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Yeah, I don't drive, but "It's not me it's them" is definitely something I've noticed on the road.
My friend Thomas will curse people out for changing lanes in traffic, because it slows it down, but eventually he'll do it too when that next lane looks it is moving a lot faster, and curse again when it stops moving as soon as he makes it in it.
Also, my dad, who was a skilled driver, but not a nice one, would chase people who'd cut him off and drive like an asshole. But he wouldn't admit that he was being an asshole, he'd just point the blame at the car in front of him. In my opinion, it was a bit of both. Sure, the other guy started it, but my dad could have lessened the risks by just keeping his driving normal.
For some reason though, it seems to me that the dumbest drivers always get away with stuff.
One of my female acquaintances is as dumb as bricks. She once drove her friend to New York City, and was very surprised while she was saying "look, I really don't recognize this area of Manhattan, it's like each time you go to the city it's a new experience." Of course, she was in Brooklyn.
Later that night, she made an illegal left and went north on Lexington Av. Which is big a one way street that goes South.
Thank god, it was 3 am and traffic was very sparse, but still. People like that could be the ones that cause the fender bender that got you seriously injured, or killed. Someone else could have been crusing down Lex at 45 mph, imagine the head-on collision...*shudders*... Later on, she blamed the lack of parked cars, so she claimed she didn't see it was the wrong way. But if you're taking the responsibility of driving in NYC, you need to know how the streets/avenues work, and be extremely aware of what's going on.
Maybe if we had more black box type recorders in our car (which we do to some extent) these claims could always either be confirmed or debunked, but then you're getting in a sticky situation if you can only rely on recorders.
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