QOTD: What Gets Your Road Rage Going?

by Tim Healey

Published: September 30th, 2025

Yesterday, we featured a study that shows that road rage begets road rage.

Now I want to ask you -- which maneuver gets your blood boiling?

For me, it's probably being stuck behind someone driving too slow in the passing lanes. From there, I also hate being cut off and tailgated.

Pretty standard, I suppose.

Now it's your turn. What gets your goat?

Sound off below.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Pau65792686 on Oct 02, 2025

People who make left hand turns in front of on coming traffic. Drivers that make right hand turns or drive straight in left turn lanes. This is how people drive in Baltimore.
Also, motorcyclists who drive in between traffic.
All this makes me want to hang my keys up and not drive anymore.

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- Slavuta on Oct 02, 2025
  
  "Also, motorcyclists who drive in between traffic. "
  
  Lane splitting is permitted in some states
  
  Alabama - Illegal
  Explicitly prohibited – motorcycles may not ride between lanes
  Alaska - Illegal
  Not specifically addressed, treated as illegal under passing rules
  Arizona - Legal (filtered)
  Lane filtering legal when traffic stopped ≤45 mph roads, bike ≤15 mph
  Arkansas - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – full lane use required; no passing in same lane.
  California - Legal
  Lane splitting allowed – defined by statute, with CHP safety guidelines .
  Colorado - Illegal
  Prohibited by statute – no passing within same lane or riding between cars.
  Connecticut - illegal
  Illegal (no specific statute naming it, but falls under unsafe passing).
  Delaware - Illegal
  Explicitly prohibited – motorcycle cannot operate between lanes of traffic.
  Florida - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – statute forbids riding between lanes or rows of vehicles
  Georgia - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – GA Code §40-6-312 bans lane splitting and same-lane passing
  Hawaii - Illegal
  Illegal – HRS 291C-153(c) bans lane sharing (2018–20 shoulder use pilot expired)
  Idaho - Illegal
  Not explicitly named, but unlawful under full-lane and no same-lane passing rules.
  Illinois - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – full lane required; no splitting or filtering allowed.
  Indiana - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – statute bans operation between lanes (police excepted).
  Iowa - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – motorcycles may not overtake in same lane or split lanes.
  Kansas - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – lane splitting/filtering prohibited by statute.
  Kentucky - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – KRS 189.285 forbids passing in same lane or driving between lanes.
  Louisiana - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – no lane splitting allowed under state law.
  Maine - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – statute prohibits motorcycles from lane splitting.
  Maryland - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – lane splitting defined as unlawful in traffic code.
  Massachusetts - Illegal
  Illegal – not specifically named, but enforced under marked lane/passing laws.
  Michigan - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – state law forbids same-lane passing and lane splitting.
  Minnesota - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – MS §169.974 prohibits operation between lanes.
  Mississippi - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – statute bans riding between lanes (no filtering allowed).
  Missouri - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – lane splitting/filtering not permitted by law.
  Montana - Legal (filtered)
  Lane filtering legal – allowed when traffic ≤10 mph, motorcycle ≤20 mph
  Nebraska - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – NE law forbids lane splitting (full lane use required).
  Nevada - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – NRS 486.351 prohibits passing in same lane & between lanes.
  New Hampshire - Illegal
  Illegal – explicitly not allowed under NH traffic statutes.
  New Jersey - Illegal
  Illegal – no statute allows it; treated as improper lane use (enforced by police).
  New Mexico - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – NM statute bans lane splitting landline.media.
  New York - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – NY VTL §1252 forbids operating between lanes of traffic.
  North Carolina - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – NCGS 20-146.1 bans lane splitting landline.media.
  North Dakota - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – ND law prohibits same-lane passing and lane filtering.
  Ohio - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – Ohio law (§4511.55) bars lane splitting (full lane required).
  Oklahoma - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – 47 O.S. §11-1103 forbids riding between lanes landline.media.
  Oregon - Illegal (debated)
  Illegal (current ORS 814.240 bans it); bills to allow low-speed filtering pending.
  Pennsylvania - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – 75 Pa.C.S. §3523 prohibits lane splitting.
  Rhode Island - Illegal
  Illegal – full lane required; no overtaking in same lane per RI law.
  South Carolina - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – S.C. Code §56-5-3640 bans lane splitting.
  South Dakota - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – SD law prohibits passing in same lane or between lanes.
  Tennessee - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – TCA §55-8-182(c) bans riding between lanes
  Texas - Illegal
  Illegal (no explicit statute, but enforced under lane discipline laws – no splitting allowed).
  Utah - Legal (filtered)
  Lane filtering legal – allowed on ≤45 mph roads with stopped traffic, rider ≤15 mph
  Vermont - Illegal
  Illegal – no statute permitting it; treated as improper passing in same lane.
  Virginia - illegal
  Explicitly illegal – considered reckless driving/improper passing (§46.2-857).
  Washington - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – RCW 46.61.608 forbids lane splitting
  West Virginia - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – WV Code §17C-15-44 bans operating between lanes
  Wisconsin - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – WI Stat. §346.80 disallows passing in same lane or splitting.
  Wyoming - Illegal
  Explicitly illegal – WY Stat. §31-5-115 prohibits lane splitting and filtering.
  
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1995 SC on Oct 02, 2025

"JUST REMEMBER YOU CAN'T GET ROAD RAGE IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAITING ROOM DURING RECALL WORK. I LIKE TO PUT THE TV ON DEEP THOUGHTS BY JACK HANDY AND RELAX WITH SOME KEURIG GREEN TEA!!! FORD PROMISES, FORD DELIVERS...A ZEN LIKE STATE OF BEING WHILE ALL YOU OTHER SCHMOS ARE STUCK DRIVING YOUR CARS AND GETTING ALL MAD!!!"

-GEOFF

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- ToolGuy™ on Oct 02, 2025
  
  I went to the service department but they were out of parts but I went to the gas station first but they were out of fuel but really I never left home because I am out of money.
  
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