So I am trying to control my road rage...

[Steve The Bluesman]

And I am having a hell of a time...

I know it does nothing but aggravate me, and I tell myself that it is not really worth it to get myself angry, that I should just be cool and let it roll off my back, but this is not working...

For example:

On the 20 minute ride home from work yesterday:

Making a left out of my lot onto a two lane, a douchebag in a Subaru wagon stops right in front of me in traffic instead of giving me enough space to take a left...

On a merging on-ramp, some redneck in a pickup tries to speed up and sneak in front of me...

On a rotary some jerk off in a Jetta on a cell phone almost runs into me because he is swerving all over the road, paying no attention...

Some douche in an IS300 keeps rolling through a stop sign and almost hits me as I go through an intersection...

I should just be cool - this is how people always drive. I have been driving for over 20 years, I know this...but the cumulative effect of commuting for years in hellish Boston traffic is starting to get to me more than usual.

My 1st instinct is to beat all of the above to death with a tire iron.

I need some zen master technique to create calm in the face of rage. Any ideas?


Bluesman

 

[fogg88]

I can empathize with you.

...I get some wicked Tourette's Syndrome every time I drive.

 

[covergrl80]

Yeah I know how you feel!!!

Some chick whats to ride my ass,so I tap my breaks she almost slams into the back of me then she got pissed and started yelling like a bumb ass while I was laughing at her. So all the way down the highway I rode next to another car. yeah she was soo pissed!

 

[rnch]

agter seeing your pics here, steve...i'd hate to have you mad at me!!

 

[karachi183]

I've learned that whatever you do do not act on it bro.. Not worth it nowadayz it seems like all tough guys press charges.... Keep it cool bro

 

[PBR]

bro i used to try and stay calm and be the bigger person and just let shit go....but we have a new development that just went in, and added about 3000 more cars...i realized that the only person suffering is ME....my RoadRage is now at an all time high...im going to get out and beat the fuck out of the next person who tries to kill me with their vehicle....

 

[Steve The Bluesman]

So - try to be cool - but maybe one day, if you bide your time, the right oppurtunity may present itself so you can beat the living shit out of some asshole unlucky enough to cut you off for the 250,000th time...and not get cuaght. It would make it all worth it...

I'm kidding - but man, I wish I could turn the other cheek and not have my blood pressure going through the roof while I am doing it. I need to be cool, relax, and really buy into being the better man. Maybe I should be high every time I get behind the wheel.

I have to do something, I am back on cycle in two weeks.


Bluesman

 

[PBR]

So - try to be cool - but maybe one day, if you bide your time, the right oppurtunity may present itself so you can beat the living shit out of some asshole unlucky enough to cut you off for the 250,000th time...and not get cuaght. It would make it all worth it...

I'm kidding - but man, I wish I could turn the other cheek and not have my blood pressure going through the roof while I am doing it. I need to be cool, relax, and really buy into being the better man. Maybe I should be high every time I get behind the wheel.

I have to do something, I am back on cycle in two weeks.


Bluesman

bro...i know it would be such a relief- i would probably fall asleep at the wheel, once i got back into my truck afterwards...

 

[milo hobgoblin]

No..

just beat them with a tire iron. you'll feel a lot better and do society a favor by getting rid of them for us.

 

[jenscats5]

Yeah I know how you feel!!!

Some chick whats to ride my ass,so I tap my breaks she almost slams into the back of me then she got pissed and started yelling like a bumb ass while I was laughing at her. So all the way down the highway I rode next to another car. yeah she was soo pissed!

Don't the drivers around here just completely SUCK??

 

[covergrl80]

Don't the drivers around here just completely SUCK??

They think there race car drivers! I hate living in this part of the state,again why I can't wait to move!! LOL

 

[jenscats5]

They think there race car drivers! I hate living in this part of the state,again why I can't wait to move!! LOL

I95 @ rush hour is TERRIBLE!!

But in my travels I'd have to say that people from VA & Quebec are much, much worse....

 

[dirty~d~]

Road rage to me is the lady that was in the national news clips section of yesterday's paper:

A man made a crude hand gesture to a woman because he cut her off and she honked at him. While he was still making the gesture she pulled out her .357 and shot off his finger. My kinda woman!

 

[chesty]

...and now she is in jail for about 10 years

 

[covergrl80]

LOL! Down town NY is way better then driving here! Nothing but frickin Idiots

 

[BOWTECH]

I love it when a driver is really pissed off at me I just smile and wave...Boy does he get really mad then...If I really want to get him going I will then blow him a kiss....lmao

 

[Neo22]

Yeah I know how you feel!!!

Some chick whats to ride my ass,so I tap my breaks she almost slams into the back of me then she got pissed and started yelling like a bumb ass while I was laughing at her. So all the way down the highway I rode next to another car. yeah she was soo pissed!

maybe she wouldnt ride your ass if you would move out of the way and understand that the twatcicle has somewhere to be.,

 

[UA_Iron]

there's a pill, called halotestin, it will give you solutions to the anger problems.

 

[BUBBLES]

I get roadrage too but I calm down listening to news on the radio or making a phone call.

 

[covergrl80]

maybe she wouldnt ride your ass if you would move out of the way and understand that the twatcicle has somewhere to be.,

I honestly do not care where she had to be! I guess she should have got out of the beed sooner and out the door and she would not have had the problem of ME!

 

[JayC9]

book on disc and forget the world

 

[Mr. dB]

Yeah I know how you feel!!!

Some chick whats to ride my ass,so I tap my breaks she almost slams into the back of me then she got pissed and started yelling like a bumb ass while I was laughing at her. So all the way down the highway I rode next to another car. yeah she was soo pissed!

You should have been ticketed. You were in the wrong. If you're not passing someone, you don't belong in the left lane.

Rolling roadblocks should be shot on sight.

 

[PBR]

You should have been ticketed. You were in the wrong. If you're not passing someone, you don't belong in the left lane.

Rolling roadblocks should be shot on sight.

"Rolling Roadblocks"...lmao- those will get me into orbit faster than anything else on the highway...

 

[covergrl80]

You should have been ticketed. You were in the wrong. If you're not passing someone, you don't belong in the left lane.

Rolling roadblocks should be shot on sight.

LOL!! I guess you should be happy it was not you behind me!