[bluefish]

Funny story, but the reality in the Bay Area is that the most rude drivers are the stereotypical short-haired, Boomer women with "Visualize Wold Peace" Anti-Bush and Rainbow bumper stickers, driving Volvos or some other Lib vehicle. They white knuckle their steering wheel and refuse to look at you, while maintaining a scowl on their perpetually angry faces, as they cut you off or refuse to let you in.

Meanwhile, it is the big 'ol pickup truck with some good 'ol boy with an American Flag or military bumper sticker of some sort that waves you in, with a pleasant smile on his face.

[B4Ranch]

When I lived in the Bay Area, I was one of those guys who would stop and change ladies flat tires or use my pickup to push stalled cars out of the traffic lanes. Yes, I had a military bumper stickers and the American Flag decal on my windows.

Glad that those Kalifornia days are behind me now.