UPDATE 2/28: Another Road Rage Case Involving "Missile."
Updated 2/28
The victim in the incident said in this article from today's Metro section that there is more to the story and that coffee throwing wasn't the worst of it.
Originally posted 2/27
Keep your cups and glasses inside the vehicle at all times.
Virginia's law regarding "missiles" hurled from vehicles is in the news again today after a conflict between motorists escalated into coffee throwing at a Chantilly area intersection. Allan Tat Le, of South Riding, was charged with one felony count of unlawfully throwing a missile at an occupied vehicle.
It brings up an interesting topic for conversation: Road Rage. We all have probably felt it to at least a small degree at some point, if not in whopping daily doses. How do Focus on Fairfax readers cope with their own stress levels while negotiating the region's traffic messes? Why aren't missiles more regularly launched? And please if you have suggestions to help the rest of us chill out when the blood begins to boil on the Beltway, share them.
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February 27, 2007; 10:02 AM ET
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Posted by: Anne | February 27, 2007 5:47 PM
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Why aren't missiles more regularly launched? Because most of us still have a decent grip on our own behavior. Do we feel angry sometimes at people who drive like total and absolute idiots? Of course. Do we throw our coffee at them? No.
Gee, if we'd all just agree to pay attention and not yak on our cellphones while we drive (it is a car not a phone booth), to keep both hands on the wheel, to use our turn signals whenever we intend to change lanes or turn (so people don't have to read our minds), to not run red lights and to not blow through stop signs, to not menace pedestrians and to obey crosswalks and signs put up to keep pedestrians safe, to share the road with bicyclists, and to generally treat others like we'd like to be treated in all things, then we'd be in a happier place.