Head on confrontation with an Audi R8

[steelej]

At the end of the day, he stopped, you stopped, no one was hurt, nothing was damaged, until you decided to throw a can of Red Bull that is. You could have just went on your way and nothing more would have came of it other than both of you getting a little fright.

You should be ashamed of yourself for your actions.

John.

[iggletiggle]

live ade said:

it surprises me that no one has mentioned....
"hooning it along.....OPEN can of red bull"

I don't think I can add too much more to this "debate"... but if any of you would like to cast the first stone...

I was thinking of mentioning the fact that OP was "hooning" with an open can of energy drink but decided against it..

Although by his follow up response i would say that possibly seeking counseling or similar is in order. If you cannot control yourself enough to stop lashing out at such an event as this then i would suggest that there is something wrong..

Anyway i have said my piece and will end it there.

[ALittleEXcited]

Sounds like he made a bit of a mistake.

You went well over the top, I can't believe you expected anything other than a ripping for this behaviour.

[plasticpig]

live ade said:

it surprises me that no one has mentioned....
"hooning it along.....OPEN can of red bull"

I don't think I can add too much more to this "debate"... but if any of you would like to cast the first stone...

Safely held in a drinks holder. Proved by the fact that I am not currently desperately cleaning Red Bull off a cream interior.

[Sk93]

plasticpig said:

K87 said:

So maybe he realised he didnt have time for the overtake, and noone was letting him back in, so he braked to a stop 300 yards from you, there by giving you plenty of time to stop had you been observing the conditions correctly (which you obviously were) so wheres the problem? I'd be filing for criminal damage against you.

Inconsiderate cock.

He didn't brake to halt at 300 yards though. He was accelerating at 300 yards to overtake the traffic. Not sure when he actually started breaking but he ended up stationary 7-8ft from my car. I am pretty sure I can't throw a can of Red Bull 300ft. His car was stationary when I threw the can.

I think you'd have done much better here if you'd hit HIM with the can.. or a fist.. or a brick for that matter, rather than his car.

I can understand your fustration and anger with him, but it was with him, not his car.. so probably best to take it out on HIM imo.

Against what seems to be the popular tide, I hope you DON'T get the bill for fixing his car, but instead decide that you were lucky both not to be dead and also not to be prosecuted for criminal damage, and next time don't throw things at a car

[Rawwr]

Utterly pathetic.

[OnTheOverrun]

plasticpig said:

live ade said:

it surprises me that no one has mentioned....
"hooning it along.....OPEN can of red bull"

I don't think I can add too much more to this "debate"... but if any of you would like to cast the first stone...

Safely held in a drinks holder. Proved by the fact that I am not currently desperately cleaning Red Bull off a cream interior.

This is going to continue to go badly for you unless you start to realise that the guy in the R8 cocking up an overtake by mis-judging the approach speed of your hooning car is a lesser crime than your act of criminal damage. There is simply no excuse for your thuggish behaviour and even less excuse for you continuing to defend it.

[LeoSayer]

I'm sure the R8 driver didn't intend to nearly cause a head-on, it was a driving error, potentially life-threating, but an error nonetheless.

You intentionally threw the can at his car. If I was the R8 driver, I would have called the police.

[Dave200]

Sk93 said:

I think you'd have done much better here if you'd hit HIM with the can.. or a fist.. or a brick for that matter, rather than his car.

Yes. That's right. Commit GBH, rather than damaging something easily repairable...

PH: Perspective matters, UNTIL IT COMES TO OUR CARS!!!!!!!

[TuxMan]

holy crap has no one got any patience any more ? we all make mistakes on the road its called life !! if you are lucky your mistakes don,t get anyone of yourself killed !!! chucking a can of red bull was just plain stupid and i for one would have reacted in a totaly different way but then again i do alot of miles and have some understanding when it comes to these things , its called being sensible !!

[okgo]

Bunch of utter jokers on here.

this could have ended in the death of the OP, almost totally at the fault of another driver, yet you plebs are more interested in the fact he reacted to this by throwing a can of drink at him. To be fair in that situation which is as good as a fight of flight situation I'd be surprised if most of you didn't react in a violent manner.

If this had been a cheap car, this thread would be so different.

Edited by okgo on Monday 21st June 12:22

[Rude-boy]

We all make mistakes from time to time. Something I always try remind myself of when I have to help someone else out of the mess they have just put us both in.

It is hard not to react, but especially when the only damage is to pride or underwear, one should always keep ones less than charitable reactions to those that can be done from the seat, without the need to remove seat belts or inanimate objects.

Not that it is entirely applicable to the situation in hand but there are some who would suggest that if you had time to hit the horn or give the finger it wasn't that close in the first place...

[thetapeworm]

Did you buy another can of Redbull?

[Rude-boy]

okgo said:

Bunch of utter jokers on here.

this could have ended in the death of the OP, almost totally at the fault of another driver, yet you plebs are more interested in the fact he reacted to this by throwing a can of drink at him. To be fair in that situation which is as good as a fight of flight situation I'd be surprised if most of you didn't react in a violent manner.

If this had been a cheap car, this thread would be so different.

Having been in similar situations myself I have to say the only initial reaction I have had has been a desire to beat the other person to death with a rusty spoon. The lack of rusty spoons and the ensuing loss of my job has always tempered this desire milliseconds after the thought has occoured to me .

[ZesPak]

thetapeworm said:

Did you buy he buy you another can of Redbull?

EFA

:P

[plasticpig]

OnTheOverrun said:

plasticpig said:

live ade said:

it surprises me that no one has mentioned....
"hooning it along.....OPEN can of red bull"

I don't think I can add too much more to this "debate"... but if any of you would like to cast the first stone...

Safely held in a drinks holder. Proved by the fact that I am not currently desperately cleaning Red Bull off a cream interior.

This is going to continue to go badly for you unless you start to realise that the guy in the R8 cocking up an overtake by mis-judging the approach speed of your hooning car is a lesser crime than your act of criminal damage. There is simply no excuse for your thuggish behaviour and even less excuse for you continuing to defend it.

I am not defending it. I said in the first post that it was an instinctive reaction. It's not like I sat there for a couple of minutes and thought about throwing it. If I had thought about it I wouldn't of thrown it.

The only thing I have defended against is the assumption that:

A: I threw it out of spite at not being able to afford an R8.
B: That it was somehow unsafe to secured can of open drink in the car.
C: That there was a greater distance between the two cars when they became stationary than there actually was.


Presumably if he had hit me it would have been OK to throw the can of Red Bull?

[Original Poster]

As soon as I read this I thought "he is going to be getting a lot of abuse"

And the OP totally deserves it to be honest, no need whatsoever to damage someone's property for a mistake on the road.

[doodles19]

okgo said:

"I'd be surprised if most of you didn't react in a violent manner."

No, most of us have this marvoulous thing called self control .

plasticpig said:

Presumably if he had hit me it would have been OK to throw the can of Red Bull?

Erm... still a nono I'm afraid.

Edited by doodles19 on Monday 21st June 12:35

[okgo]

doodles19 said:

okgo said:

"I'd be surprised if most of you didn't react in a violent manner."

No, most of us have this marvoulous thing called self control .

Well when you'ure put in a life threatning situation at someone elses hands, let me know how you got on, as I would be willing to bet money that you wouldn't be as calm and collected as many of the e-warriors on here.

[iggletiggle]

okgo said:

I'd be surprised if most of you didn't react in a violent manner

really... would you be??

Dont be a tit, most 99.9% of people who get aggressive on the road would back down if a full confrontation ensued.. in this case the op could not muster the self control to take a breath, beep the horn, call the guy a twunt and carry on his way to post his experience on a motoring forum for us all to gas about audi drivers being cocks.. instead he caused criminal damage..

I ( as hopefully many others would be) would be shocked to see anyone react in this manner!!