Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : I moved to a new house on a street that is used as a shortcut to the freeway. Its an old and low income neighborhood and its pretty obvious when people actually live here or are just driving through. There are 3 parks and an elementary school within 200 yards of my house, so there's a lot of foot traffic (dog walkers, joggers, cyclists, kids walking to school).

The fact that its a shortcut to the freeway means that we get a LOT of traffic coming through and people drive pretty quickly through the neighborhood. I understand going 5 over, but its common to see cars going 45mph with a limit of 30. I've had people road rage on me while i ride my bike, I even have people use the wrong lane to pass me when I'm in my car.

I've gotten tired of these people abusing our neighborhood and endangering people that live here. I recently started purposely driving 5mph under the limit within neighborhood limits (so 25mph). I also take my sweet ass time pulling out and into my driveway to make people have to slow down a little. I do a full stop at stop signs and wait a few seconds before continuing even when its clear. When turning left, I am extra cautious and wait till its completely clear before beginning my turn. I do this 1. To hopefully remind the shortcut people that this is a neighborhood and they need to drive carefully 2. To hopefully make people rethink using this street as a shortcut and 3. Because I LOVE to see these people flip out in my rearview mirror when all I'm doing is driving cautiously. AITA for roadraging back?

My most recent incident was yesterday. I was leaving for work and began to pull out of my driveway. I noticed a truck further down the street that was driving noticeably over the limit so i made sure i took my time to reverse out of my drive, come to a stop, switch gears, and calmly speed up to 25mph. The way I did this meant that the truck behind me needed to slow down to about 15 mph while i finished. He then proceeded to tailgate me the entire way up the road while flashing his highbeams. When we came to the stop sign, he switched to the opposite lane and ran it before i could even come to a stop.

I know that this can also be considered road rage. Yes, I know that i can petition the city to install speed bumps. A neighbor tried that process but failed because we didn't meet minimum traffic requirements. They just lowered the minimum and I think we can easily get it, but I have to wait till next year before we can apply again. 

There are 2 ways I've thought about this behavior. One is that I'm just following the rules and hopefully slowing other people down in the process in a 'malicious compliance' type deal. The other is that I'm going out of my way to antagonize these people who are just trying to go about their day, and possibly even angering them to the point where they drive even more aggressively (like with the truck).

AITA for passive aggressively road raging?