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That's good advice. Hard to do, but good advice.
Ollie if you're not angry in these situations it's a blessing. I've worked hard over the years on not getting angry, or at least not channelling my anger into shouting swear words at motorists, because funnily enough they don't like it, it's not constructive and it can often spur them on to do something even worse. People can really take umbrage at being sworn at, it turns out.
Now I channel my anger into forcefully tapping on their window, but then politely and calmly explaining what they did wrong and would they mind awfully not doing it again. I have been pleasantly surprised by the results of this, possibly because they can still tell I'm angry but they can also tell that I'm holding it back and really trying to be pleasant, but if your immediate instinct isn't anger that's good, it just sounds like you need to be a bit more reactive and quicker to take the opportunity to politely provide your fellow road users with feedback...
I had a lovely commute in this morning, the thermometer said 3.5 degrees but it felt much warmer in the sun. I spent quite a lot of it near an Eskimo Ice lorry which was dripping all over the place, almost as if the contents were being melted by the sun.
I though about trying to tell him his ice was melting but I thought he'd think I was taking the piss.