All the things I've said before...
Sitting at a light today behind someone who was obviously in his own little world, I thought about all the things I can no longer say to other drivers, now that I am legally armed.
I can no longer say:
"Why don't you put down the ****ing phone and step on the ****ing gas?"
"Are you gonna turn, change lanes, or are you just gonna let that thing blink all day?"
"Could you just pick a lane and try to stay in it?"
"Boy, when you wanna go, you just go, whether anybody else is in the way or not!"
"You must be a very important person. I guess [the rules of the road, traffic signals, parking signs, crosswalks] apply to everybody else, but not to you!
"How dark does it have to get before you turn your lights on?"
"Are we waiting for something besides the light turning green?"
"Do ya wanna kiss me? You're close enough!"
"What am I, invisible?"
And Oh, there are so many more. But I can't do any of that anymore, because any of those remarks, or just about anything I might say to another driver, would make me, if not the aggressor, at least an instigator. I now have to be the bigger person. But it's a good thing they can't read my mind!