How to Overcome Road Rage

Whoa there, Nelly. Okay, so you're late for work, traffic is slow and you're surrounded by what you consider to be incompetent drivers. That still doesn't give you the right to take matters into your own hands and become the Highway Vigilante. Here's how to overcome your rage on the road.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Self control
• Patience
• Possible anger management courses

1. Slow down. Tailgating never truly helped anyone. Neither did breaking the speed limit and getting pulled over. Step on the brakes, relax and spare us all from your overly aggressive driving. If you're late, you should have left earlier and it's nobody's fault but your own.

2. Stop screaming. Nobody's going to hear you anyway, so it really doesn't help anything but raise your blood pressure. Plus, you're pretty ugly when you scream and...nobody wants to see that.

3. Take a deep breath. Good air in, bad air out. Put the situation into perspective. This isn't a matter of life or death. Don't let it become that
   because you can't calm down.

4. Realize the other drivers are actual people. Yes, actual living,
   breathing, honest-to-goodness people who want to get to their destinations
   on-time and in one piece, just like you.

5. Follow the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do
   unto you." If you don't want someone cutting you off, tailgating you, honking at you or flipping you off, don't do it to them. There's a lot to be said about courteous driving.