Wondering if it’s just where I live but I’ve noticed an increase in road rage, happening on a daily basis. I live on n the South East in an area where the population has exploded due to constant building of new housing estates.
Traffic and the roads were busy before but now it’s like driving around central London. My road is closed with access only due to roadworks. This hasn’t stopped people hurtling down the road doing 50 in a residential street trying to cut through. We have cars constantly zooming up the road, having to turn round then putting their foot down to race back from where they came.
I have just tried to reverse into my driveway cue lots of beeping and verbal abuse from people annoyed at having to wait one second while they try to cut through a CLOSED road.
There are so many driving accidents where I live, constant near misses and general road rage it’s making me nervous to even get in the car.
I got beeped at for stopping to let people cross at a school crossing yesterday, the car then decided to go round me and the children crossing rather than wait.
If I do the speed limit of 30 driving around my town I am tailgated by drivers pushing me on wanting me to go faster. My car is quite new and has a black box and does warning noises if I go over the speed limit so I can’t!
I find it so depressing living in a town full of aggressive drivers who don’t seem to care about the safety of others.