Ever been chased by a crazed road rage driver?

[OllieWinchester]

OP, your story didn't take place in the Twickenham area did it?

I had an 'incident' once in that area where a fully fledged psychopath in a battered Mk2 Golf took umbrage at me shaking my head at his truly atrocious driving. What followed was approximately half an hour of him locking up all four wheels of his car in front of me trying to get me to stop, him driving over kerbs in order to try and get in front of me, and him parking his car across all lanes of traffic on a roundabout on the A316 and getting out to try and stop me. After having enough of this I phoned the police and started giving them a running commentary. They advised I pull into a petrol station to and hope he went away which seemed to work. This was until I pulled out of the forecourt with some trepidation about 5 minutes later only to find him standing in the road with the most crazed look on his face I have ever seen, waving a brick. We had a small face off with me stationary, holding up the traffic behind me, and him gesticulating wildly. In the end (I don't know why either) I just dropped the clutch and raced straight at him. He leapt out of the way at the last minute and the brick which was intended for my windscreen ended up leaving a sizeable dent in the side of my van.

Genuinely shaking with fear for a while after that. He wasn't a big bloke, but I've never seen someones face so distorted with rage over something so trivial. Went to press charges and it turns out that this wasn't the first time he had done something like this. Unfortunately the police expected me to keep coming up to Twickenham to sign stuff etc,(Over an hour each way) so he just got a caution in the end.

[Tribal Chestnut]

On the way home late one evening last year, prat a couple of yards from my bumper, gestures by me, even closer, appeared to follow me, turned into the rear of my local train stn (dark, secluded, dead end) to buy a new ticket, they stopped a few yards away, effectively trapping poor me, hopped out & wondered over to the ticket machine, kept glancing at them, they fked off, very strange.

[Altrezia]

I got pulled from my car and punched once. I didnt even realise the idiot was following me until he opened my door for me when I parked.

I was 18, in a rotten 1974 mini clubman 1000, and apparently I had tried to race him. Ho ho.

He was in a chavallier - common theme?

[ymwoods]

Had one once where someone pulled out on me whilst I was going round a roundabout. Nearly hit their back quarter but managed to stop in time and beeped them. They went all the way around the roundabout and then pulled off behind me. They then turned on their full beam and sat inches from my bumper following me. (this was on D-roads but, was about 2am and not another soul about)

Obviously I decided that I was not going to head home so I just kept going up and down the same stretch of dual carriagway over and over going round the roundabouts at each end. I must have been doing this for about 30 mins before he finally wheelspun off. I was in the left hand lane at all points yet he made no attempt to overtake or get beside me either...

[Distant]

A few days ago, I was driving along a country road in my white Audi R8, when a bloody great deer jumped out of the hedge in front of me! Luckily I'd been paying attention and knew it was safe to go into the oncoming lane, as there was someone further ahead in the line of traffic overtaking. I swerved to the right, and actually managed to miss it. It was really close though.

I had some take away food on the passenger seat, I made a grab for it and glanced down to make sure the strawberry milkshake wasn't going to spill all over the cream leather. Honestly, it all happened so fast, imagine my suprise when, out of nowhere, there's a car coming towards me and I'm now on the wrong side of the road. I was so shaken up I didn't know what to do, so I slammed on the brakes. Luckily the guy coming towards also hit the brakes and we both stopped in time.

The next thing I know, the guy in the other car is ranting and raving and he's thrown a can of energy drink at me, leaving a dent in my bonnet. What on earth possesses someone to behave like that just because of an unavoidable incident!! Doesn't he realise that I could have been dead if I'd hit that deer, not to mention the possibility of the car going out of control and ploughing head on into him! He came very close to being killed that day, it was only my fast reactions that enabled me to miss the deer, and save his life. He should have been thanking me, not throwing things at my car!

I just don't get some people.

[omgus]

^^^^

This is going to be like cadence clutching and the 335d joke soon though.

[The Riddler]

omgus said:

^^^^

This is going to be like cadence clutching and the 335d joke soon though.

No it isnt. It's st, and damaging other peoples property, especially their p&j isn't something most true petrol heads would laugh and joke about. Where as the two things you've said were quite amusing, at the time.

[omgus]

The Riddler said:

omgus said:

^^^^

This is going to be like cadence clutching and the 335d joke soon though.

No it isnt. It's st, and damaging other peoples property, especially their p&j isn't something most true petrol heads would laugh and joke about. Where as the two things you've said were quite amusing, at the time.

Alright grumpy, i meant that it will be referenced everytime anyone has a chance to get it in. I have already seen it on several different threads, and most of them have made me smile, there is a difference between finding the reference to an act reported in a thread funny, and finding the act itself funny.

[Moley RUFC]

Distant said:

A few days ago, I was driving along a country road in my white Audi R8, when a bloody great deer jumped out of the hedge in front of me! Luckily I'd been paying attention and knew it was safe to go into the oncoming lane, as there was someone further ahead in the line of traffic overtaking. I swerved to the right, and actually managed to miss it. It was really close though.

I had some take away food on the passenger seat, I made a grab for it and glanced down to make sure the strawberry milkshake wasn't going to spill all over the cream leather. Honestly, it all happened so fast, imagine my suprise when, out of nowhere, there's a car coming towards me and I'm now on the wrong side of the road. I was so shaken up I didn't know what to do, so I slammed on the brakes. Luckily the guy coming towards also hit the brakes and we both stopped in time.

The next thing I know, the guy in the other car is ranting and raving and he's thrown a can of energy drink at me, leaving a dent in my bonnet. What on earth possesses someone to behave like that just because of an unavoidable incident!! Doesn't he realise that I could have been dead if I'd hit that deer, not to mention the possibility of the car going out of control and ploughing head on into him! He came very close to being killed that day, it was only my fast reactions that enabled me to miss the deer, and save his life. He should have been thanking me, not throwing things at my car!

I just don't get some people.

6/10 - there will be better versions

[flakeypaul]

was once going down a rural dual carriageway in lane 2 at 70mph (the vehicles in lane 1 doing about 60-65). Cue motorbike come screaming up my arse at god only knows what speed which then sits on my bumper flashing his lights. I refused to budge over because a - I was using lane 2 to overtake the slower moving traffic in lane 1, and b - i was turning right in less than quarter of a mile so to move into lane 1 and then back into lane 2 in such a short distance was not the wisest of decisions.

Biker continues to sit on my arse flashing his light and pointing to lane 1. I just shook my head an ignored him. He then tries to squeeze between me and the central reservation and fails, nearly falling off his bike to which I give him a thumbs up - well done!

This sends him into a furious rage causing him to break off the dual carriageway when I turn right and pull along side screaming at me to pull over. I tell him to fk off so he then spends the next five miles pulling along side me and kicking the side of my car. Bearing in mind I have my 8 month pregnant wife sitting next to me and my mother sitting behind me, this isn't a good situation.

When we get into the next town he pulls alongside me and tells me to pull over so we can 'sort this out like men'. I tell him to get fked - he then proceeds to tell me that lane 1 is for slow drivers and lane 2 is for fast drivers and I was only doing 70 which is slow and I should have moved over. I advise him to go and get a copy of the highway code and give it a good read. He then screams 'learn to fkin drive' at me, kicks the car again and sets off - right in front of a copper that is standing on the side of the road - he flies off and I drive off. Don't know whether the copper got his reg or not but there was a lot of damage to the side of my car (unfortunately I couldn't get his number as bikes don;t have them on he front!).

Reported him to the law but to no avail. Saw him about six months later on a road near me screaming his head off at a car in front of him - very angry man, probably needs to get laid.

Edited by flakeypaul on Saturday 26th June 07:47

[Libertine]

Moley RUFC said:

Distant said:

A few days ago, I was driving along a country road in my white Audi R8, when a bloody great deer jumped out of the hedge in front of me! Luckily I'd been paying attention and knew it was safe to go into the oncoming lane, as there was someone further ahead in the line of traffic overtaking. I swerved to the right, and actually managed to miss it. It was really close though.

I had some take away food on the passenger seat, I made a grab for it and glanced down to make sure the strawberry milkshake wasn't going to spill all over the cream leather. Honestly, it all happened so fast, imagine my suprise when, out of nowhere, there's a car coming towards me and I'm now on the wrong side of the road. I was so shaken up I didn't know what to do, so I slammed on the brakes. Luckily the guy coming towards also hit the brakes and we both stopped in time.

The next thing I know, the guy in the other car is ranting and raving and he's thrown a can of energy drink at me, leaving a dent in my bonnet. What on earth possesses someone to behave like that just because of an unavoidable incident!! Doesn't he realise that I could have been dead if I'd hit that deer, not to mention the possibility of the car going out of control and ploughing head on into him! He came very close to being killed that day, it was only my fast reactions that enabled me to miss the deer, and save his life. He should have been thanking me, not throwing things at my car!

I just don't get some people.

6/10 - there will be better versions

3/10 - Lost points for looking at a milkshake when on the wrong side of the road, during an emergency situation. Back to the drawing board

[Silver]

A few years ago I overtook two men driving some sort of American car on the A41 - they were doing 30mph in what was then an NSL zone. There was plenty of room, I didn't cut them off so absolutely nothing wrong with my overtake. They sped up and followed me a couple of miles up the road, then down a country lane where I turned off. They then proceeded to come up alongside me and try and force me off the road by repeatedly swerving towards me.

I was only about 19 or 20 and I panicked and put my foot down to get away from them but they continued to follow me, either tailgating me or coming up alongside until I made a sudden left turn as they were alongside and lost them.

Very frightening experience. I reported it to the BiB as I'd got their reg and they paid a visit to the two guys but basically just gave them a warning.

[GTIR]

No but I did "chase" a bloke on a van around my town.

I'll not bore you with details but it goes like this; I overtake, he pulls out in front of me, I flash lights, he slams brakes on, I then overtake him, he sits up my arse telling me to pull over, I take my tie and glasses off once done what he suggested, get out of car and he changes his mind drives off, nearly hitting me, I then give chase (not speeding just following) around my town.
All the time I was signaling him to pull over, but we end up driving around in circles until he stars driving dangerously so I give up.

It was all on camera (Roadhawk cameras front and rear) and evidence was passed onto cops.

Charlie big bananas blokes who give it large in the saftey of their car but when it comes to it they are ghey. (or you'll be dead)

Edited by GTIR on Saturday 26th June 08:39

[snowy slopes]

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. Mind you, for bad driving i have yet to go anywhere worse than south yorkshire, apparently round here a red traffic light means toe it and only stop when its impossible to go

[littleredrooster]

For almost three months, I was pursued by a gorilla in a Lada on my way to work after giving him the coffee beans for his appalling driving.

I tried three different cars and several different routes, but he still managed to locate and recognise me! The only saving grace was that a 305 diesel was marginally quicker than a 1200 Lada.

[RedAlfa]

A few years ago I was chased ten miles by a bh in a NOVA! She had overtaken me on a dual carriageway, and I re-passed her STATIONARY Nova at some traffic lights (dual carriageway). She was furious, and did everything she could to catch up with me again! She even overtook other cars around BLIND BENDS in order to catch up with me. After several miles of pursuit I pulled into a petrol station (CCTV) ... she turned around and continued her journey.

A surprising number of my road-rage incidents have been perpetrated by women! A was given a brake test by a woman because ... I was travelling at the speed limit.

[ManOpener]

I once got chased around a sleepy town by a madman in a white van who had tried to merge INTO my car at a dual carriageway roundabout. I was sitting in the left hand lane, turning left, he tried to merge into me. Sounded my horn to let him know that I was there, and he went absolutely ballistic. Ended up having to find the narrowest road possible and u-turn in it, he got his Sprinter stuck so I just gunned it off with a little wave.

[Dangerous Dan]

I've seen a few "hard men bikers" offer violence to people. Notice how they only seem so forthcoming with threats when they are fully armoured-up?

Complete cowards, the lot of them.

I had one biker threaten to sort me out because he disagreed with me, a Scotsman, driving a nice car (5 yr old XJ12) in England.

I asked him to remove his armour and we'd sort this like men, he refused and told me to he was going to "kick my teeth in". His visor was up, so I grabbed the bottom part of the helmet (fingers through the open visor) and pulled towards me whilst simultaneously landing a punt to his stomach/gut area. He went down, I proceeded to land some punches to his exposed neck/throat area. The dirty fker shat himself at this point.

He had four biker friends, previously were all "tough guys" but not one of them came to their buddy's aid.

So, fully-suited up bikers offering out violence to persons = cowards of the highest order.

On a side-note, one thing I learnt from Northern Ireland is to carry a sturdy wheel brace in the car with you, preferably within arms reach. I'm yet to meet the man who can stand up to a well-placed thump with a wheel brace, and there have been several contenders over the years.

I'm not condoning violence, nor do I actively seek it. I have gone through life with one phrase on my mind "don't fk with people, you don't know who they are, or what they are capable of" People who get angry at the wheel do well to note that, as using threatss of violence and intimidation may work on some people, but not all; and it only takes being a gobste to one nutter for the bully to become the bullied.

[blueg33]

I got chased by a road rage muppet a few years ago. Mrs Blue was in the car with me and was scared. I couldnt shake him, so I phoned Evesham Police station, and the muppet followed me into the car park, when I stopped he jumped out, and as he did so 5 policemen ran out of the station door and arrested him!

My offence was was to be faster away from traffic lights where there were two lanes.


Also many years ago I had my nose broken by a road rager. I crossed the road on a zebra crossing so the driver in question had to stop. The then jumped out iof the car lifted me off the ground against a wall (he was a big bloke, I am 6ft) and headbutted me, breaking my nose. When the police arrested him (i noted his reg plate), the reason he gave is that people in suits shouldn't make him stop! (I sort of want this to happen again though, because I am now a Tae Kwondo 2nd dan and people like that need to learn the hard way)

Edited by blueg33 on Saturday 26th June 09:29

[Shabs]

I find the drivers in the UK to be quite good compared to those in Asutralia. I had an old Indian bloke with what looked like 3 kids, wife and somebody's mother in a ford focus swerve across a 3 lane highway and try to take me out because I drove past him I think. I was quite surprised as I was driving a FJ40 with 35 inch mud tyres. When I didn't move he gave up. I also had a dude in a pulsar try to drive me off the road in rush hour because I would move out of his way in literally stationary traffic, I got a load of abuse for that which I just ignored.

Only time anything has really happened in the UK has been white van man and minicab related. I didn't pull of at a round about fast enough and the guy behind me took it as a personal insult and let out a torrent of abuse. I laughed at him and he never followed me, I guess I was lucky reading the stuff on here.

Is this not a good reason to have the police on speed-dial and carry a clublock in the car?