[Leica] Totally OT: Prius experiences?

[reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)]

It's a hugely popular car around here (Northern California). They are 
*everywhere*.

The car itself seems to be just fine, but a lot of the people who buy them 
start driving  in a way that infuriates others. Almost every day on the road 
I see a Prius driver in the leftmost lane driving at exactly the speed 
limit, 
with angry drivers honking and waving obscenities as they try to get around 
it. Last week I saw a big armored pickup truck intentionally rear-end a 
Prius 
to try to get it to move out of the fast lane, and no one except the Prius 
driver was outraged by this. No one stopped.

Newspapers call this phenomenon "Prius Rage". A specialized form of road 
rage.