I have always wanted to write about driving and how it brings out impatience in people. Ever thought about that craving and burning desire to overtake others while driving? Sounds like a lifetime achievement, Right?

I find driving special because it gives me the time to connect with myself without any distractions. While driving, the only thing you see is the road ahead and all I can think about is moving forward.
I wonder how we keep on missing these small moments of productivity and self-talk in our life. We always complain about how we are all occupied with our life but in reality, it is rightly said that;
“No one is busy in this world. It is all about priorities”.
While working hard in corporate jobs and managing our life, we often tend to ignore ourselves which in turn results in frustration and loss of mental peace. It makes us more toxic and then this toxicity comes out in different forms like fighting with our spouses, and family or taking it on the driver who overtakes.
Driving has helped me to understand myself better and probably this is why I’m writing this article today. I have seen how impatient we drivers tend to be when at times all that is required is to show some patience and let others leave first. We always talk about care and humanity, but while I drive it always crosses my mind how we have specific standards as set by society even to showing humanity and being kind.
Our society as a whole has always failed to make us realize that true humanity and kindness is doing something despite knowing that nobody is watching or nobody would ever know.
Like in driving, if you patiently wait and let the pedestrians cross the roads or simply wait behind the cars and overcome that urge to overtake. We know this is something that only we would know and I think this is where true kindness and humanity come into place.
One of the major impatience shown by drivers is during traffic jams, which in the majority of cases, is a result of overtaking from the wrong side or being in a hurry for no reason. Yes, some people may be in a hurry, but most of the time all it actually takes is leaving a bit early.
I find driving time full of stories. Driving is a different world altogether. This is because I believe you can see all kinds of people while driving. I have even listed people under different categories who cross the road.
First, there are those who pretend to not pay attention around no matter how many horns you make. I get annoyed by these people the most.
Then there are people who even after seeing cars tend to take all the time in the world to cross the road. They walk as if they are roaming in a garden, slow and peaceful, you know! These are the overconfident ones and they don’t really care about how many cars are behind.
Then there are people who are confused while crossing the road and these people have to wait for an eternity to cross the road. Here is where the actual impatience of drivers come in. Nobody is really ready to stop and everyone keeps on thinking the one behind us may stop.
Then there are drivers who have open doors and this starts a mission of telling them to close their doors properly.
Lastly, there are Bus, Auto and Sumo drivers who are always in so much hurry that they never fail to miss any space or gap, no matter how small it is. And then these are the drivers who would also stop in the middle of the road without any indicator or anything, not even caring about cars stuck behind them. This is where I tend to lose my patience the most.
While you may be able to relate to most of them, however, the drivers stated, in the end, are more likely to be found in small towns where not many traffic rules are in place.
The purpose of writing this article was to put the fun and storytelling side of driving out there and also for us to think and reflect on how we can make the most out of these small moments and be more patient, and more human.