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Benedict Arnold

How do/would you react to another's road rage?

Apologise even if you're not at fault,  so you can move on;
Fight back, if you know you're in the right;
Ignore the incident and show zero reaction (blank face) 
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Posted - November 7, 2016
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  • 5808
    having nothing to do with me?
    ignore completely
    if I am at fault?
    Be responsible
    be respectful
    but play it by ear.
      November 7, 2016 6:27 PM MST
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  • "oh  good  , you brought a baseball  bat   ,......... i  can use  yours  "
      November 7, 2016 6:31 PM MST
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  • 53351
    I like your "blank face" option, lol.
    (Why didn't you post this as a poll?)

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      November 7, 2016 8:33 PM MST
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  • Didn't strike me. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at November 8, 2016 6:47 PM MST
      November 8, 2016 6:28 PM MST
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  • 17560
    Getting into a skirmish on the road is something I wouldn't do.  I yield to rude drivers always.  I could not care less if someone is behind or in front of me or makes the light while it's green.  There is interesting psychology behind people's anger and rage about and when driving.  I told my kids to always assume the other driver is crazy so do not encourage hand gestures or screaming out windows.  Just drive.  Call  911 if someone  scares you.   We have state troopers aplenty.  This post was edited by Thriftymaid at November 8, 2016 6:34 PM MST
      November 7, 2016 10:45 PM MST
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  • 17261
      November 7, 2016 11:50 PM MST
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  • 2465
    What I've done in the past is quite different from what I do now.  I'd take more chances then and I wasn't afraid to flip someone off.  I haven't encountered anyone with road rage in a very long time, but I wouldn't acknowledge them and continue driving.  If whatever they were doing was endangering lives, I would call 911.  I hate it when someone tailgates me though and often times I'll slow down just slightly to let them know they're a bit too close.  But when I have the opportunity to move over, I'll let them by.  People can be real idiots but you never know which of those idiots has a gun with them.
      November 7, 2016 11:51 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Road Rage implies out of control anger.  I am not going to contribute to pissing off some idiot who may have a gun.   I don't care what he thinks anyway.  So, I would ignore him as much as possible. 
      November 7, 2016 11:52 PM MST
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  • 53351
    Why is it automatically a "him"?

    Reported. 
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      November 8, 2016 12:38 AM MST
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  • 2465
    Because they are the worst drivers, don't you know that?
      November 8, 2016 12:53 AM MST
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  • 53351
    That's IT!  Grrrrrrrrr!

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      November 8, 2016 1:00 AM MST
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  • 2465
    Now you tell me - who would YOU rather have behind the wheel?  Him or her?

      November 8, 2016 5:45 PM MST
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  • 46117
    When we are driving together I look just like the guy.  Same facial expressions.
      November 8, 2016 5:47 PM MST
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  • 2465
    Holy crap!!  I need a lift to the airport.  Please tell me you don't work for Uber.
      November 8, 2016 5:51 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Oh no. That is one job I would never even attempt to apply for. I am an okay driver, but Directions?  Forget about that. 
      November 8, 2016 5:53 PM MST
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  • 2465
    I would never apply for that job either. That's almost like picking up a hitchhiker.  

    I'm even worth with directions, I'd bet.  If I didn't have my GPS, the letters could also mean Get Potentially Stranded or even worse Gone, Probably Swallowed.
      November 8, 2016 6:13 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Problem, ONLY if they have cars or trucks with gigantic heat lamps for headlights.  Those men.  The ones who start buying a large truck the minute they get their first license so they can mow the rest of us down. Those guys.  But I know a few women just as insane.  The one I am thinking about is my best friend.  GET HER OFF THE ROAD FOR EVER.  (no, don't kill her or anyone though)
      November 8, 2016 2:40 PM MST
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  • 2465
    lol

    While they're just boys being boys, we WOMEN shall inherit the earth!

    There just might be another explanation for why boys/men go for them big beefy trucks.  The bigger the truck, the bigger their..
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    EGO.  (Get your mind outta the gutter)
      November 8, 2016 5:37 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I want to say men are the more aggressive drivers but then I think of my dear friend and that argument falls by the wayside.  She is the worst ever.
      November 8, 2016 5:39 PM MST
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  • 2465
    Ya gotta stop thinkin' about her.  She's only ONE out of ALL women drivers!!!
      November 8, 2016 5:52 PM MST
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  • 46117
    She is the only person around that I have driven with in forever.    That's why. 
      November 8, 2016 6:15 PM MST
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  • 2465
    When my kid was younger, I would dread riding with her.  To say she was a bad driver was putting it mildly.  Most of the time I'd just close my eyes and hope for the best. And even with a history of car sickness,  I never fought for the front seat.  I preferred not having any advanced warning of my impending death.
      November 8, 2016 6:41 PM MST
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  • 53351
    It's like that for me when my son is behind the steering wheel. 
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      November 10, 2016 5:58 AM MST
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  • 46117
    Dear Grammarian:

    Isn't it understood in the language of grammar that we always concede to the MAN in this voice?  The 3rd person?  He, she, it, they or whatnot?  If we don't know who it is?  It is in the masculine voice, as I recall.  Am I right? 
      November 8, 2016 2:39 PM MST
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