Perfection from Others - never going to happen

It occurs to me, each time I am riding in a car with someone else driving, that we all sound pretty ridiculous. We honk, we yell, we accuse, we debate, we question ... all a one sided conversation. Just about every driver I know at some point in a trip is talking to other drivers, telling them what they should be doing or critiquing their performance behind the wheel. Personally, I like to have a running commentary going on all of the drivers around me. I used to sweat it and now it amuses me mostly.

My point is this - Why do we judge every driver on the road based on a score card of perfect driving? We know people are not perfect but we insist on driving and being shocked and overwhelmed when mistakes are made. It only upsets us and doesn't improve or change anything.
In fact, my scorecard and yours might not match. So now each of us has a "perfect" driving scorecard that we judge everyone else on. I see a couple of flaws here:
1) Everyone thinks they are a good driver
2) We know people aren't perfect yet we are shocked every time we see a mistake on the roads and expend great amounts of energy to tell other drivers what we think of their performance
3) Other drivers can't hear us - oh sure they may hear a horn but often don't know its directed at them
4) If everyone has their own list of what makes a perfect driver there is no way I can satisfy all the lists when I am out on the road. I am bound to upset someone.

So here is my suggestion for better performance on the road. Expect less. Judge people based on the fact that some are infrequent drivers. Some are new to the city or just that road. Common sense is not that common. And my favorite ... I might be the one who is wrong and maybe they're doing it right.

I have never seen the benefit of working yourself up as a driver. All the yelling, judging, critiquing, honking and abuse only does one thing. Upsets you. So don't bother. Expect average around you on the roads and know that people are trying but not everyone can be a perfect driver ... except you.