Hi Guest_342
Am an absolute ranter when it comes to tailgaters. They truly get my blood boiling. They are arrogant, self serving, self righteous, unintelligent bleeps. I can feel what they do to me. I'm enraged by what that person put you through while feeling for you so deeply, so very deeply. How dare they put you through that.
As a mum who's currently teaching my 20yo daughter to drive, I've found sharing a certain mindset to be incredibly important based on certain drivers behaving like bleeps. Btw, I'll use the word bleep so as not to offend, when it comes to more colourful language. A tip I've given my daughter: You can always spot a bleep on the road. The have a couple of key traits. One involves tailgating and the other involves them beeping their horn at you because that's one of their forms of aggressive asinine communication. I tell my daughter 'With tailgaters, you'll feel what they do to your nervous system. While you're feeling it, try and also get a sense of their pure stupidity. If they're really stupid, they'll tailgate and beep the horn. The more they beep or the closer they get relates to their level of stupidity. For example, one beep = stupid, 2 tells you they're very stupid, 3 = seriously and if they beep you continuously just know they are the stupidest driver you've ever come across. Their beeping or lack of distance is them announcing what level they're on 😁
Being able to feel the nature of others on the road as you also feel the challenges your nervous system poses is a massive challenge as a driver. I've found getting a feel for the good and considerate drivers helps in managing. Personally I dread the freeway based on it having such a high number of fools on it, on certain days. It can actually amaze me at times and enrage me. I typically manage through my breathing. Vent, vent, vent that build up of stress or rage through long slow breaths out.
