Have you ever been a victim of road rage while driving?
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Well yesterday after 8 years of trouble free driving i was on the receiving end of an angry driver calling me every name under the sun. It was a hot day which seems to wind many drivers up and it was on a roundabout approaching a retail park.
To cut a long story short his wife was 100% in the wrong lane doddering about like she did not know which lane to get in. There are arrows on the floor of each lane telling you which one to be in for the retail park but he seemed to take offence at me not indicating even though i did not change lanes or cut anyone up i was following the arrows on the floor so there is no need to indicate.
Well he for some unknown reason decided to take it out on me that his wife was in the wrong lane so when we got round it onto the set of lights for the retail park being 1 car length back in the other lane he decided to start shouting at me very loudly from the passenger seat while going bright red with rage. Typical knuckle dragger with a vest on smoking a roll up. I looked out my window to see this skinny little chav who weighed about 10 stone telling me to f
king indicate you wker etc. I just looked at him and shook my head while he carried on shouting calling me every swear word he could think of with no valid reason. It must have been a good 10 seconds until the lights changed so i had to sit there while he was still mouthing off at me and bite my tongue while resisting the urge to get out and pull the mouthy little chav out of the car and smash his face in.
I have been letting this wind me up since it happened and its still annoying me now that i did not get out and do something. But then the rational side kicks in and i think i made the correct decision by ignoring him even if it did make me look and feel like a pussy.
so as a man would you guys have made the same decision or would you have gotten out of the car and dealt with him?
also interested in hearing any other stories of similair incidents that you guys have had.
To cut a long story short his wife was 100% in the wrong lane doddering about like she did not know which lane to get in. There are arrows on the floor of each lane telling you which one to be in for the retail park but he seemed to take offence at me not indicating even though i did not change lanes or cut anyone up i was following the arrows on the floor so there is no need to indicate.
Well he for some unknown reason decided to take it out on me that his wife was in the wrong lane so when we got round it onto the set of lights for the retail park being 1 car length back in the other lane he decided to start shouting at me very loudly from the passenger seat while going bright red with rage. Typical knuckle dragger with a vest on smoking a roll up. I looked out my window to see this skinny little chav who weighed about 10 stone telling me to f
king indicate you wker etc. I just looked at him and shook my head while he carried on shouting calling me every swear word he could think of with no valid reason. It must have been a good 10 seconds until the lights changed so i had to sit there while he was still mouthing off at me and bite my tongue while resisting the urge to get out and pull the mouthy little chav out of the car and smash his face in. I have been letting this wind me up since it happened and its still annoying me now that i did not get out and do something. But then the rational side kicks in and i think i made the correct decision by ignoring him even if it did make me look and feel like a pussy.
so as a man would you guys have made the same decision or would you have gotten out of the car and dealt with him?
also interested in hearing any other stories of similair incidents that you guys have had.
ST Ford said:
I just looked at him and shook my head while he carried on shouting calling me every swear word he could think of with no valid reason. It must have been a good 10 seconds until the lights changed so i had to sit there while he was still mouthing off at me and bite my tongue while resisting the urge to get out and pull the mouthy little chav out of the car and smash his face in.
Roughly translated, I st myself.whilst cycling, all the bloody time.
On Thursday a woman attempted to undertake me by using the pavement. There was a queue of traffic about 50 metres ahead in the bus lane,waiting at some lights, I just stopped pedalling and was slowly rolling up to the queue (so that I didn't have to stop before the lights changed) and the car that had followed me up the hill in the bus lane (undertaking everyone who was queueing not in the bus lane) pulled level with me whilst straddling the pavement. The driver had to stop when she approached a sign post on the pavement ahead of her. After this she sat at the lights behind me constantly beeping.
On Thursday a woman attempted to undertake me by using the pavement. There was a queue of traffic about 50 metres ahead in the bus lane,waiting at some lights, I just stopped pedalling and was slowly rolling up to the queue (so that I didn't have to stop before the lights changed) and the car that had followed me up the hill in the bus lane (undertaking everyone who was queueing not in the bus lane) pulled level with me whilst straddling the pavement. The driver had to stop when she approached a sign post on the pavement ahead of her. After this she sat at the lights behind me constantly beeping.
0ddball said:
ST Ford said:
I just looked at him and shook my head while he carried on shouting calling me every swear word he could think of with no valid reason. It must have been a good 10 seconds until the lights changed so i had to sit there while he was still mouthing off at me and bite my tongue while resisting the urge to get out and pull the mouthy little chav out of the car and smash his face in.
Roughly translated, I st myself.t is likely to have a knife and stab you, inbread little cu*ts. travel is dangerous said:
whilst cycling, all the bloody time.
On Thursday a woman attempted to undertake me by using the pavement. There was a queue of traffic about 50 metres ahead in the bus lane,waiting at some lights, I just stopped pedalling and was slowly rolling up to the queue (so that I didn't have to stop before the lights changed) and the car that had followed me up the hill in the bus lane (undertaking everyone who was queueing not in the bus lane) pulled level with me whilst straddling the pavement. The driver had to stop when she approached a sign post on the pavement ahead of her. After this she sat at the lights behind me constantly beeping.
Excellent. Sounds like you met The Mental.On Thursday a woman attempted to undertake me by using the pavement. There was a queue of traffic about 50 metres ahead in the bus lane,waiting at some lights, I just stopped pedalling and was slowly rolling up to the queue (so that I didn't have to stop before the lights changed) and the car that had followed me up the hill in the bus lane (undertaking everyone who was queueing not in the bus lane) pulled level with me whilst straddling the pavement. The driver had to stop when she approached a sign post on the pavement ahead of her. After this she sat at the lights behind me constantly beeping.
ST Ford said:
Well yesterday after 8 years of trouble free driving i was on the receiving end of an angry driver calling me every name under the sun. It was a hot day which seems to wind many drivers up and it was on a roundabout approaching a retail park.
To cut a long story short his wife was 100% in the wrong lane doddering about like she did not know which lane to get in. There are arrows on the floor of each lane telling you which one to be in for the retail park but he seemed to take offence at me not indicating even though i did not change lanes or cut anyone up i was following the arrows on the floor so there is no need to indicate.
Well he for some unknown reason decided to take it out on me that his wife was in the wrong lane so when we got round it onto the set of lights for the retail park being 1 car length back in the other lane he decided to start shouting at me very loudly from the passenger seat while going bright red with rage. Typical knuckle dragger with a vest on smoking a roll up. I looked out my window to see this skinny little chav who weighed about 10 stone telling me to fking indicate you wker etc. I just looked at him and shook my head while he carried on shouting calling me every swear word he could think of with no valid reason. It must have been a good 10 seconds until the lights changed so i had to sit there while he was still mouthing off at me and bite my tongue while resisting the urge to get out and pull the mouthy little chav out of the car and smash his face in.
I have been letting this wind me up since it happened and its still annoying me now that i did not get out and do something. But then the rational side kicks in and i think i made the correct decision by ignoring him even if it did make me look and feel like a pussy.
so as a man would you guys have made the same decision or would you have gotten out of the car and dealt with him?
also interested in hearing any other stories of similair incidents that you guys have had.
Maybe could have calmed it down with an explanation: “sorry mate, this lane only goes right, so didn’t indicate”. To cut a long story short his wife was 100% in the wrong lane doddering about like she did not know which lane to get in. There are arrows on the floor of each lane telling you which one to be in for the retail park but he seemed to take offence at me not indicating even though i did not change lanes or cut anyone up i was following the arrows on the floor so there is no need to indicate.
Well he for some unknown reason decided to take it out on me that his wife was in the wrong lane so when we got round it onto the set of lights for the retail park being 1 car length back in the other lane he decided to start shouting at me very loudly from the passenger seat while going bright red with rage. Typical knuckle dragger with a vest on smoking a roll up. I looked out my window to see this skinny little chav who weighed about 10 stone telling me to f
king indicate you wker etc. I just looked at him and shook my head while he carried on shouting calling me every swear word he could think of with no valid reason. It must have been a good 10 seconds until the lights changed so i had to sit there while he was still mouthing off at me and bite my tongue while resisting the urge to get out and pull the mouthy little chav out of the car and smash his face in. I have been letting this wind me up since it happened and its still annoying me now that i did not get out and do something. But then the rational side kicks in and i think i made the correct decision by ignoring him even if it did make me look and feel like a pussy.
so as a man would you guys have made the same decision or would you have gotten out of the car and dealt with him?
also interested in hearing any other stories of similair incidents that you guys have had.
It’s always worth appreciating some people are new to a layout you know well and in queuing traffic, road marketing’s are often of little help.
But also worth appreciating that a response could have escalated the situation / led to violence.
Let it slide safe in the knowledge that the knuckle dragger will soon meet another bottom feeder and will star in some ridiculous YT clip banging lumps out of each other on the street somewhere.
The best revenge is good living.
ST Ford said:
Well yesterday after 8 years of trouble free driving i was on the receiving end of an angry driver calling me every name under the sun. It was a hot day which seems to wind many drivers up and it was on a roundabout approaching a retail park.
To cut a long story short his wife was 100% in the wrong lane doddering about like she did not know which lane to get in. There are arrows on the floor of each lane telling you which one to be in for the retail park but he seemed to take offence at me not indicating even though i did not change lanes or cut anyone up i was following the arrows on the floor so there is no need to indicate.
Well he for some unknown reason decided to take it out on me that his wife was in the wrong lane so when we got round it onto the set of lights for the retail park being 1 car length back in the other lane he decided to start shouting at me very loudly from the passenger seat while going bright red with rage. Typical knuckle dragger with a vest on smoking a roll up. I looked out my window to see this skinny little chav who weighed about 10 stone telling me to fking indicate you wker etc. I just looked at him and shook my head while he carried on shouting calling me every swear word he could think of with no valid reason. It must have been a good 10 seconds until the lights changed so i had to sit there while he was still mouthing off at me and bite my tongue while resisting the urge to get out and pull the mouthy little chav out of the car and smash his face in.
I have been letting this wind me up since it happened and its still annoying me now that i did not get out and do something. But then the rational side kicks in and i think i made the correct decision by ignoring him even if it did make me look and feel like a pussy.
so as a man would you guys have made the same decision or would you have gotten out of the car and dealt with him?
also interested in hearing any other stories of similair incidents that you guys have had.
Each punch you deliver to a rat person makes their life better and yours worse. There is as much upside to engaging with a member of the worthless animal detritus end of society as there is in stepping in a dog turd. To cut a long story short his wife was 100% in the wrong lane doddering about like she did not know which lane to get in. There are arrows on the floor of each lane telling you which one to be in for the retail park but he seemed to take offence at me not indicating even though i did not change lanes or cut anyone up i was following the arrows on the floor so there is no need to indicate.
Well he for some unknown reason decided to take it out on me that his wife was in the wrong lane so when we got round it onto the set of lights for the retail park being 1 car length back in the other lane he decided to start shouting at me very loudly from the passenger seat while going bright red with rage. Typical knuckle dragger with a vest on smoking a roll up. I looked out my window to see this skinny little chav who weighed about 10 stone telling me to f
king indicate you wker etc. I just looked at him and shook my head while he carried on shouting calling me every swear word he could think of with no valid reason. It must have been a good 10 seconds until the lights changed so i had to sit there while he was still mouthing off at me and bite my tongue while resisting the urge to get out and pull the mouthy little chav out of the car and smash his face in. I have been letting this wind me up since it happened and its still annoying me now that i did not get out and do something. But then the rational side kicks in and i think i made the correct decision by ignoring him even if it did make me look and feel like a pussy.
so as a man would you guys have made the same decision or would you have gotten out of the car and dealt with him?
also interested in hearing any other stories of similair incidents that you guys have had.
OP did the right thing, ignore it, in fact smugly looking ahead is the best solution, most of them are all mouth. Whilst cycling I witnessed a young man get out of his car to confront the older hat wearing gent behind him, the older gent just mugged him off.
Mind you, I did hold up Kensington High ST once ready to rip a drivers head off after he attempted a u turn without checking and nearly took me with him. I was ready to dive into his MX-5 and rip his head off if he even thought about answering back , the worst thing about it? I actually pedalled a few metres ahead and then stopped and went back to him. My wife banned me from riding in London after that, until I understood what I was doing was wrong (looking to rip somebody's head off), which I have..sort off.
Mind you, I did hold up Kensington High ST once ready to rip a drivers head off after he attempted a u turn without checking and nearly took me with him. I was ready to dive into his MX-5 and rip his head off if he even thought about answering back , the worst thing about it? I actually pedalled a few metres ahead and then stopped and went back to him. My wife banned me from riding in London after that, until I understood what I was doing was wrong (looking to rip somebody's head off), which I have..sort off.
Great timing for this thread, was thinking of starting one myself because I also suffered my first road rage incident today.
I've been driving roughly 13 months (so I haven't had a lot of time to ps off other drivers) and this is a pretty tame road "rage" incident compared to some but I'll tell it anyway
It's raining, I'm driving on a 40mph road going into a town which the police sit on regularly to ticket speeders, in going 35mph indicated, which is 32mph really. Everything's fine, until an old lifted Vauxhall Frontera comes speeding up behind me and at the last minute slams on the brakes, the Vauxhall pitched so badly I thought it was going to forward flip! Anyway, he then starts swerving all over the lane beeping his horn, while I maintained my speed (I'm not going to be pressured), the pedestrians watching were in hysterics. Roundabout starts coming up so I lift off the accelerator and slowly slow down (I always do this, less brake usage and better fuel economy), the Vauxhall driver is redder than a Henry hoover at this point! I stop at the roundabout, I'm going left so in the left lane, he swerved around me bumps the Frontera onto the island in the middle of the road (millimetres from a bollard) and stops. I glance over (as everyone would) and he's giving me everything under the sun (hand signals and mouthing off) before roaring off nearly wiping out a car passing in front of us (going off the roundabout) and making another do an emergency stop. The now stopped car on the roundabout allows me out, and everybody drives on normally as if nothing happened. I was a bit shocked at the actual event but looking back it is just funny.
I've been driving roughly 13 months (so I haven't had a lot of time to p
s off other drivers) and this is a pretty tame road "rage" incident compared to some but I'll tell it anywayIt's raining, I'm driving on a 40mph road going into a town which the police sit on regularly to ticket speeders, in going 35mph indicated, which is 32mph really. Everything's fine, until an old lifted Vauxhall Frontera comes speeding up behind me and at the last minute slams on the brakes, the Vauxhall pitched so badly I thought it was going to forward flip! Anyway, he then starts swerving all over the lane beeping his horn, while I maintained my speed (I'm not going to be pressured), the pedestrians watching were in hysterics. Roundabout starts coming up so I lift off the accelerator and slowly slow down (I always do this, less brake usage and better fuel economy), the Vauxhall driver is redder than a Henry hoover at this point! I stop at the roundabout, I'm going left so in the left lane, he swerved around me bumps the Frontera onto the island in the middle of the road (millimetres from a bollard) and stops. I glance over (as everyone would) and he's giving me everything under the sun (hand signals and mouthing off) before roaring off nearly wiping out a car passing in front of us (going off the roundabout) and making another do an emergency stop. The now stopped car on the roundabout allows me out, and everybody drives on normally as if nothing happened. I was a bit shocked at the actual event but looking back it is just funny.
I would suggest in the modern world you are in the minority if you've only just had your first taste of road rage. The sad thing is that nobody who is happy, healthy, well-adjusted and in a good place loses it like that over such a trivial thing. I know this myself because when I'm in a good spot, I don't give a monkey's toss if someone cuts me up or whatever, whereas if I'm really wound up I do (not that I've ever abused someone for 10 seconds at lights over anything).
Society is just getting meaner and nastier.
Society is just getting meaner and nastier.
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