Hand gestures

HI DIARY,

I get a lot of flack from people for giving other drivers the finger while driving.
Now I know I have road rage. I'm the type to yell incessantly at other cars* or slow down when some asshole is tailgating me, but those two offenses out of the way, I'm not crazy.
I don't cut people off, and I don't run other drivers off the road. I also generally obey the speed limit +/- 15% of the speed limit.

But I'm trying to not give people the finger... as much.
So today when I was turning left in a parking lot, and the guy across from me was driving straight, and CLEARLY failed to notice the stop sign he was supposed to stop at, I prepared myself to give him a "thumbs down."
And when he didn't stop and almost hit me, I went to give him the gesture, but
DANGER DANGER, THE WIRES IN MY BRAIN HAVE CROSSED
I'm not used to NOT giving the finger, and something went wrong,
I gave him the thumbs up.

Wait a second.
I realize my infraction in a split second and resort to pointing at the stop sign and yelling, to myself, THERE IS A STOP SIGN! and continued driving.

Needless to say I'm sure the other driver assumes I'm bi-polar.


* ASIDE: Yelling is a pretty guilt-free thing I do to get the rage out, as my windows are often closed. But I do still fondly recall a fine summer day when I had all my windows down (since my A/C was broken) and I let a fellow driver into my lane.
I do this frequently because it makes me feel philanthropic.
BUT THEN THE DRIVER DIDN'T COURTESY WAVE, and livid about the lack of driver etiquette I yelled WAVE TO ME, GOD DAMNIT.

Clearly the other driver had their windows open too, because a meek hand was raised just high enough for me to see, and a furtive wave was executed.
Yeah. That's right. YOU WAVE. EVERY TIME.