A Case of Road Rage

Several months ago, I began to notice a change in my driving behaviour. Up until then, I had always been an over-cautious friendly ("no really, you go ahead") speed-limit-abiding afraid-of-parking calm driver.

Some differences that have transpired...

• speed limits are now recommendations more than "limits".. unless of course there is a police car
• I find myself yelling at cars (no, not the drivers, just the cars) when they do stupid things like cut me off without signaling
• the other day I actually honked and yelled "Bastard!" when someone stole "my" parking spot.. which wasn't really my parking spot at all
• when stuck behind slow-moving cars I say "drive, dammit!" and then pass them at the earliest available opportunity.
• I no longer have any tolerance for stopped cars blocking my lane.. "Car, MOVE!" is probably one of my most often used lines.
• while I might still hesitate when attempting to park, I certainly no longer get nervous.

In my attempt to become a more assertive driver, I've become mildly psychotic. And it's not a pretty sight.

I've come to the clear conclusion that I have come down with a dangerous case of road rage. While none of the behaviours in and of themselves are necessarily problematic, I'm bound to yell at "a car" one day only to discover that both the driver of the other car and I have our windows rolled down and the other driver assumed my comment was directed to him/her and not to "the car". And since you can never safely judge the sanity of another driver (and my car has crummy acceleration)... I probably need to do something about my behaviour.

Any suggestions?