Have you ever been a victim of road rage while driving?
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TooMany2cvs said:
Burwood said:
self defence- he's lucky he only got 2.
Sorry - you got out of your car at the traffic lights, walked to his car, threw the only two punches of the entire encounter through the open window in his closed door... and it was self-defence? How's that work?Burwood said:
And i'm lucky I didn't really hurt him or get reported.
<nods>travel is dangerous said:
Absolutely fantastic, going to watch that properly later. Of course, but one sticks in my mind.
Driving down a country road and it opened up into a 60mph zone, the car in front was still doing 30mph, so I overtook and pulled back in.
A couple of miles in, it changes back to 30mph and the car I overtook is now up my chuff.
We approach a roadabout and the driver decides to accelerate past me and block my way forward - yes really!
He gets out of the car and tells his story "Why did you fly past me, and then slow down ...expletives"
"Because you were doing half the speed, so I then did about twice your speed, then we went into a 30 zone a couple of miles down the road so I slowed to the speed limit"
The guy carried on, completely irate and just couldn't get it. He then went into his car to get something, so saw an opportunity to reverse up quickly and fly by. Absolute nut job.
Driving down a country road and it opened up into a 60mph zone, the car in front was still doing 30mph, so I overtook and pulled back in.
A couple of miles in, it changes back to 30mph and the car I overtook is now up my chuff.
We approach a roadabout and the driver decides to accelerate past me and block my way forward - yes really!
He gets out of the car and tells his story "Why did you fly past me, and then slow down ...expletives"
"Because you were doing half the speed, so I then did about twice your speed, then we went into a 30 zone a couple of miles down the road so I slowed to the speed limit"
The guy carried on, completely irate and just couldn't get it. He then went into his car to get something, so saw an opportunity to reverse up quickly and fly by. Absolute nut job.
Burwood said:
I was threatened
How?Burwood said:
and i thought he had a tyre iron under his seat.
He never even opened his door until after you hit him...Burwood said:
Anyway, I regretted it afterwards. Like I said I could have been in a spot of hot water.
Sounds like it's the potential for an assault conviction that you regret, rather than getting involved in the first place.travel is dangerous said:
FiF said:
Who else remembers that documentary from years back? Forget the name but there was some prat rattling on about company car hierarchy. Essentially he knew the distinguishing characteristics of each model level, so in a Monty Pythonesque "I know my place" sketch applied to the roads, someone in a Cavalier GLS would be assisted in an overtake past his GL, but someone in an L, or even worse a base spec, well hell would freeze over before he'd let them past. We share the roads with these.
That's why I don't react, just suck it up and try to make each journey as the grey man, inconspicuous, not memorable, you and I may be reasonable folks, but that person over there, maniac.
From A to B: tales of modern motoring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQsMFQZa8osThat's why I don't react, just suck it up and try to make each journey as the grey man, inconspicuous, not memorable, you and I may be reasonable folks, but that person over there, maniac.
It's brilliant.
https://jalopnik.com/this-uk-documentary-about-com...
TooMany2cvs said:
Burwood said:
I was threatened
How?Burwood said:
and i thought he had a tyre iron under his seat.
He never even opened his door until after you hit him...Burwood said:
Anyway, I regretted it afterwards. Like I said I could have been in a spot of hot water.
Sounds like it's the potential for an assault conviction that you regret, rather than getting involved in the first place.
Not me, but I remember reading this post when it happened, and it stuck in my mind for obvious reasons:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=12...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=12...
Triumph Man said:
Bumblebee7 said:
lyonspride said:
I had an incident where I sounded the horn at some moron who nearly caused an accident by stopping at the end of a slip lane and then further down the road tried to use his new Freelander as a weapon (tried to undertake and run me off the road at a merge point), I ended up getting out of the car, he just sat there as if nothing happened, his fish wife was gobbing off at me, I said a few choice words about how he's such a hard man in his metal cage, I got back in my car and then 4 hours later I get the Police at my door, he'd basically claimed I had a weapon (a large knife) and that I smelt like I was on drugs/alcohol. After a few hours (and searching my car) the Police were happy that nothing had occurred the way he'd said, but that's hours of my life taken away by some poncy self-entitled twunt who couldn't f**king drive and thought it ok to use a 2 tonne vehicle as a weapon..... He should have been done for wasting Police time.
Not condoning the actions of the driver in the Freelander but I do think it was a mistake getting out of your vehicle. Best course of action would be to let him get past you and leave it at that. From his perspective he has had a vehicular dispute but you're the one instigating the 'road rage' by getting out of your vehicle. He could have run you over and claimed he was scared for his safety etc and spin it exactly as he had done. Very difficult for you to prove otherwise as the Police would always take into account you had left your vehicle to confront the other driver, whether justified or not.
t there and probably deserved him getting out of his car and having a go at me, I hope he doesn't report me for driving like a tool"“Wow, this is a good little number. That’s the third car I’ve cut up on this stretch of road
alone without any downside whatsoever. I should definitely do this more often”.
robemcdonald said:
Burwood said:
self defence- he's lucky he only got 2. And i'm lucky I didn't really hurt him or get reported.
You got out of your car. Walked over to him (still in his car) punched him twice and that was self defence?If this isn’t a wind up you’ve got issues.
That has to be a lot simpler and quicker than constantly telling other people not to react to the provocation.
Coolbanana said:
Context. You need to learn to read in context. You will find you will do better in exams, business and generally in all walks of Life.
You will avoid making silly assumptions if you.
My response was specific to those who do not act when they see an overtly aggressive action or are themselves victim to it. Any violent aggression, not just the subject matter of this Thread. Ok?
I don't know what planet you orbit but it's clearly not one that has anything to do with Earth. The right call in a road rage situation is clearly to back off and let the bellend be a bellend. Don't antagonise or feel you have to exacerbate the situation with a nutter in order to avoid 'backing down' or 'being taken for a mug'.You will avoid making silly assumptions if you.
My response was specific to those who do not act when they see an overtly aggressive action or are themselves victim to it. Any violent aggression, not just the subject matter of this Thread. Ok?
Edited by Coolbanana on Wednesday 25th April 07:39
That has absolutely zero comparison to an assault where clearly the right call IS to intervene. The two things aren't the same.
And you presume to lecture others on their comprehension skills?
Not driving as such, but in 1975 I had a moped (because that was all I could have at the time).
It would do about 40 mph on the level, so in built-up areas I just had to overtake everything doing less than that!
One day I did just that and the overtaken driver took exception to it and closed up on my rear.
I turned down a side road, and he followed - until we got near the end and I went up the pedestrian foot-path with bollards at the end!
In your teens you feel invincible - then hopefully you learn!
It would do about 40 mph on the level, so in built-up areas I just had to overtake everything doing less than that!
One day I did just that and the overtaken driver took exception to it and closed up on my rear.
I turned down a side road, and he followed - until we got near the end and I went up the pedestrian foot-path with bollards at the end!
In your teens you feel invincible - then hopefully you learn!
MartinVert said:
I don't know what planet you orbit but it's clearly not one that has anything to do with Earth. The right call in a road rage situation is clearly to back off and let the bellend be a bellend. Don't antagonise or feel you have to exacerbate the situation with a nutter in order to avoid 'backing down' or 'being taken for a mug'.
That has absolutely zero comparison to an assault where clearly the right call IS to intervene. The two things aren't the same.
And you presume to lecture others on their comprehension skills?
When you have finally calmed down and stopped frothing at the mouth, would you mind pointing out where it is stated that the people on this thread can ONLY discuss the specific elements of road rage that you wish them to?That has absolutely zero comparison to an assault where clearly the right call IS to intervene. The two things aren't the same.
And you presume to lecture others on their comprehension skills?
We have already established that people do get out of their cars. So why are we not allowed to talk about what happens when they do?
Edited by Hol on Thursday 26th April 07:12
Hol said:
When you have finally calmed down and stopped frothing at the mouth, would you mind pointing out where it is stated that the people on this thread can ONLY discuss the specific elements of road rage that you wish them to?
We have already established that people do get out of their cars. So why are we not allowed to talk about what happens when they do?
I'm not saying that. I'm saying it's embarrassing the people on here acting like doing the mature thing and not reacting to outright bellends and winding the situation up to the point of potential violence constitutes 'backing down' or 'unmanly behaviour'. To the point that some gentleman further up equated not reacting to not stepping in while a woman was being assaulted on the street. We have already established that people do get out of their cars. So why are we not allowed to talk about what happens when they do?
Edited by Hol on Thursday 26th April 07:12
Shakermaker said:
jumped out carrying an enormous set of bolt cutters or similar, 2-3ft long, and was about to take a full on swing at my window/windscreen
I can well imagine that was terrifying. In a similar incident a few years back during a local 12 car rally, a farmer actually took pot shots at cars with his shotgun. It's quite common during these navigational rallies for multiple cars to make the same navigational errors and the farmer flipped after several cars took the wrong junction and approached his farm.Only one that sticks in my mind is the DCW who got upset with me for using correct lanes.
2 lane road 40mph
Everyone piles into the right hand lane to join the M4 4000 miles back, traffic then crawls to 20-30mph, I stick in the left hand lane, ready to pull into the right hand lane, see a really big gap, doing 30 now as traffic is slowing in front of me, indicate check mirrors and notice the guy behind me start to accelerate and block me off, but 530 is quicker than a Qashqai, as I pull out I am now significantly in front of him yet he slammed his brakes on, he was on the horn and lights, there was a 2-3 car length between us I chuckled to myself as he looked like a right jebend.
A few minutes later I join the M4, lane 1 50mph limit is on so but ends after the next gantry, so I check my mirrors and notice the angry man steaming up the slip road, up the arse of two or three cars behind me, indicate and pull out, this is where I almost died laughing, he sweeps across into lane 3 and overtakes me in lane 2 pointing at his camera no doubt shouting "you're on camera!" It's clear behind him and I am about to pull into lane 3 there's now a car behind me fairly close, so I indicate and pull out just as he swerves into lane 2, basically in front of where I would have been but obviously hadn't clocked I'd moved to lane 3, then he slammed his brakes on to brake check me.....only thing was I was now overtaking him and he was brake checking the guy who was behind me, who was massively unimpressed with this, meanwhile I carried on my journey crying with laughter as the angry man now had an angry man following him.
I've also checked and I am not on YouTube, which saddens me because I'd love a copy of it
2 lane road 40mph
Everyone piles into the right hand lane to join the M4 4000 miles back, traffic then crawls to 20-30mph, I stick in the left hand lane, ready to pull into the right hand lane, see a really big gap, doing 30 now as traffic is slowing in front of me, indicate check mirrors and notice the guy behind me start to accelerate and block me off, but 530 is quicker than a Qashqai, as I pull out I am now significantly in front of him yet he slammed his brakes on, he was on the horn and lights, there was a 2-3 car length between us I chuckled to myself as he looked like a right jebend.
A few minutes later I join the M4, lane 1 50mph limit is on so but ends after the next gantry, so I check my mirrors and notice the angry man steaming up the slip road, up the arse of two or three cars behind me, indicate and pull out, this is where I almost died laughing, he sweeps across into lane 3 and overtakes me in lane 2 pointing at his camera no doubt shouting "you're on camera!" It's clear behind him and I am about to pull into lane 3 there's now a car behind me fairly close, so I indicate and pull out just as he swerves into lane 2, basically in front of where I would have been but obviously hadn't clocked I'd moved to lane 3, then he slammed his brakes on to brake check me.....only thing was I was now overtaking him and he was brake checking the guy who was behind me, who was massively unimpressed with this, meanwhile I carried on my journey crying with laughter as the angry man now had an angry man following him.
I've also checked and I am not on YouTube, which saddens me because I'd love a copy of it
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