R u amazed at how the mildest 'wouldnt hurt a fly' person turns into a raging psycho when behind the wheel?

Question

Do you change personality when you drive ? Do you become nasty or nice?!

Answer 1

The tonne of steel around the driver makes them feel like they are in a tank and can sound the horn, flash lights, stick their fingers up and shout abuse.
They would not do that when walking down the street.
The car offers protection to these cowards as they can ignore the response and the car gives opportunity to flee without receiving actual physical harm.
I drive with the utmost patience and never use the tactics mentioned above.
But, I admit, if I encounter someone who acts like the above mentioned. I will retaliate and feel real bad for letting them make me loose my temper.
But, hey, they started it.
I just make sure I don't.

Answer 2

I don't change my personality when I drive. However, for the purpose of giving a useful answer, I will provide the reason for most vehicular psychology transformations.

Most people feel in increased sense of danger when behind the wheel. After all, you are travelling at a speed that can be lethal to humans. Human beings have instincts for self protection that go way back. When someone or something happens on the road that a person feels is negative, the natural adrenaline and rage of self protection comes out of the individual. Not all people do this. You will find that the people who don't expirience these symptoms probably don't feel driving is a big danger.

Answer 3

Some people feel invincible or just don't care when they are behind the wheel of a car. I know this from personal experience. When I first started driving I wasn't scared of an accident at all, I have lost my license 4 times in 3 years.

In the past year I evaluated my driving habits, looking for an answer to a question I had asked myself countless times. Why can't I drive 130MPH down the highway and pass people without thinking twice anymore? I came to the conclusion that I am scared now, I have come close to death a few times in my car. After pushing myself in a car, trying to achieve the speeds I once had, and never succeeding, I realized I grew out of it.

That may answer your question for younger drivers, as for older drivers, I believe the answer may lie in their mental and physical conditions, and their memories of vehicles. In your lifetime it is likely that you will know someone that will be in a tragic car accident that could have been avoided in some way (if you don't already). I have seen several of my friends hurt in car accidents, luckily they were ok.

Answer 4

lmao

i like this post already haha

well i have a hard time squishing bugs evne and hate to see when someone squishes a spider or anything else

but behind the wheel i get real ticked off when an old grandma turns in front of me while going 2 mph and i am in a hurry to get somewhere i am always busy workingon stuff and always out and about trying ot get parts and cars moved and stuff done and some ppl seem to forget where the accelerator pedal is in thei vehicle and also they forget to look both freaking ays before cutting out in front of me and i have to manuever in a crazy sort of way to avoid nailing them in the side or rear

ppl are morons behind the wheel

i somehow have made it 12 years without a single accident of any kind other than purposeful offroad ones and have managed ot somehow avoid several NEAr misses where a school bus has narrowly missed crasgin into the side of the car i was driving by about an inch, and also a semi almost ramming into my side, both due to them blatantly running a stop sign

so ppl have no reaosn to wonder why someppl get mad when some idiot does something retarded in front of them or almost into them

its no wonder..

its all because pppl cannot drive properly, even though they believe they do

thats all it is

you have to always keep in mind that when youre behind the wheel out and about that every single other vehicle around you has a bumbling moron operating it

drive accordingly!

and expect the unexpected, at all times

when i was just about ready to wear that school bus in my lap i had to go in the ditch to avoid it, somehow i managed ot not get a scratch on that car that i didnt evne own and was working on for a person and was out test driving at the time and eys i turned that driver in to the school

nothing evne remotely similar has ever happened at the intersection and it it is right near home a couple blocks away and i go by it several times a day, this happened a couple years ago

the semi i didnt get to turn in though, but it wasnt a near miss T bone by an inch or less like the school bus incident was but it was still damned bad!

happy driving.,..


and happy easter..

Answer 5

Not amazed at all as it appears to be the norm. Men think nothing of attempting to assault a lone female driver. Women can be just as bad, even with their children squashed into the back seat. Probably become nasty if provoked, otherwise just tone out the noise and misery of sitting in heavy traffic nearly all the time and avoiding the careless drivers that always seem to creep in front of you when you least need it.

Answer 6

My personality doesn't change whatever I do, I always try to be nice to people, though I must admit, I know exactly what you mean, some drivers are so ignorant,and think that they are infallible once they get behind a wheel, I notice this quite often , being a driver myself.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

It's these type of people you have to be wary of,as you don't know what they could do.
I am, i believe a safe driver,with or without passengers.I certainly go racing after someone if they cut me up,
I am a placid person when driving,it doesn't bother me if someone goes haring past me at 90 miles an hour,i know I'm going to get to my destination just as quick doing 50,and I'll get there in one piece.

Answer 9

About the same as all the women who become invincible behind the wheel of a big SUV.

Answer 10

Not really,it's coz they keep all that anger inside and finally snap at the wrong person,just by one simple mishap!I can't answer the other one coz i can't drive yet(i don't have a licence yet).