5:45pm - Worst time of day for road ragers ?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Schwab on September 16, 2015 at 12:53pm

September? Return from vacation.  School bus delays they forgot about.  Sun getting in their eyes near the solstice on E/W roads.

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on September 16, 2015 at 2:18pm

We can all agree on those that drive BMWs?

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on September 16, 2015 at 2:22pm

Yes!

Permalink Reply by Fai Mok on September 18, 2015 at 1:21pm

BMW, Lexus, Benz, pick-up trucks and SUVs in general.

Permalink Reply by Mike Keating on September 17, 2015 at 10:36pm

That's a fascinating point. I had to drive to work the other day because I had to go to DuPage County after lunch and the whole time all I thought was "I can't believe people choose to do this every day."

5:45 - end of the day makes sense. It's not cars that are bad but traffic. Traffic sucks as the old expression goes. It'll put even the most sane person on edge.

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on September 18, 2015 at 11:45am

I generally leave the house in Evanston between 5:30 and 6:30. I am generally to the office in the Loop before morning rush traffic gets bad, and on my way home before the evening rush really gets cranked up. If I'm late on either end, I sure notice the difference, but I think the evening rush is worse than the morning. I assume (with no obvious data to back me up) that in the afternoon people are in worse moods (long/bad day at the office, late for the kid's soccer game, I don't know).

Again, just an anecdotal observation, but on those days when I take the Metra... If I sit in the upper deck, people are generally more courteous letting you exit where the stairs and vestibule meet in the morning than the afternoon.

I will continue to believe people are generally crankier in the PM than the AM.

Permalink Reply by John Burnham on September 18, 2015 at 12:21pm

I see fewer cars in the morning than in the late afternoon/evening. My general feeling is drivers are sleepy and inattentive in the morning and cranky at the end of the day.