This was part of a pattern of behavior, she said, and not "an isolated event," although the district wouldn't offer specifics. The district hired her seven years ago this month.
That's what I figured. If you are going to be flipping people off in traffic, if you expect them to see it, it has to be a pretty much automatic act. Otherwise the finger deployment is far too late to be observed.
I always find myself two minutes later half wishing I had made a gesture to some idiot on the road. But when the person is actually there, I am too busy driving the car and looking out for traffic to bother with inter-vehicular communication.
Almost certainly, it's just as well that I am not good at multi-tasking. It limits me to doing one stupid thing at a time.