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“I wasn’t going to let him pass me”. I have noticed this type of mentality by many drivers, both men and women. I don’t know what it is? Possibly more of a me-centered attitude? Does it really make a difference in someone’s life to be the front car? It is obvious that this teen/adult is a danger to society. I can’t imagine accidentally hitting a motorcyclist much less DELIBERATELY hitting one.

“I wasn’t going to let him pass me”. I have noticed this type of mentality by many drivers, both men and women. I don’t know what it is?

I read an article on road rage a few years back that claimed root causes of road rage have to do with detachment from reality.

A petite woman climbs into an SUV. Now she's bigger than many other vehicles, can control the sounds of her environment (radio), the temperature of her environment (heating/AC) and to a degree, other vehicles on the road.

A guy gets off work after being berated by his boss, or talked down to by customers for 8 hours, and when he climbs into his car, he's his own man again. He can determine exactly where he goes, and can influence other drivers around him.

The author (a psychologist) claimed that road rage occurs when the illusion of control and self-determination is threatened or broken. A motorcycle passing your under-powered compact Ford would shatter such an illusion of control held by an immature or irrational driver.

I'm not sure how accurate all the author's claims were, but it gave me something to think about.