Road Rage Is A Scary Thing

by Sarah
(Winston Salem, NC)

Boy, do I have a road rage story for you! This is one memory that I'm sure will be with my always. I certainly hope something like this never happens to me again.

I had just gotten engaged not long before this incident took place. Three friends and I were driving to a mall some distance away, because this is where a David's Bridal was located. You see we were wedding dress shopping.

I was not driving. I was riding with one of my friends who I won't name. This mall was some distance away, so we were driving along on the highway.

Things were going okay until my friend wanted to pass someone. She got into the left lane to pass, but there was already a car in the lane. Apparently she was not in a patient mood.

She started off by flashing her lights hoping that the woman in front of us would take the hint and move over into the other lane. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. My friend then moved onto not only flashing her lights, but also honking her horn, screaming, and making hand gestures.

I'm sure if you put yourself into the place of the other driver, you will realize that this only made her more upset. The other driver actually started to slow down a bit. All of us in the car tried to calm our friend down as we didn't want to have an incident on this day, but she just wouldn't be calmed down.

This was road rage as I had never seen it before, up close and personal! Fortunately for all of us the driver in front of us did move over into the right lane (however slowly that may have happened), and we were able to calm our friend down.

It was hard after this incident to ride with my friend again. I have never been this close to road rage since that incident. I hope to never be again.