Fess up...Do You Have Road Rage Issues?

I wouldn't call it road rage, but I certainly get aggitated with other drivers. 

I'm especially picky about people who don't indicate.

Oh, and idiots who slow down almost to a stop when they see a police car, like the cop hasn't already clocked there speed.  

That's horrible Ruth! Several states have banned hand-held phone use while driving, and Massachusetts is considering it. I think all states should ban it.

So, in general, what do you think is behind road rage? Why is it such a problem?

I think we've created a world where people have very little interaction except through (gulp) the Internet and TV.  We live alone, we play alone, we eat alone, everything in our lives today is designed to make us self sufficient to the point that we could go weeks without seeing another human soul and survive.

We've become desensitised to each other, and no longer need each other the way our ancestors did to survive...or so we think. But what's the price emotionally and socially?  Crime is at an all time high, and we get annoyed with the little old grandmother who is in front of us in line and can't walk fast enough for our liking.

We add to that millions of cars on the roads world wide and most of them have only one passenger. While driving we turn on our radios and do everything we can to avoid each other, except when we are angry. 

I think road rage is just one of the many symptoms of our social isolation.

You hit the nail squarely on the head Diana!!!  I agree with you 1,000%!!!! They days of tight-knit families and close friends and neighbors are long gone, sadly!

If only there could be something that could kick off a world wide action...a national or world day of no tv, no internet and actual human contact!!

>>>>or world day of no tv, BRILLIANT, YOU'RE A STAR KRISSY!

Anna would have a fit Krissy, she knows just about everything that's coming on.......I don't get a look in except for Sky News perhaps two or three times a day. Too late to change things, just isn't worth the hassle! Good job I have my PC and friends in POE eh? C'mon a little poor old Ron wouldn't go amiss.