The Art of Racing in the Rain

by Garth Stein

This is something I’d heard him say before: getting angry at another driver for a driving incident is pointless. You need to watch the drivers around you, understand their skill, confidence, and aggression levels, and drive with them accordingly. Know who is driving next to you. Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.

There is an apocryphal story of a NASCAR coach saying, "I don't care if you get hit by a bolt of lightning in turn 4 at Daytona, it's STILL your fault for being where the lightning wanted to hit!"