lol ā¦ Iām pretty understanding of other driverās unusual driving and just ignore it for the most part, but less understanding when Iām honked at from behind, simply b/c my car happens to be between the honker and where they want to go.
Iām ashamed to say that Iām a bit prone to some manner or road rage. Iām not saying I do weird things like chase people around or get threatening in any way. Itās just that my temper is most likely to flare on the road when people are being stupid.
Iām 78 years old. Over the years Iāve learned that thereās just no limit to stupid, so I just mumble and get on with trying to wade through the swap.
Delectation. Thereās a word you rarely hear. Even less often than the words carburetor, distributor, or crankshaft rope seal.
I hope you were delectated.
Watch your language, this is a family forum. 
After my period of delectation had passed, I thought about what driving behavior irritates me the most often. I live in an older city with narrow streets, lots of driveways and businesses along those streets, and some complex intersections. What gets me mumbling and talking to myself is the people who seem to lose the will to keep driving and just slooooow down to make any sort of move. Itās as if someone is afraid that any quick inputs will make the wheels fall off. That and the people who roll slowly through a stop sign from a side street to the street Iām on, cutting me off, and then seem to be unsure whether they should press the gas pedal or maybe just stop and reconsider whether they should buy bread today. Right in the middle of the intersection. You donāt know if they are going to start moving forward or reverse back into the side street.
End of rant.
+1 to wentwestās comments.
I live in a mostly rural area, and I also encounter those Nervous Nellies/Unconscious Drivers who really shouldnāt be behind the wheel.
There is an intersection (fairly near my home) that has poor sightlines when it comes to viewing oncoming traffic. Clearly, one has to be very cautious when pulling away from the stop sign on that road, in view of the traffic traveling at 45-50 mph on the perpendicular road.
On a fairly regular basis, I will encounter people who pull out of that intersecting road directly in front of traffic, and then they proceed to drive like a snail. So, after they endanger themselves and other drivers by entering the intersecting road when they shouldnāt, they proceed to totally screw-up the flow of traffic, and to enrage other drivers.
And then, we have people who brakeāhardābefore climbing a hill. Apparently, they donāt know that simply lifting oneās foot from the gas pedal will cause the car to slow down, but they also donāt seem to understand that slowing down before an upgrade makes no sense whatsoever.
When I see behaviors like these, I have to believe that self-driving cars would be less dangerous than some of the drivers who are currently behind the wheel.
The most annoying sort of road-behavior I observe in this area is often due to cyclists and joggers, who feel they should not be required to even slow down at red lights, stop signs, etc. Confuses drivers & disrupts smooth traffic flow. There are other vehicle-related annoying behaviors of course, unnecessary horn honking is a common one, neighborhood parking facing the wrong direction, blocking driveways, not yielding to pedestrians at a crosswalk.
For me, itās the ones who stay in the left-most lane on a superhighway (like I-35 around San Antonio) going 55 mph.
No, theyāre not all old people. They come in all colors and genders. They drive me crazy.
Second most irritating: those who also do 55 mph right next to them. Now the whole dang highway is backed up for miles.
Sometimes Iām lucky to be ahead of them and looking back in my rear mirror, the highway is completely empty except for a cluster of cars way behind me.
Iāve never once seen them pulled over and ticketed, either. Then again, how could a state trooper get close to them. He sure canāt use the passing lane.
It doesnāt happen often enough in NJ, but sometimes a NJ State Trooper will take action, as in this video. And, of course, the brain-dead driver who he pulled over remained partially in the travel lane after he stopped.
There was another video of a NJ Trooper āescortingā someone from the left lane to the right laneāand then zooming offābut I canāt seem to find that video.
In NJ, almost all of the cars traveling below the speed limit in the left lane have NY plates, but Iām sure that this phenomenon exists with drivers from other states also.
One that infuriates me almost more are the left lane campers who slow down to pass and then resume speed.
Just this past Saturday, I had one - a 60 mph road w 2 lanes each direction. There was an SUV ahead of me and we were mostly keeping pace at a little over 65. (I use cruise control). The SUV came upon a pickup doing about 55. It then proceeded to slow down to ā¦ about 55. And ride next to the pickup. Meanwhile, I maintained speed and, you know, probably got a bit too close on their tail largely as a manner of communication. (My bad, sureā¦ but flashy headlights donāt seem to help either).
Finally, the SUV c r a w l s by the pickup, moves to the right (ok, good on them), and then proceeds to immediately vroom to 70. (I know b/c I ended up pacing them up to that point hoping to just put them in my rear view.)
I just slowed back down. About 5 miles later? Same darned thing all over again!! WTH is wrong with people?
I am dying to have the cops pay attention to these things. But in VA they donāt. Itās all about sitting around with the radar/laser or whatever and handing out speeding tickets. Following too closely? Donāt care. Erratic driving? Donāt care. Impeding the flow of traffic by, e.g., left lane camping? Donāt care.
I havenāt been pulled over for speeding in a very long time as I try hard to keep it in bounds. But next time, all Iām going to say is āyou folks are pulling over the wrong peopleā¦ā