It was not that long ago, about 25 years, that our society got fed up with the problem of drinking and driving and toughened the laws up on that. I think as the baby boomers group ages and likely slows down in relation to the younger drivers we could possibly see a push to tighten up the laws governing traffic offenses and driver licenses. Politicians latch onto popular issues that they know will please a large voting bloc like the boomers. I hope so at least.
It is a fact that the same person who just held the door for you at the store will run your ass off the road a minute later. Most of my gripes have already been aired so I won't retread them. I would like to talk about what I do to try and deal with the stress all those aholes on my road create.
I have around a 115 mile roundtrip commute to the GM Tech Center everyday so I am in my car a minimum of 2 hrs and 20 minutes every working day. The biggest stress reliver for me has been the XM radio my wife bought me for Christmas in 05. Amazing the difference it has made in my commute. I am a big baseball fan and the 24/7 MLB (ch 175) channel gets the majority of my time, but when I tire of that the variety of music, talk, and news channels is overwhelming. I don't keep track, but I know that more than once this past year I went a whole week or more without giving someone the one finger sal