Cutting people off, flipping the bird, and screaming out of the window these are all signs of road rage and unfortunately these are a few of my boyfriend’s driving habits.
I never understood why he would get so upset and feel the need to do such things. How would yelling out the window affect the other driver? On more than one occasion he’s shown his road rage. Some days he picks me up from the GO train station and almost every time when another driver is trying to exit – instead of being the bigger man and letting them go first – he honks at them and forces his way out. One time when we were driving to dinner, we stopped at a red light and the car in front of us didn’t turn on his indicator until the last minute. The car in front ended up making a very illegal u-turn and Bryan actually rolled down his window and yelled at him. This was just too much for me so I called him out on it.
“Why do you always do that? What are you gaining by yelling out the window?”
“He was being an idiot!” he said
“Yes but you yelling out the window when he probably can’t even hear you is STUPID!” I said. “Why can’t you just focus on driving?” Suddenly he was silent and didn’t say anything.
I’ve noticed that his road rage has reduced a bit since I’ve talked to him and when he acts up I ask him again is it really worth it.
Sometimes as the passenger I feel the need to speak up because my life is the driver’s hands and I don’t know about you but I have some major life plans.
