Examination of road rage, or accurate depiction of DC traffic?

Getting my inspiration from one of Will's posts yesterday, I began looking at some old Goofy clips on YouTube (I have a soft spot for Goofy and various old-school Disney cartoons in general), and came across this.



While it gives a comedic cartoon depiction of the downside to road rage, I found myself relating to certain elements depicted herein . . . more than I wanted to admit to! In doing so, I found myself comparing this clip to actual DC-area traffic, and found a great many parallels.

The segment about merging from a dead stop onto a superhighway is spot on (I'm thinking of the exit from Colesville Road southbound onto the outer loop of 495 before they "corrected" it), and I've done the "stop-light race" more times than I can count! As for the parallel parking bit, you've obviously never tried finding a parking spot on Constitution Avenue at the height of cherry blossom season! ;)