I’M a different person at home to at work. 
I’d have a conversation with friends that I would never, ever have with my grandma.
My parents know some of the truth about my teenage years. My friends know the whole truth and have been sworn to secrecy!
The point is that people reveal different parts of their personalities and take on different personas depending on the situation and people they’re with – and what is acceptable in one context would be deemed incredibly inappropriate in another.
(“You’ll never guess how much I had to drink last night! At one point I was dancing on the table in my underwear – it was hil-aaaaar-ious! Anyway, dad, how are you?”)
So what is it that has led to these musings? 
The answer is a series of incidents over the last few weeks which suggest some people act surprisingly differently – or completely out of character – on the road.
I don’t know if larger, safer vehicles give their drivers the illusion that they are untouchable by those around them, or whether some motorists are just idiots who feel their journey is more important than anyone else’s.
But surely the person who aggressively tail-gates, flashes their lights at the car in front to express their frustration and then gestures rudely as they finally overtake would never behave similarly if they were stuck, for example, in a queue in a shop.
The person who weaves in and out of traffic, cutting in front of others and forcing them to slam on their brakes would probably feel terrible if they actually caused somebody an injury.
Yet this kind of behaviour seems to be on the rise – and it terrifies me that someone would choose to drive bumper-to-bumper behind me on a steep, twisting country road, flashing their full beam the entire way (when I clearly had nowhere to pull in to let them pass) when I have a six-month-old baby in the back.
So whoever you are at home, however you act in work and whichever way you choose to conduct yourself around your aged aunt, let’s not forget that manners on the road are just as important.
I can’t be alone in wanting to get home safely tonight.