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Many cases of road rage occur when one drver accidently does something that is not very courteous to another driver, such as accidently putting on the headlight high beams, or suddenly seeing a turn and making a quick stop. A lot of road rage could be avoided if a driver could signal to another driver that he is sorry. A lit sign in the rear window that could be turned on by the driver would dispell a lot of anger and hostility.

whitakwm, Nov 26 2003

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Excellent. I've thought of that one myself. You'll see I suggested a "courtesy horn" for that very reason.

Vince, Nov 26 2003

Could we also have a sign that says something like "You drive like a blind-folded drunken monkey with one arm". Perhaps it could just be an LED board and we could type in a variety of phrases for quick and handy access.

"I am very impressed with the loudness of your speakers, why they even rattle my windows, how wonderful!"

"My, you sure showed me by passing me at that great rate of speed! You got to the red light several seconds prior to my arrival, you are quite the superior human!"

"Passing me on the right side, how creative! And if you kill someone, oh well..."

KRON, Jul 16 2006

You might simply adopt the practice to manually turn on your emergency flashers for a couple of flashes. Truck drivers do something similar. When a semi passes another vehicle, it is customary to flash headlight (on & off, or high-low beams) to let the lead truck know their trailer is clear of your vehicle and can pull over into the righthand lane. The customary response is a flashing of the trailer running lights to thank the driver of the passed vehicle for helping them. Each trucker has their own unique flashing sequence.