If they're saying that slow-moving drivers are the number one excuse
for or the trigger of road rage, then yeah I agree with CHP. If they're
saying they're the cause, then I do disagree.

Road rage, like every other self-centered sociological outburst, is
caused by crappy culture, bad parents, poor genes, abused drugs and/or
bad potty training but it isn't caused by slow-moving drivers. I'm sure
that CHP would prefer that every driver on the highways would drive
faster so they wouldn't have to deal with the results of road rage, but
if they're saying anyone but the perpetrator is the cause then yes,
indeed, they are wrong.

I'll bet there isn't one case of road rage in the history of California
or the nation where a court case was dismissed against a perpetrator on
the defense "he was driving so slow that he made me empty a clip into
his car."

Jim

On Sep 22, 2005, at 1:46 PM, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:

> Take it up with the CHP.
>
> Although, I'm fairly certain they didn't just make this stuff up.  So I
> guess it's your opinion against their research.  Have at 'em.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Jim Felder
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:32 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Diesel powered vanagons - Driving Slow
>
>
> Come on, saying the cause of road rage is really slow drivers is like
> saying the cause of theft is really expensive merchandise. It's caused
> by human s**t, pure and simple.
>
> Jim
>
> On Sep 22, 2005, at 1:11 PM, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:
>
>> There's a reason people say it:  according to the CHP, slow drivers
>> are the
>> number one cause of road rage in California.  Additionally, a large
>> percentage of accidents are caused by drivers who do not get up to
>> highway
>> speed quickly enough (saw that on some news journal on TV).
>>
>> Don't flame me.  I'm not defending driving fast or degrading driving
>> slow.
>> These are just a few facts that I recently was exposed to.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>