Some people are like that. On the Mudcat most people aren't. The thing to do is ignore the people who are.

I can understand in theory the mechanisms that make it happen - much the same, in a way, as the mechanisms that make some people behave like arrogant prats when they are in a foreign country. But I can't imagine what it's like being inside someone who is like that.

So far as Road Rage is concerned, I think every driving test should include a test designed to check if you are liable to react like that.If you fail this, you should fail the test no matter how ell youn can drive technically, and you can't take it again for quite a spell.