Have you ever been a victim of road rage while driving?

[nonsequitur]

HTP99 said:

Max_Torque said:

ST Ford said:

i was following the arrows on the floor so there is no need to indicate.

Really....... ;-)

Yep, dedicate lane; no need to indicate, my daughter told me this, she has recently passed her test.

I indicate.

Glad you indicate. Dedicated lane, OK for traffic maybe but all other road users, of which there are many, definitely not.

[nonsequitur]

Leptons said:

0ddball said:

Roughly translated, I st myself.

All mouth.

...and brown trousers...

[Mandalore]

Bennet said:

Coolbanana said:

Mandalore said:

By the same logic, the families of muggers and rapists will be thanking you and all the other bystanders for your not my problem attitude.

Indeed, those who would rather stand by than defend another are all too common. I witnessed a young woman being stabbed to death in a busy shopping street in Durban when I was 12 years old. Obviously little I could do alone other than yell for help against an aggressive and armed man but at least 6 adult men in the close vicinity just watched it happen. Cowards.

I do agree it is best to avoid confrontation where at all possible, to defuse it if one can but sometimes an aggressor does need to understand that their violence will be met and challenged if the threat is deemed to be one whereby it is clear the aggressor will not back down regardless of passivity or if another person is seriously endangered.

It's really weird how letting someone pass you when they are driving aggressively is now being categorised along with taking no action whilst someone is being stabbed.

But, that's not what I did.

My comment was a follow up from his response to my earlier comment about it being sad that a crowd of people would ignore a road rage assault.

Given that physical assault is undertaken outside of the vehicle I just wanted to know if there was a line he was willing to cross given a numerical superiority.



Original thread:

robemcdonald said:

Mandalore said:

Sadly.
One reason these people are allowed to thrive is because the public deliberately ignore them. This unconscious collusion almost legalises the practice.

Vigilantism is an answe to far, but thinking its someone else’s problem will only make them bolder over time.

Pfftt.

You should have said “The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing”

They could quote it at your funeral after you’ve been stabbed to death by a nutter for confronting them after a road rage incident.

[oilbethere]

courty said:

Sometimes road rage has no provocation whatsoever...this fella didn't live to tell the tale...travelling at 70ish in lane three of the M4 he overtook somebody doing 50ish in lane two and paid for it with his life.

His "mistake" was that he tried to outrun the abuser instead of slowing down..?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43716912

Terrible but fascinating read. The officer carried out some outstanding work.

[Bennyjames28]

People in general need to chill out

[Swampy1982]

oilbethere said:

courty said:

Sometimes road rage has no provocation whatsoever...this fella didn't live to tell the tale...travelling at 70ish in lane three of the M4 he overtook somebody doing 50ish in lane two and paid for it with his life.

His "mistake" was that he tried to outrun the abuser instead of slowing down..?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43716912

Terrible but fascinating read. The officer carried out some outstanding work.

I was just about to reply the exact same thing...

[Danxr46]

I was once sat behind a silver signum and then few cars in front of that travelling down a B road for around 15 mins going quite slow. I decided to overtake since no one else did (this all happened around 2am from after a night shift) and I went off down the road. 10 mins later the signum decided to follow me really close to which after 5 mins I gave a little brake check, very slight flash of the lights in which He then tried to follow even closer so much that at points I couldn’t see his headlights. He continued to follow me trying to get me to pull over. It wasn’t until a residential area he overtook me and braked in front and stopped and ran up to my car and hit the window (didn’t break it, too much of a p*ssy) then I ended up driving off in which he drove after me but I got the loud pedal and bye bye d*ckhead!!

[Matt_Zeus]

Just recently on my motorbike while following another bike.
Moved into the outside lane of dual carriageway at 70mph in anticipation of the upcoming island which changes to a 40 limit on approach.
Woman in an Audi Q7(I think) steams up behind me, The lanes split and I'm in the middle, she pulls to my right and we stop for the island.
She winds down her windows and starts shouting at me.. something about "bikes doing whatever they want"

Edited by Matt_Zeus on Tuesday 24th April 21:00

[Harji]

courty said:

Sometimes road rage has no provocation whatsoever...this fella didn't live to tell the tale...travelling at 70ish in lane three of the M4 he overtook somebody doing 50ish in lane two and paid for it with his life.

His "mistake" was that he tried to outrun the abuser instead of slowing down..?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43716912

Sad reading, but that Police officers work to find the culprit was outstanding.

[Burwood]

jamei303 said:

Rule number one of successful road raging is never get out of your vehicle.

I know first hand this is the best advice.

[Leptons]

Reading this type of thread always has me thinking the average height of a PHer is 6’2” yet little old 5’10” me never feels Dwarfed when attending Sunday services.

Funny that...

[EazyDuz]

Probably the funniest one I had was when I was 18.
Driving around an Asda car park looking for a space, I see a car starting to reverse out. They see me driving down the lane towards them so I stop about 20 metres away and flash them to let them out.
As they reverse out they hit another parked car. Realising they will probably have to deal with that I dont bother waiting for their space so I drive towards them to turn into the next lane. As I drive towards them a big black man gets out with his disgusting, dog rough fat white girlfriend. As I drive past I hear her say, 'It were 'is fawt!'.
I park up and get out and hear 'Oi!', big black man comes RUNNING towards me, then stops a couple metres away, starts kicking off saying I somehow caused him to hit the other car, I just explain I was all the way back at the other end of the carpark and it isnt my fault he cant drive, then he walks off cursing under his breath.
Came back 5 mins later having done my shopping to find their car had gone, bet they didnt leave a note on the car they hit. Absolute cretins. I wish dashcams were a thing back then so I could tell the owner of the car they hit and give them the footage.

Another time I went to overtake a guy at night doing 50 in a single lane 60, he speeds up as I go to overtake but didnt have enough power to block me, proceeds to put his full beams on for a couple miles. Didnt bother me I just moved my mirror out the way and turned the foglights on and off when he got up my arse. He speeds past in a beaten up old BMW a bit later on when it turned to dual carriageway, beaconing me to pull into a layby. He pulls in and I just carry on driving. He had his girlfriend in the car and she was just looking down from embarrassment while he was effing and blinding, probably beats her up.

[Mr Tidy]

travel is dangerous said:

whilst cycling, all the bloody time.

Whilst being a pedestrian, every day - avoiding tw*ts on bicycles!

Was in KT4 last week - crossed the road as a pedestrian on a green light, but some Lycra warrior had to go through a red light as soon as I got to the pavement - WTF is wrong with these Lycra w*nkers?

[Hol]

First time.
I was 15 in my school uniform and it ended with me chasing the aggressor who assulted my brother, around his car with an old fashioned crook lock.

(And, yes. ^^ That is 100% true)

[lord trumpton]

Mr Tidy said:

travel is dangerous said:

whilst cycling, all the bloody time.

Whilst being a pedestrian, every day - avoiding tw*ts on bicycles!

Was in KT4 last week - crossed the road as a pedestrian on a green light, but some Lycra warrior had to go through a red light as soon as I got to the pavement - WTF is wrong with these Lycra w*nkers?

If they're stupid enough to think it's OK to wear Lycra then it's fair to assume they are mentally unstable and should be avoided at all costs.

[travel is dangerous]

Mr Tidy said:

Whilst being a pedestrian, every day - avoiding tw*ts on bicycles!

Was in KT4 last week - crossed the road as a pedestrian on a green light, but some Lycra warrior had to go through a red light as soon as I got to the pavement - WTF is wrong with these Lycra w*nkers?

I guess the same thing that is wrong with the initiator in every single one of the stories on this thread. Nobody had mentioned it but it may be that they were all wearing Lycra too.

[anonymous-user]

I got stuck at a busy junction a while back, several vehicles at a standstill along with plenty of pedestrians just stood about. I realised they were all watching a car that had been blocked in by another that was parked on the wrong side of the road and was driven by a women who was just sitting at the wheel.

Her partner, was out of the car and was leaning into the open window of the blocked car punching and strangling the driver. Window glass over the road.

I got out and managed to stop him.

Sometimes staying in your car won’t help you and neither will anyone who witnesses what’s going on. It ended up in court with him going guilty. I managed to speak with the victim who explained that all he had done was merge in turn, no fuss and no issues from the female driver but for some reason this man went ballistic, making his partner drive on the wrong side of the road for quite some time and block a junction. He also said that the police identified several witnesses who refused to give any detail. The only other person who police got to provide a statement was one of the guys at the road works merge in turn who confirmed that the victim had done nothing wrong.

It’s got to the point where it seems a simple merge in turn can go wrong. This has more to do with the mentality of people rather that just road rage. He was the type of guy who would have kicked off in most situations and even when they’re not in the driving seat your going to have a problem. Beep his Mrs for pulling out on you etc.....and he’s out smashing your window. Bump in to while shopping or at the pub and he’s going to react in a similar way.

[FiF]

Swampy1982 said:

oilbethere said:

courty said:

Sometimes road rage has no provocation whatsoever...this fella didn't live to tell the tale...travelling at 70ish in lane three of the M4 he overtook somebody doing 50ish in lane two and paid for it with his life.

His "mistake" was that he tried to outrun the abuser instead of slowing down..?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43716912

Terrible but fascinating read. The officer carried out some outstanding work.

I was just about to reply the exact same thing...

The issue is, like so many other aspects of police work, you are doing it for the victim(s), you are maybe the only voice speaking up for them. Additionally you may be speaking up on behalf of a driver who is at risk of being convicted of the incident by lazy and rapid assumptions, whereas the real culprit (s) go undetected and unpunished. I have told the story of such a fatal coach crash investigation before, but that was not a road rage incident, hence off topic and will leave it there.

[Mandalore]

lord trumpton said:

Mr Tidy said:

travel is dangerous said:

whilst cycling, all the bloody time.

Whilst being a pedestrian, every day - avoiding tw*ts on bicycles!

Was in KT4 last week - crossed the road as a pedestrian on a green light, but some Lycra warrior had to go through a red light as soon as I got to the pavement - WTF is wrong with these Lycra w*nkers?

If they're stupid enough to think it's OK to wear Lycra then it's fair to assume they are mentally unstable and should be avoided at all costs.

To be fair. Some of them are normal.

There is just a militant hardcore who are intolerant of anything that isn’t cycling positive.

I was once the passenger in a car that was deliberately keyed by one. He had unsuccessfully tried to goad the vehicles driver into a reaction while his mate filmed the exchange from behind. He keyed the car because he didn’t get a ride and likely went off to find another victim.


Those type, are the true villains.

[HTP99]

Bennyjames28 said:

People in general need to chill out

Definately.

I was in Thailand in October, the roads are proper mental; people pulling out infront of others, people getting cut up, dodgy overtakes, driving up your arse, pushing in, beeping of horns etc and yet no one gets even remotely stressed over it, the Thais are just so chilled.