Sounds to me as though you are just as charming behind the wheel of a car.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > *That* is "road rage." Pounding on the dash and > > > pointing at another driver is not. > > > > You are confusing it with the term "agressive driving" which is a > > traffic violation here. > > Uh, no. I'm pointing out that *you* are confusing > the term "road rage" with simple anger at another > driver (as I noted in my previous post, to which > you did not respond). > > > From the Iowa Dept of Transportation > > http://www.dot.state.ia.us/roadrage.htm > > > > Definition > > There is no national definition for the term "road rage". > > However, it is commonly defined as a societal condition > > where motorists lose their temper in reaction to a traffic > > disturbance. > > I'm not sure what Iowa DOT's problem is, but here's > the dictionary definition of "road rage": > > "a motorist's uncontrolled anger that is usually > provoked by another motorist's irritating act and > is expressed in aggressive or violent behavior" > > Perhaps Iowa DOT means there is no national *legal* > or *criminal* definition, and that may be the case; > it's a slang term, after all. > > But Iowa DOT's own definition is not the common one > (and I kinda doubt you were going by Iowa DOT when > you wrote your earlier post). > > According to Wikipedia (I gave you the URL in my > previous post), "road rage" is "an extreme case of > aggressive driving." It's typically used to refer > not just to aggressive driving but to behavior > intended to cause harm to another driver. (It > can also refer to a driver in stalled traffic or > after an accident getting out of his car to take > a swing at another driver.) >
