Have you ever been driving the posted speed limit , and all of a sudden a young crazy teenage guy is tailgating you to the point where he is tapping your bumper? Road rage is a big problem in the United states. Whether it be driving too fast or tailgating. Behaviors that cause road rage also lead to parking lot rage, and shopping cart rage. Now not only is there road rage, there is also shopping cart rage, and parking lot rage. One main reason people get road rage is because there is always a hand full of people that don”t know or that don”t care that the left lane is the fast lane or the “passing” lane. These people drive on the left lane even though they are driving the speed limit or even below the speed limit. Nobody knows why these particular people drive in the left lane. The worst part is that there is nothing anyone can do to make these people move over to the right lane. People will try to honk, but more then half the time honking wont work.
Another factor of road rage is the young teenager with the fast car and the loud music. Their music is so loud the bass rattles the cars around him. Not only is his music so loud but they insist on driving faster then the speed of light. If you make the mistake of getting in their way they will tailgate you or even bump you until you get out of there way. Teenage guys that drive too fast is not as bad as the people that drive too slow. As Barry says “being trapped behind people drifting along on the interstate at the speed of diseased livestock.”
Barry brings up a good point about people not yielding or signaling when they want to switch lanes or turn. This is also know as cutting people off. Another major factor of road rage.
Not only is road rage a big problem, people are also faced with parking lot rage. As Barry mentioned in the essay “Which occurs when I pull into a crowded supermarket parking lot, and I see people get into their car, clearly ready to leave, so I stop my car and wait for them to vacate the spot, and nothing happens.” Then there is shopping cart rage Barry describes these certain people as the people that area always driving on the left-hand lane. These are the people who block the entire aisle with one shopping cart. Barry describes shopping car rage being so bad he says “If we really want to keep illegal immigrants from entering the united states, we should employ Miami residents armed with shopping carts.”
Barry brings up another type of rage. People who congest the supermarket aisle because they cant decide what to buy. Barry states the problem is bought up by the wide selection of items. He uses orange juice as an example, “For just
