It never really occurred to me that there's a difference in drivers heading downtown in the morning and drivers fleeing downtown at 5.
Of the two categories, I think drivers heading to work in the morning are dumber, or more aggressive, or a combination.
I tend to get up to highway speed, move to the center lane, and put on the cruise control. That way cars can get on or off the freeway or pass me by without too much stress. But this morning a car got on my tail, seemingly pissed off that I had the nerve to be driving only 60 mph in a 55 zone. When we went into the curve near downtown he blew by me in the righthand lane. I was obviously the cause of him being late for a meeting involving millions of dollars -- none of which would be coming my way. When I got to the traffic light at 11th, guess who was stopped right in front of me?
Drivers on the way home are a little more mellow. Maybe they're tired; maybe they know what's waiting for them at home and they're not in as big a hurry to get home as they were to get to work.
Priorities for some people are a little skewed, don't you think?