Road rage - America's favorite hobby

Rain, rain go away....Yes, it is raining again. After a nice, sunny weekend, we had to start the week off on a wet note. Of course, it didn't start to REALLY rain until noon when I went out for lunch. Figures.

I had a few near-road rage moments this morning, and one at lunch. You know how when you see someone in your side mirror and think, "there is no way this guy thinks he is going to cut in front of me when there is allllllll this space behind me to merge into?" Well, I was thinking just that thought when someone attempted to cut in front of me...without using his signal. GRRRR!!! ( I say attempted to cut in front of me cuz, well, I didn't let him do it - hehehe). I HATE it when people do that! If there is plenty of space behind me to get in, then get the hell in! Don't cut in between me and the car in front of me where there is no space to merge into.

Another person managed to piss me off by doing the "wait til you're within 10 feet of me and then pull out in front of you, even though there is no one behind you, and go really slow" maneuver. After I nearly rear-ended the asshole, I quickly swerved into the middle lane and promptly flipped him the bird.

During lunch time, another person pissed me off by pulling the "Even though your light is green to do a u-turn, I am still gonna go and not even stop at this red light" maneuver. GRRRR.

Of course, it was raining during lunchtime, so I was driving the speed limit and this dude was riding my ass, even though the road was obviously wet, and if I had had to slam on my brakes, he would have definitely hit my ass. Sometimes, I seriously question people's abilities to drive in the rain. Ok, so the word "sometimes" should have been replaced by a more appropriate word, like "always" and the whole statement should have applied to all driving situations and not just limited to rain. But I digress.

Another thing that pissed me off yesterday as I was about to get on the highway, there was this car at a stop sign, and even though I had gotten there first, he decided to go ahead in front of me. Now, normally, this would not piss me off too much. But, the dude decided to drive below the speed limit on a road where passing zones are few and far between. Here is a tip to avoid pissing people like me off: If you plan to drive slow, let the other person go ahead of you. It's as easy as that. Instead of being able to drive at a normal speed on my way home, I had to drive s.....l......o.......w for about 10 miles before I could pass the slow ass turtle driver, and by then, I was pretty peeved. It would have been so much easier for him to have let me go ahead of him, since he planned on going slow anyway. GRRRR!!!!

Enough of my ranting and raving. It is Monday and it is rainy, so I have a semi-excuse for raging on like a lunatic. (at this point, I will grasp at any excuse, valid or not - lol).

I actually have been pretty good lately, and not so road-ragey. I guess I made up for all that goodness in just one day - lol.

Bad me.