Is it normal to be afraid of strangers in other cars?

wow that is scary. when we make eye contact here, we just smile at each other.

Good, so when I see you at a set of lights, i'm going to stare at you, maybe even stick my tounge out just so you don't move and I go first :D
Nah. I'm kidding. If someone wanted to hurt you, eye contact would be the least of your problems!

I've been like that and it's not something that came and gone, it only started to happen like after 5 years of feeling fine driving, it was every red light and every passing car and it lasted a long time like between 1 to 3 years . I wasn't afraid they'd shoot me (though I'm sure it crossed my mind with all the racing thoughts) but more like fear of potential "road bullying" that could lead to a full out "road rage" fist fight and feelings like they are judging me badly (even though I'm just a typical baby faced, clean cut guy in a hoody and jeans outfit). It was partly a struggle cause somewhere deep in my mind I knew it was irrational and I was over reacting and just kept constantly facing my fears and driving all the time anyways. It wasn't like you hear on TV, like someone afraid of snakes one day holding a snake and suddenly they could hold snakes and weren't afraid of them anymore, it didn't go away that easy. Even thou I knew it was all in my mind I couldn't bring myself to move and do simple things like turn on the heater or use my signal light to change lanes or slide my hands to a more comfortable position on the steering wheel if someone was beside me, when there was no other cars around me I could thou. I would white knuckle the steering wheel just stare straight ahead. Some where along the lines I got the idea to just start looking up at the sky through my windshield (which was hard enough at the time then eventually looking over at others and thought, we are sharing this reality and these are my eyes if I want to look at things around me, even you, then I can and if you don't like it then go fuck yourself cause I want to look. That was 10 years ago and it still lingers but I feel way better about it now and look all I want, sometimes I even throw people who cut me off the finger out my window as I wail on my horn at them and it's nice checking out pretty girls again, though sometimes I fear like they think I'm being a "pig" for looking at them cause I find them physically attractive, when in reality its a blend of them being obviously nice to look at but also the kind, layed back sweethearted cutie (I prefer the girl next door super cute girls to hot girls, more down to earth but still just as gorgeous if not more cause of it) first impression I get that makes me know I'm instantly sexually attracted to them...but that's a whole other issue all together lol.

I couldnt imagine having to live that way, what would happen if you just said hello to someone, would they want to blow your head off too?

I ACTUALLY DO THE SAME! Sometimes they look super evil and they stare and so, I freak out hoping they won't follow me home and kill me or something, LOL

They actually do that here in Houston so I'd have to say normal lol!