen to put his needs first and push his way into the traffic. The fellow in the car next to him probably didn't even notice (he was well ahead in the lane of traffic next to the van.) never-the-less, the van driver pushed his pathetic little engine harder and harder to force the issue.

 

He failed. He fell behind in the traffic and lost what would have been his place ahead of me (I simply ignored him and drove on) as he had lost speed and couldn't keep up. 

 

I would have slowed and allowed him to enter ahead of me into the lane but I put the needs of the people around me ahead of his.

 

I think it's a pretty good rule for life in general: Be gracious in your attitude towards others. Be Kind and relax. Put the extra car length between you and the car ahead of you. It won't get you there any later and it will take a little tension out of your driving experience. Relax, drive like you enjoy the trip and life will be a lot easier.