One of my pet peeves is a person going 50mph in the fast lane, with a line of cars behind them (me being one of them). Over the years, I have learned to not let it bother me, but I really do want to try to understand people that do this. I am starting this thread to try to get to the root of this. I really want to understand why this is done. I may be in the wrong for getting mad at people that do this, and if so, I would like to know this, too.

I was once a passenger in my sister's car, when I realized SHE was one of these drivers. I asked her WHY she did this and she casually replied that she just didn't care. It didn't bother her that she was obstructing traffic and if other people wanted to get mad at about it, it really didn't bother her.

So, what really goes through someone's mind when driving below the speed limit in the passing lane?

I truly would like some honest replies. My intentions are not to make anyone the "bad guy". I would just like to understand the logic.

That's exactly what I think. But then a little voice in my head says, "PLEASE, not everyone is out to inconvenience you!". Then I calm myself down. Then I have this saying that states something about not allowing someone to make you angry because it allows them to have control over you, or something like that. As you can see, I've had to counsel myself alot over inconsiderate people.

I try to stay in control of my road rage, because when it gets out of hand, I find myself doing some pretty risky maneuvers to get around these idiots. They're just not worth it.

Yeah, I bitch and yell at them in the privacy of my car. I don't usually do anything else, like make rude gestures or honk at them or anything. Most of that is because I live in the middle of Redneck BFE, where everyone and their mothers own guns. Or, I'm driving in Memphis. And you just don't want to piss of the folks in Memphis.