ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Are drivers getting meaner? It seems that way to me. I blame the recession.

UPDATE: Reader Kent Wood emails:

My take on this is that it’s true (drivers are more angry) and that the reason is…(drumroll please)

…Starbuck’s.

More people are drinking more and stronger coffee than ever before. It makes us a bit more impulsive and jumpy than normal, and on the highways this gets magnified many times over.

Just a theory, and probably not a very popular one, but there you go!

Hmm. I dunno, I’m angrier when I’m tired, usually.