Road Rage is Out of Control

It seems as though you can't even leave your house anymore without getting into a fight with someone on the road. What can we blame this on? Is it the failing economy, miserable jobs, broken marriages, or ridiculous amounts of traffic? We can probably go on the assumption that all of these problems can be taken into account for people's attitudes and rage.

Having an 8 month old, I'm terrified of leaving my house sometimes just knowing that someone is going to be driving an inch from the back of my car, because I have the nerve of going the speed limit instead of 20 mph over it. I've heard other parents complaining of the same issues and sadly, parents are having resorting to placing a sticker on their car that says "baby on board," which still doesn't prevent the person who needed be at work 20 minutes earlier from trying to hitch their car to the poor person going the speed limit.

People have now taken the law of merging as a recommendation rather than a must, and they don't even look as they merge onto a road. These people go on the assumption that anyone driving on the road they are merging onto, will just move out of their way. Stop signs have become optional in the mind of these drivers, and yellow lights means to go 90 mph to make sure they aren't forced to go through that red light.

These road ragers are always in a rush, and clearly aren't leaving enough time to get to where they are going. Because of this, they need to put everyone else who is driving around them in danger. These people are a danger to themselves and everyone else and will actually go as far as to purposely hitting other cars, screaming profanities, or pushing people of the road. There have been stories of people getting out of their cars, and making physical contact with the people who are enraging them. In Akron, OH, there was a woman who was returning from a store and was stopped at a light. "A man was stopped behind the victim, got out of his car and approached her. She rolled the window down to see what he wanted and he cursed at her and said he wasn't going to be "played" like that. The man then punched the woman in the face twice. She pulled away, but he followed; she eventually lost him. She then ended up in the hospital, where officials called police." (http://blog.cleveland.com). Its bad enough we are always in fear of terrorists, but now we need to be in fear of a fellow US citizen endangering our lives as well.

As hard as it is, if you're being pursued by one of these "crazies" the best precaution you can take is to move out of their way and let them by. It's going to destroy your ego, but it's a sure way to keep you safe.