Entitlement and the sense of entitlement is the belief your rights are above other people’s, that it is your ‘right’ to get something that no one else deserves.

Based on that definition, can we consider speeding entitlement behavior?

Watching people act out of this sense of entitlement, believing that their destination is much more important than yours, I wonder if more of a police presence will slow down drivers or will create more resentment?

American culture after the pandemic shifted to a sense of entitlement behavior, believing that my rights are more important than yours – just because. The ‘just because’ is external forces exerted on their life; therefore it’s always someone else’s fault, something that just happened to me, and I have zero responsibility for my actions.

Taking charge of my actions, like how I drive my car, means I own my behavior. That means that if other people speed by me, flip me off, or scream obscenities out their window, it’s on them – not me. They cannot force me to speed up or get out of the way.

The next time you see me on the road, be aware. I will drive the speed limit so you might want to change lanes and get around me, especially if you are in a hurry.