My partner Dr. Diane Nahl of ten notes that we come to our driving careers rigged for road rage. Without knowing why, we start keeping track of little things and feel threatened and depressed by them, or else elated and gleeful. For example, I used to count the number of cars that pass me in the other lane and feel quite depressed, anxious, even panicky. I started feeling worthless, like someone others can take advantage of or disconnected from the rest. It was awful.
Many people feel bad when they have to use the brakes.
They keep track how long they can coast without having to touch the brakes. Some people will let their car roll over double white lines or double yellow lines when they make turns. This is an aggressive thing to do for it threatens the car in the opposite direction that is sitting there waiting for the lights to change. Because it takes a little extra effort to turn the wheel to prevent rolling over the double line. And this extra effort is felt like an imposition.