I consider myself "car light", but I rarely drive a car these days (every couple of weeks or so...) and when I do, I usually find a pretty tame route so I don't have to drive like a maniac.

But every once in a while, I have to head out on the freeway or somewhere where traffic's a little more intense than I like.

I notice I'm so nervous, all my muscles tend to tense up. Which is probably why driving gives me a real arthritic feeling.

And for good reason. Today, as I was slowing down on an amber light, the car behind me passed on my left and proceeded through the red. There couldn't have been a foot between my mirror and his door handle.

Last winter, I got caught in a road-rage incident, with a young man jamming on the brakes, getting out of his car and then banging on my hood ... all on a busy street.

Is it me or is the world full of meth addicts?