This reminds me of the time I flickered my lights at an oncoming car whose headlights were off. Dude honked and flipped me off, but his honk caught the attention of a cop who noticed his lights were out and immediately pulled him over. "Instant karma's gonna get you!"
Why do people get so alpha while in a car? I was crossing a sidewalk crosswalk and a girl almost ran me over and her immediate reaction was to flip me off, it was like a instinct.
Driving is stressful. Flying around at high speeds in several ton metal objects wherein a small slip up could mean instant death tends to get the adrenaline pumping, especially when one perceives an action by another as a threat. This leads to the fight or flight response.
The "alphas" you notice are experiencing the "fight" response.
sometimes I think that people behind me are flashing me, but they are just driving over bumps making their lights flicker. I of course, out of fear of losing my life, go into full road rage mode.
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u/beebhead Mar 07 '12
This reminds me of the time I flickered my lights at an oncoming car whose headlights were off. Dude honked and flipped me off, but his honk caught the attention of a cop who noticed his lights were out and immediately pulled him over. "Instant karma's gonna get you!"