Without fail, every time I get behind the wheel I catch myself feeling guilty over my negative and intolerant behavior. However, I truly question the eligibility of many people being allowed to have a license, own a car and simply be out on the road. Yet, surprisingly, it's not always drivers that get my blood boiling, but bicyclists, pedestrians and just about anyone that happens to be even the slightest of annoyance near the vicinity of my car.
Nearly every day without fail, I find myself giving the evil glare to idiotic drivers. I wave my hands like an insane maniac and I'm almost positive my yelling and chaotic gestures appears like I'm a theatrical mime who, well, just got cut off by an impolite driver.
Despite the absolute annoyance of athletic bicyclists who believe they own every square inch of the road as they pay no attention to you trying so hard to not hit them. Despite the pedestrians who purposely choose to move as slow as humanly possible while walking past your car as they make sure to peer deep into your soul because they already know they really don't care about your presence or your kindness for stopping and waiting while they pass. Despite the drivers who use the merging lane or the middle divider lanes to intentionally cut off everyone because they feel as though they have priority and don't deserve to wait in the line of traffic like everyone else. (Which, might I add, only makes the traffic worse for everyone behind them!)
Despite the endless list of annoyances that people achieve while out on the roads, I constantly find myself feeling more upset over my own behavior, than I possibly ever could over anyone else's insane decisions. I truly pride myself on being a genuinely caring, nice and patient human being. However, when I get behind that wheel, something about peoples oblivious behaviors bring out the worst in me.
But in the end, my evil glares, my yelling and frantic hand gestures ultimately make no difference to the actions of others. If someone chooses to cut people off, clearly that's a decisions they will continue to make regardless of the anger that festers up by everyone else who is then forced to deal with their inability to follow the rules of the road. We will never be able to avoid these people with incessant lack of common sense. However, I at least can choose to lay to rest my out bursts of road rage, accept the unacceptable and just be a peaceful driver in the midst of true insanity.
