Ever been chased by a crazed road rage driver?
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I've had several - half the time I'm sure it's the car that winds them up. Getting out and calling their bluff tends to work, although I did once have a short scouse bloke try to stab me with a screwdriver at the side of the M62. My crime: going "too slow" in the pissing rain in lane 1.
Best result was overtaking a full size 40 tonne artic coming off the motorway - this one didn't involve a "flash" car - it was an old F reg Audi I had as a "beater". I didn't think anything of it but a few minutes later he's up my chuff *inches* away, lights flashing, horn blaring. I'm not dawdling, I'm doing 30 (same as the rest of the traffic) down a busy high street, cars parking, kids going home from school etc. Came to a set of lights and I'm in the right hand lane waiting on red and next thing this fat shortarsed t
t (he was a bit comical - I'd have knocked his head off) gets out and starts ranting about me going slow (really - I wasn't). I asked him what would have happened if one of those kids had run out - if I had braked *at all* he'd have hit me. His response to this was to punch me in the face through the window - he only caught me but it had the result of cutting my lip. He ran back to his truck - I was already on the phone to the police. I kept him held at the red light (even when it went green) so he then pulled into the oncoming traffic and forced his way through. I followed and by this time I'm giving a running commentary to the person on the phone. A few minutes later a police van tanks past going the other way, blues and twos etc and there were others ahead by the sound of it. The 999 bod then tells me that they know where he's going and that I shouldn't follow him into his premises. A couple of minutes later he drives into his yard and a copper is waiting for me outside - and about 3 vans/cars inside 
All his workmates and his gaffer are out of the offices and he's handcuffed, lobbed in a van and off he went.
He confessed all straight away and when it went to court I got 120 compensation. No idea if he lost his job - sometimes I hope so. There are far too many deranged idiots in control of artics.
Best result was overtaking a full size 40 tonne artic coming off the motorway - this one didn't involve a "flash" car - it was an old F reg Audi I had as a "beater". I didn't think anything of it but a few minutes later he's up my chuff *inches* away, lights flashing, horn blaring. I'm not dawdling, I'm doing 30 (same as the rest of the traffic) down a busy high street, cars parking, kids going home from school etc. Came to a set of lights and I'm in the right hand lane waiting on red and next thing this fat shortarsed t
t (he was a bit comical - I'd have knocked his head off) gets out and starts ranting about me going slow (really - I wasn't). I asked him what would have happened if one of those kids had run out - if I had braked *at all* he'd have hit me. His response to this was to punch me in the face through the window - he only caught me but it had the result of cutting my lip. He ran back to his truck - I was already on the phone to the police. I kept him held at the red light (even when it went green) so he then pulled into the oncoming traffic and forced his way through. I followed and by this time I'm giving a running commentary to the person on the phone. A few minutes later a police van tanks past going the other way, blues and twos etc and there were others ahead by the sound of it. The 999 bod then tells me that they know where he's going and that I shouldn't follow him into his premises. A couple of minutes later he drives into his yard and a copper is waiting for me outside - and about 3 vans/cars inside All his workmates and his gaffer are out of the offices and he's handcuffed, lobbed in a van and off he went.He confessed all straight away and when it went to court I got 120 compensation. No idea if he lost his job - sometimes I hope so. There are far too many deranged idiots in control of artics.
Somnophore said:
Some idiot in a diesel Audi took offence to this so proceeded to match my speed so that I couldn't move back in in front. Also couldn't drop back as the traffic had caught up behind him at this point, so he was basically hanging me out on the other side of the road trying to kill me,
I've had this once or twice.So long as I have my nose ahead, I start slllooooowwwwwllllllyyyyy pulling back into lane (with my indicator on, naturally), just as if I hadn't seen them at all and am not in any rush. My cars are usually older and scruffier than most....
Turns out they do let you in, at the cost of massively increasing their blood pressure
I was coming home from living in Portsmouth, i had everything i owned in my car (Citreon ZX) and was in fast moving traffic in the outside lane on the M3 passing Basingstoke when an audi A8 W12 in black with a gangster wannabe tried to undertake me, and slipped infront of my car in a gap that didn't really have room for him, i slowed to let him in and flashed my full beams. I did that just to let him know there was room but he obviously got the wrong end of the stick as he proceeded to brake test me a couple of times. Now I love Citreon ZX's, especially the two that i have had, the were both cheap, both reliable (well one was till it imploded) and both had massive plastic bumpers, after break testing my didn't seem to cause any undue panic and i simply moved into the middle lane he slowed in the outside lane to get behind me and then cut into the middle lane sitting dangerously close and making throat slitting gestures, i pulled back to the outside lane and he pulled up beside me with his window open telling me he had a knife and he was going to follow me and gut me. I was starting to get a little nervous now, i have dealt with my fair share of idiot drivers but i knew i couldn't lose the audi if he wanted to follow me and i felt a little intimidated when he said he had a knife. Because of that i did something i'm not very proud of. As mentioned everything i owned was in my car, i was moving home for Euro 2004 having just quit my job as a chef so on my passenger seat were my Globals. When he yelled that he had a knife and was going to kill me, i may have waved first my 12"chefs at him and then put that down and weaved the meat cleaver at him. This did cause him to wind his window up and to stop threatening me but it didn't spot him hassling me with his car he was getting very close to me and pushing my towards the central reservation at about 75, not letting me break/accelerate to get into the middle lane and was by now scaring me a lot. So i made a decision, and waited, when the road cleared a bit just before Fleet services i indicated left then after a second just turned accross all three lanes onto the hardshoulder. Oh the look on his face when he realised i wasn't bluffing he ended up screeching to a halt half on the hard shoulder and half on the grass as i pulled back onto the motorway. I know how dangerous it was and i know what could have happened but i decided that if he wanted to play chicken then i would rather take both cars out and have the full police enquiry than just stack mine into the reservation and watch nim drive of laughing. It wasn't the best decision but i stand by it now as well. About 5 minutes later i saw this Audi a fair way behind me again so i sat in the middle lane at 55 and everytime he tried to get past i swerved towards him, not big and not clever i know but fk him. He did everything he could to intimidate me, tried to bruise his way past, over-reacted when i flashed to let him know it was safe to move infront of me when he really should have known better and then threatened to kill me. He finally got past as i was coming off onto the sliproad at J3 funnily enough he looked straight ahead and didn't even give me a wave when he shot past in the outside lane. Tosser i hope he had to change his fking underwear, i genuinely feared for my safety at one point and decided it was better for me to force him off the road than ignore it and wait for him to cause me to crash.
k him. He did everything he could to intimidate me, tried to bruise his way past, over-reacted when i flashed to let him know it was safe to move infront of me when he really should have known better and then threatened to kill me. He finally got past as i was coming off onto the sliproad at J3 funnily enough he looked straight ahead and didn't even give me a wave when he shot past in the outside lane. Tosser i hope he had to change his fking underwear, i genuinely feared for my safety at one point and decided it was better for me to force him off the road than ignore it and wait for him to cause me to crash. Only happened to me once, I was in the S3 just going back to work and im coming to a roundabout with a bus lane on the inside and randomly another S3 almost identical comes shooting up behind me, undertakes me in the bus lane before i can get to the roundabout to make my left turn (which i was indicating for the entire time) cue me putting both hands in the air and mouthing 'what the fk?'.
He slammed on brakes and stopped, hopped out, took a second look at the fact i had an S3 also, then comes right up to my window giving it all the 'you got a problem innit?' i just said to him 'you just cut me up' and sat in my car. cue a 5second silence before he just walks off and gets back in his car.
totally random and not sure what he thought he achieved.
k?'.He slammed on brakes and stopped, hopped out, took a second look at the fact i had an S3 also, then comes right up to my window giving it all the 'you got a problem innit?' i just said to him 'you just cut me up' and sat in my car. cue a 5second silence before he just walks off and gets back in his car.
totally random and not sure what he thought he achieved.
I was waiting for an oncoming car down my street, a peugeot behind me starts to bib. I had a quick look and saw a girl driving and thought nothing more of it, she couldn't see the car coming as I could due to the parked cars in front of us. She then drove past with her boyfriend swearing at me from the passenger seat. I geticulated back and off they went, diving into a tiny space for the oncoming car.
Once the car had come past I drove on up the road to see the pug halfway across the road with the guy sprinting down the street. he looked a bit mental and anyone that thinks they can run at a car isn't someone I necessarily want to tango with so proceeded to drive past him, he slammed his hands on my windown as we went past ( I was even courteous enough not to run him over as it was outside my house).
Then to my utter bemusement he started running after the car (in a full suit, pink shirt and tie) so I drove round the block and by that time they had left.
Funny thing is I live with him now and we're good mates haha
Once the car had come past I drove on up the road to see the pug halfway across the road with the guy sprinting down the street. he looked a bit mental and anyone that thinks they can run at a car isn't someone I necessarily want to tango with so proceeded to drive past him, he slammed his hands on my windown as we went past ( I was even courteous enough not to run him over as it was outside my house).
Then to my utter bemusement he started running after the car (in a full suit, pink shirt and tie) so I drove round the block and by that time they had left.
Funny thing is I live with him now and we're good mates haha
Aphex said:
I was waiting for an oncoming car down my street, a peugeot behind me starts to bib. I had a quick look and saw a girl driving and thought nothing more of it, she couldn't see the car coming as I could due to the parked cars in front of us. She then drove past with her boyfriend swearing at me from the passenger seat. I geticulated back and off they went, diving into a tiny space for the oncoming car.
Once the car had come past I drove on up the road to see the pug halfway across the road with the guy sprinting down the street. he looked a bit mental and anyone that thinks they can run at a car isn't someone I necessarily want to tango with so proceeded to drive past him, he slammed his hands on my windown as we went past ( I was even courteous enough not to run him over as it was outside my house).
Then to my utter bemusement he started running after the car (in a full suit, pink shirt and tie) so I drove round the block and by that time they had left.
Funny thing is I live with him now and we're good mates haha
That is a strange story!!Once the car had come past I drove on up the road to see the pug halfway across the road with the guy sprinting down the street. he looked a bit mental and anyone that thinks they can run at a car isn't someone I necessarily want to tango with so proceeded to drive past him, he slammed his hands on my windown as we went past ( I was even courteous enough not to run him over as it was outside my house).
Then to my utter bemusement he started running after the car (in a full suit, pink shirt and tie) so I drove round the block and by that time they had left.
Funny thing is I live with him now and we're good mates haha
I've had a bus driver get out and start karate kicking my car. I'd stopped at some traffic lights (with three or four cars in front of me), he pulled up behind me, got out, started yelling how late he was and starting kicking my car.
Phoned the police while it was happening and they told me to go to the local police station. Went to the local police station who told me they couldn't do anything and I should have rung them at the time as they would have sent a patrol car.
Phoned the police while it was happening and they told me to go to the local police station. Went to the local police station who told me they couldn't do anything and I should have rung them at the time as they would have sent a patrol car.
On Sunday afternoon I was driving along in my Lotus just minding my own business when some ahole came racing up behind me. He followed me for ages and I started to get a little worried. We got to a long straight bit of road and he started tailgating me really aggressively. I swerved a bit to the right then to the left - nothing extreme - just to hint to him that he should back off a bit. Now there's a corner coming up so I have to slow down a bit. Next thing I know - bang - he's hit me from behind at full speed and there's Red Bull all over the place.
Edited by Vladimir Pukin on Monday 28th June 17:40
Only time I had this happen was driving home once and had to stop outside a shop as a white van was rolling onto the road, presumably handbrake off or something. Gave him a blast of my horn, and went off. I obviously disturbed his lunch pie we was eating in the van at the time as he then came chasing after me. Managed to kinda lose him but he then saw me as I had stopped and got out. He came over to give me an earful. All I could do was tell him, 'look, sorry, but you were rolling onto the road, and I stopped and honked my horn. That's all.'
I was warned that if it happened again he'd smash my car up.
Yep, him rolling into the road is my fault.
I was warned that if it happened again he'd smash my car up.
Yep, him rolling into the road is my fault.
Vladimir Pukin said:
On Sunday afternoon I was driving along in my Lotus just minding my own business when some ahole came racing up behind me. He followed me for ages and I started to get a little worried. We got to a long straight bit of road and he started tailgating me really aggressively. I swerved a bit to the right then to the left - nothing extreme - just to hint to him that he should back off a bit. Now there's a corner coming up so I have to slow down a bit. Next thing I know - bang - he's hit me from behind at full speed and there's Red Bull all over the place.
Edited by Vladimir Pukin on Monday 28th June 17:40
i like that. Started to believe it up until the last sentence. Bloody redbull drivers! Pickin on the little Lotus.
I was driving to my girlfriend's parent's house once and was over taking a few cars (anyone who has driving the A16 from Louth to Grimsby knows that you get a lot of people driving slowly and no one wanting to go past them). I got to the front of the queue and sat at a fair distance near the middle so I could see past. The car starts slowing down, brake testing and moving out into my way. I was pretty pissed off when I finally over took and gave them a look and was stupid enough to tap my brakes when I pulled in front.
The car followed me all the way and when I stopped a gigantic, minging dyke got out and punched me, breaking my specs (Diesel ones too, not any old st). Luckily my girlfriends dad is my optician and he fixed them. The best bit was she was angry as it's people like me who "kill kids". I kinda wish I'd kicked fk out of her and a small part of me thinks if I saw her car again I would wreck it.
It's also worth bearing in mind that 1 in 5 people suffer mental illness at some point in their lives so there's every chance you'll meet a few of them on the road during your driving career. You really just want to keep away from such people.lol, yup, only black kids stab each other. You daft racist.
The car followed me all the way and when I stopped a gigantic, minging dyke got out and punched me, breaking my specs (Diesel ones too, not any old s
t). Luckily my girlfriends dad is my optician and he fixed them. The best bit was she was angry as it's people like me who "kill kids". I kinda wish I'd kicked fk out of her and a small part of me thinks if I saw her car again I would wreck it.Deva Link said:
snowy slopes said:
I think a lot of it boils down to the fact that by not letting them past,or calling their driving rubbish, is an affront to their manhood/masculinity and hence why they act like complete fking loons.
In their eyes you're dis-respecting them. Same basic reason black kids stab each other.king loons. It's also worth bearing in mind that 1 in 5 people suffer mental illness at some point in their lives so there's every chance you'll meet a few of them on the road during your driving career. You really just want to keep away from such people.
Deva Link said:
It's also worth bearing in mind that 1 in 5 people suffer mental illness at some point in their lives so there's every chance you'll meet a few of them on the road during your driving career. You really just want to keep away from such people.
what a crock of ste ... the drivers with 'mental illnesses' are much more likely to be unobstrusive or timid
you might get the odd manic phase bipolar person or schizophrenic having a moment
the majority of loony drivers are NOT Mentally Ill, they may have a Personality Disorder ( which in many cases is just a polite and medically sound way of saying someone is a bit of a selfish / self obsessed tosser)
This doesn't seem to be a particularly new problem. 20 years ago when I first started work I was getting a lift into work with my Dad. On the A14 and it was two lanes of slow traffic, we were in the driving lane and there was an idiot in the overtaking lane who for some reason decided that he wanted to drive us off the road. Never will know why, but this idiot kept swerving left to try to take out the side of Dad's car. Traffic picked up and the overtaking lane moved ahead and we never saw this idiot again.
Another time I was driving on the A45, lovely clear road nobody about and I had the roof off on the Westfield SE I had at the time. Out of nowhere a black car appeared next to me on my right hand side, 3 Chav blokes in the car with the windows down shouting abuse saying they were going to "'ave ya", proceeded to overtake and pull in and brake test me, I managed to switch lanes whilst they were braking and re over took them. Luckily there was a turning off the A45 to hand and I dived down hoping to loose them, no idea where it led so I was a bit worried. Chav slams on the anchors and manages to dive down the turning behind me, I panic a bit and press on more than I would comfortably. Then I came accross a small roundabout covered in bushes and hurled the car round hoping it would stick, it dug in and I drove round the roundabout and headed back up to the A45. I can only presume that the Chavs had their view obscured by the bushes and carried straight on, either that or they had had their jollies scaring the st out of me as I never saw them again. Again I have no idea what their problem was, I hadn't cut them up, I wasn't holding anyone up as I was in the left lane of a dual carriageway, I can only guess that it was some sort of "you have a nice car and we don't" thing.
Another time I was driving on the A45, lovely clear road nobody about and I had the roof off on the Westfield SE I had at the time. Out of nowhere a black car appeared next to me on my right hand side, 3 Chav blokes in the car with the windows down shouting abuse saying they were going to "'ave ya", proceeded to overtake and pull in and brake test me, I managed to switch lanes whilst they were braking and re over took them. Luckily there was a turning off the A45 to hand and I dived down hoping to loose them, no idea where it led so I was a bit worried. Chav slams on the anchors and manages to dive down the turning behind me, I panic a bit and press on more than I would comfortably. Then I came accross a small roundabout covered in bushes and hurled the car round hoping it would stick, it dug in and I drove round the roundabout and headed back up to the A45. I can only presume that the Chavs had their view obscured by the bushes and carried straight on, either that or they had had their jollies scaring the s
t out of me as I never saw them again. Again I have no idea what their problem was, I hadn't cut them up, I wasn't holding anyone up as I was in the left lane of a dual carriageway, I can only guess that it was some sort of "you have a nice car and we don't" thing.
bit extreme but fair play to the guy in the BMW.I remember once trying to tell a girl her dress was hanging out her car door and she just started going crazy and tailing me for miles swerving, trying to over take against oncoming traffic in a 30 zone and doing all manner of crazy things.
I didn't change my route but decided for the last couple of miles since it was dual carriageway to drive much faster than usual.
I've had other bizarre occurrences and in most cases it's either being something incredibly trivial or I've not even known what I've done wrong.
Probably the most bizarre was when I parked my car went to the machine and got back to find a car waiting behind my parked car, some guy then proceeded to tell me I'd stolen his space (at Asda) and was going to kill me unless I moved. I have to admit I was having a bad day and wasn't in the mood for his abuse so I went over to his car and tried to drag him out of his window since he wouldn't get out, he managed to get away and I stood there in confusion over the whole incident.
I didn't change my route but decided for the last couple of miles since it was dual carriageway to drive much faster than usual.
I've had other bizarre occurrences and in most cases it's either being something incredibly trivial or I've not even known what I've done wrong.
Probably the most bizarre was when I parked my car went to the machine and got back to find a car waiting behind my parked car, some guy then proceeded to tell me I'd stolen his space (at Asda) and was going to kill me unless I moved. I have to admit I was having a bad day and wasn't in the mood for his abuse so I went over to his car and tried to drag him out of his window since he wouldn't get out, he managed to get away and I stood there in confusion over the whole incident.
Strangest thing. Normal little one lane road in a small little village with a low speed limit, lots of pedestrians, and lots of traffic lights so I'm just moving along without a care in the world. Next thing I know the guy behind me starts screaming at me drives into oncoming traffic jumps in front of me and then stops in the middle of the road cursing. I figured I maybe in a little bit of a violent situation but as I had no place to go I was just going to wait to see if he jumped out of the car and then I would run him over. Luckily he just hit the gas ran a red light and off he went.
I think it was a whole lot of drugs.....
The second time I was on a freeway over in California cruising along in high traffic at 75ish. I notice in my mirror a piece of crap lexus swerving in and out of traffic moving faster then what a normal person would even think about in that type of congestion. Guy flys behind me, I have no place to go, then he dives into the lane next to me and misses two cars by what I honestly think was less then a millimeter before swerving back into my lane and hitting the breaks. I, pray to god and to the engineers at Subaru, manage to miss him and watch him flashing signs and driving away. Once again I think lots of drugs.
I think it was a whole lot of drugs.....
The second time I was on a freeway over in California cruising along in high traffic at 75ish. I notice in my mirror a piece of crap lexus swerving in and out of traffic moving faster then what a normal person would even think about in that type of congestion. Guy flys behind me, I have no place to go, then he dives into the lane next to me and misses two cars by what I honestly think was less then a millimeter before swerving back into my lane and hitting the breaks. I, pray to god and to the engineers at Subaru, manage to miss him and watch him flashing signs and driving away. Once again I think lots of drugs.
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