Have you ever been a victim of road rage while driving?
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Driving into my girlfriends street, loads of parked cars on a narrow road and a blind bend as a result, I'm slowly making my way to said blind bend at 15mph or so and some middle-aged chav in an S3 comes flying around and slams on and then proceeds to start kicking off in his car, as I approach I wind my window down and said something along the lines of "f
king dhead" and he stammers a loud of words out rapidly saying he was getting angry at himself? I can't remember exactly what I said in response but it was essentially mocking his voice as it was pretty high pitched...
Once I've parked up outside my girlfriends house I see him in the distance reversing at speed and weaving between parked cars (in the meantime my girlfriend had kicked off at me saying that he's a well known drug dealer and lives down the end of the street blah blah), he pulls up next to me repeating that he was angry at himself when he was having the episode in his car, apologises and DSG farts off...
To this day he never looks me in the eye, I don't know why, if anything that should be me seeing as though he's some drug dealer hard man. I think like another poster above said, confidence in these situations can work wonders on them.
king dhead" and he stammers a loud of words out rapidly saying he was getting angry at himself? I can't remember exactly what I said in response but it was essentially mocking his voice as it was pretty high pitched...Once I've parked up outside my girlfriends house I see him in the distance reversing at speed and weaving between parked cars (in the meantime my girlfriend had kicked off at me saying that he's a well known drug dealer and lives down the end of the street blah blah), he pulls up next to me repeating that he was angry at himself when he was having the episode in his car, apologises and DSG farts off...
To this day he never looks me in the eye, I don't know why, if anything that should be me seeing as though he's some drug dealer hard man. I think like another poster above said, confidence in these situations can work wonders on them.
Twice when a driver got out and threatened me over a perceived slight, as I am almost 6'3" they changed their minds very quickly when I got out of the car.
Surprisingly both only came up to the level of my nipples, as they retreated quickly telling me I was lucky this time I could only shrug and smile.
Maybe road rage is related to being vertically challenged, with the level of rage increasing with the incremental reduction of height.
Surprisingly both only came up to the level of my nipples, as they retreated quickly telling me I was lucky this time I could only shrug and smile.
Maybe road rage is related to being vertically challenged, with the level of rage increasing with the incremental reduction of height.
Had to pop into a Hardware store in Wokingham for an item, and them off to the sadly missed cornish pasty shop. Trouble is i walked in still holding my purchase .....which happened to be an hand axe. Assistants face was a picture and i realised what i had done. quickly expalined, placed my order apologised profusely and left to go back to car..
Had the bag of pasties in my right hand and was holding the axe up near the head for balance between the pasties and my body. Crossing the light controlled crossing i had just made it onto the crossing when the amber light came on and due to a leg injury a week or so previously was in no way going to run. Until oik in a BMW, tinted ,lowered etc decided that he wanted to go on the amber and i was stopping. his progress. So on a whim, i stopped in front of him. removed pasty bag to reveal a lovely new shiny axe. Just smile and stood for a second before completing the crossing. I have never seen a mouth stop talking and jaw drop quicker in my life, with him going even further down his already reclined seat. Had to walk past hid window when i was on the pavement and all he could mouth was 'Sorry, sorry,sorry'
Shades of Oliver Reed...( deleted sledgehammer.insert hand axe!!) for those of a mature age
Driving related, in 50+ years of driving only jumped out twice in my life ( and they really deserved a shouting at..from a distance, just telling them that their driving stinks ) and never had someone come out at me. If i think i have screwed up a wave and Sorry mate..seems to work
Had the bag of pasties in my right hand and was holding the axe up near the head for balance between the pasties and my body. Crossing the light controlled crossing i had just made it onto the crossing when the amber light came on and due to a leg injury a week or so previously was in no way going to run. Until oik in a BMW, tinted ,lowered etc decided that he wanted to go on the amber and i was stopping. his progress. So on a whim, i stopped in front of him. removed pasty bag to reveal a lovely new shiny axe. Just smile and stood for a second before completing the crossing. I have never seen a mouth stop talking and jaw drop quicker in my life, with him going even further down his already reclined seat. Had to walk past hid window when i was on the pavement and all he could mouth was 'Sorry, sorry,sorry'
Shades of Oliver Reed...( deleted sledgehammer.insert hand axe!!) for those of a mature age
Driving related, in 50+ years of driving only jumped out twice in my life ( and they really deserved a shouting at..from a distance, just telling them that their driving stinks ) and never had someone come out at me. If i think i have screwed up a wave and Sorry mate..seems to work
Twice, first one was about 10 years ago now. Got cut up by a Mondeo, I beeped at him, driver stopped dead in the road, ran out and tried to pull my door open. The car I was in had auto locking, which undoubtedly saved me from being assaulted. Luckily it was right by a bus stop so I was able to drive around his car and get out of there, although not before he put a couple of hefty kicks in the side of my car. But without the registration, Police didn't want to know.
Second time was just plain weird. Driving along minding my own business, doing 30 in a 30 zone, Guy in a Rover comes flying up behind me, almost touching me bumper, flashing his lights, screaming obscenities then trying to overtake and get in front of me. As he tried to do so I took a sharp turn into a side road and made good my escape. Weird thing was that I have absolutely no idea what it was all about. I'd been driving along the road for a little while so couldn't have been in the wrong lane or cut him up at at a junction. Perhaps it was a case of mistaken identity and someone in a similar car to mine had been sleeping with his wfe.
Second time was just plain weird. Driving along minding my own business, doing 30 in a 30 zone, Guy in a Rover comes flying up behind me, almost touching me bumper, flashing his lights, screaming obscenities then trying to overtake and get in front of me. As he tried to do so I took a sharp turn into a side road and made good my escape. Weird thing was that I have absolutely no idea what it was all about. I'd been driving along the road for a little while so couldn't have been in the wrong lane or cut him up at at a junction. Perhaps it was a case of mistaken identity and someone in a similar car to mine had been sleeping with his wfe.
Have had one or two.
Only really ran into what seemed like a proper nutter once (i.e someone who seemed prepared to cause an accident), I had undertook a line of 3 or 4 cars sitting in L2 behind a doddler on a dual carriageway, only a ~10mph speed differential with bugger all else traffic about. One of the line of cars pulls out to follow my undertake, then overtakes me and start wildly gestulating, I give him a smiling 'shrug' and he accelerates off, then sharply turns into my lane and attempts a brake check. I evade into the shoulder then just plant my foot into the throttle, it didn't come off until he had disappeared from my rear view. Likely not the smartest of decisions as being pulled at 140ish wouldn't have been fun, he had definitely taken chase, but I think he vmaxed his Astra, or backed off at around a ton.
Was in the car with a few friends, friend seemed to attract the ire of some loony (it was fairly late at night, he was doing the speed limit through a residential area). Loony starts following, flashing & beeping etc etc. We decide to mess with him, 4 fairly large guys, 3 of us slightly inebriated (had had a couple after work, bar the driver), we grab a few odds and ends from the tool box and decide it'd be a good idea to just slam on the anchors and all jump out the car. Rager behind looked about 17/18 with his mate in the passenger seat was obviously trying to play Johnny big balls in his 1st car, he actually put it in reverse and started driving back along the road. It was bloody hilarious
Although I suppose in this story we could've been construed as the crazies.
Only really ran into what seemed like a proper nutter once (i.e someone who seemed prepared to cause an accident), I had undertook a line of 3 or 4 cars sitting in L2 behind a doddler on a dual carriageway, only a ~10mph speed differential with bugger all else traffic about. One of the line of cars pulls out to follow my undertake, then overtakes me and start wildly gestulating, I give him a smiling 'shrug' and he accelerates off, then sharply turns into my lane and attempts a brake check. I evade into the shoulder then just plant my foot into the throttle, it didn't come off until he had disappeared from my rear view. Likely not the smartest of decisions as being pulled at 140ish wouldn't have been fun, he had definitely taken chase, but I think he vmaxed his Astra, or backed off at around a ton.
Was in the car with a few friends, friend seemed to attract the ire of some loony (it was fairly late at night, he was doing the speed limit through a residential area). Loony starts following, flashing & beeping etc etc. We decide to mess with him, 4 fairly large guys, 3 of us slightly inebriated (had had a couple after work, bar the driver), we grab a few odds and ends from the tool box and decide it'd be a good idea to just slam on the anchors and all jump out the car. Rager behind looked about 17/18 with his mate in the passenger seat was obviously trying to play Johnny big balls in his 1st car, he actually put it in reverse and started driving back along the road. It was bloody hilarious
Although I suppose in this story we could've been construed as the crazies. silverfoxcc said:
Had to pop into a Hardware store in Wokingham for an item, and them off to the sadly missed cornish pasty shop. Trouble is i walked in still holding my purchase .....which happened to be an hand axe. Assistants face was a picture and i realised what i had done. quickly expalined, placed my order apologised profusely and left to go back to car..
Had the bag of pasties in my right hand and was holding the axe up near the head for balance between the pasties and my body. Crossing the light controlled crossing i had just made it onto the crossing when the amber light came on and due to a leg injury a week or so previously was in no way going to run. Until oik in a BMW, tinted ,lowered etc decided that he wanted to go on the amber and i was stopping. his progress. So on a whim, i stopped in front of him. removed pasty bag to reveal a lovely new shiny axe. Just smile and stood for a second before completing the crossing. I have never seen a mouth stop talking and jaw drop quicker in my life, with him going even further down his already reclined seat. Had to walk past hid window when i was on the pavement and all he could mouth was 'Sorry, sorry,sorry'
Shades of Oliver Reed...( deleted sledgehammer.insert hand axe!!) for those of a mature age
Driving related, in 50+ years of driving only jumped out twice in my life ( and they really deserved a shouting at..from a distance, just telling them that their driving stinks ) and never had someone come out at me. If i think i have screwed up a wave and Sorry mate..seems to work
Something similar happened to me just last week (minus axe part and climb down on the part of the driver, therefore in my case the abusive driver 'won'). I'm surprised at the numbers of drivers who seem determined to make a song and dance out of disabled/elderly/doddery people still on the crossing preventing them from exercising their god given right to shoot off at warp speed the second a light hits amber. Then often scream abuse at said person with the level of vitriol I'd expect to be reserved for someone who mugged their mother rather than someone a second or two late on a crossing (often through no real fault of their own). Had the bag of pasties in my right hand and was holding the axe up near the head for balance between the pasties and my body. Crossing the light controlled crossing i had just made it onto the crossing when the amber light came on and due to a leg injury a week or so previously was in no way going to run. Until oik in a BMW, tinted ,lowered etc decided that he wanted to go on the amber and i was stopping. his progress. So on a whim, i stopped in front of him. removed pasty bag to reveal a lovely new shiny axe. Just smile and stood for a second before completing the crossing. I have never seen a mouth stop talking and jaw drop quicker in my life, with him going even further down his already reclined seat. Had to walk past hid window when i was on the pavement and all he could mouth was 'Sorry, sorry,sorry'
Shades of Oliver Reed...( deleted sledgehammer.insert hand axe!!) for those of a mature age
Driving related, in 50+ years of driving only jumped out twice in my life ( and they really deserved a shouting at..from a distance, just telling them that their driving stinks ) and never had someone come out at me. If i think i have screwed up a wave and Sorry mate..seems to work
Had hilarious one last week. Mr Angry turned his Merc across my nose to block me in at traffic lights (as if half way through three point turn). However as he stopped, I crept forward and stopped about 2 inches off his door so that he couldn't open it far enough to get out. Oh how I laughed as he went apoplectic and the lights changed.
Valgar said:
Driving instructor here, all the time.
I just laugh it off, they never have a good response for being laughed at.
Keeps the pupil at ease too
I do this. It just tickles me how people get so irate over nothing.I just laugh it off, they never have a good response for being laughed at.
Keeps the pupil at ease too
Had one last week, he was dawdling at 20-25mph in a 30mph zone. Wide open road, good conditions etc so I just overtook - didnt bother to drop down a gear, just overtook at 30 and carried on my day.
THought nothing of it until a few miles on, past a couple of roundabouts and now in a 40 and slowing to turn right the same guy was driving like a loon to catch up, overtaking 2 cars behind me before he caught up where i was stationary awaiting a safe spot to turn. He was beeping, flashing, swearing out the window and all sorts. So i just sat there deliberately for an extra 30 seconds giggling to myself at his lunacy. Then gave him the middle finger as i turned off the road. He then sped off.
All for what reason? he didnt like me overtaking him?
Normally those types speed up straight away so why the delayed rage?
Bizarre.
Had a few instances of road rage. Worst was a chap who cut me up whilst turning off a large roundabout going into a two lane exit slip road. I sounded the horn to make him aware I was to his left when he'd cut the corner into my lane. Clearly unimpressed by me sounding the horn he accelerated down the road and did an emergency stop. Got out (car then rolled away as he forgot the handbrake) and marched over to my car shouting some gibberish. He then used his elbow to try and smash my window in. Rather unpleasant chap, seemed to have a very short fuse. Made worse by the fact his wife and kids were in the car. I didn't rise to it as had it all on dash cam, I wasn't driving aggressively, use of horn was justified and not excessive. Reported to Police who couldn't care less. I chose to go down that route as a similar thing happened to my mum a few months earlier and I thought I would use my dashcam to get someone like that off the road or at least have the driver penalised rather than engage in their road rage.
More recently I was trying to change lane on a large roundabout. Chap in a BMW wouldn't let me in front, so I thought no problem I'll filter in behind him. He had other ideas and stopped his car in such a position that I couldn't go around him and couldn't reverse due to another car behind me. He winds down his window and starts yelling at me. Given I hadn't been aggressive my OH and I are a bit bemused by him. He shouts "I'm going to kill you, you b*stard" to which I replied "that's great, but if you're going to kill me you'll have to get out of your car first, and if you're not going to do that can you move out of my way as you're blocking the road for everyone". He then winds his window back up and drives off in a huff
More recently I was trying to change lane on a large roundabout. Chap in a BMW wouldn't let me in front, so I thought no problem I'll filter in behind him. He had other ideas and stopped his car in such a position that I couldn't go around him and couldn't reverse due to another car behind me. He winds down his window and starts yelling at me. Given I hadn't been aggressive my OH and I are a bit bemused by him. He shouts "I'm going to kill you, you b*stard" to which I replied "that's great, but if you're going to kill me you'll have to get out of your car first, and if you're not going to do that can you move out of my way as you're blocking the road for everyone". He then winds his window back up and drives off in a huff
About a year ago I was in a slow-moving queue of traffic at a set of lights in the straight ahead lane. The right-only lane is generally a lot emptier, so you get selfish tts who pass as many cars as they can in the right-only lane and force their way in at the last minute.
I was in the straight ahead lane and I clocked a Passat in my mirror bombing down the right-only lane. He was about half-a-car's length ahead of me as we approached the lights and on came his indicator as he tried to force his way into a gap that wasn't there. The sensible thing for me to have done would have been to back off and let him in, but instead I got tight to the car in front so he couldn't push in.
He stayed alongside me once we'd passed the lights and was right beside me driving along the cross hatching in the middle of the road, clearly thinking there was still a chance that he could squeeze in.
After a couple of hundred yards he was playing chicken with a bollard in the middle of the road and at the last second he slammed on the brakes and pulled in behind me.
For the next couple of minutes he was driving right up my arse and weaving about. When we came to a mini-roundabout with a small queue to join, he drove onto the wrong side of the road alongside me and got out his car.
I got out as well and started giving it the big 'un (I'm baby-faced, 11 stone, but a right gobby st when I want to be), but before anything happened this bloke from the Transit van that was behind him the whole time started shoving him in the chest pushing him around the road telling him to learn to drive, go back to where he came from, etc. I almost felt sorry for him; he looked petrified!
The chap got back into his car after that and seemed to drive much more sensibly!
ts who pass as many cars as they can in the right-only lane and force their way in at the last minute.I was in the straight ahead lane and I clocked a Passat in my mirror bombing down the right-only lane. He was about half-a-car's length ahead of me as we approached the lights and on came his indicator as he tried to force his way into a gap that wasn't there. The sensible thing for me to have done would have been to back off and let him in, but instead I got tight to the car in front so he couldn't push in.
He stayed alongside me once we'd passed the lights and was right beside me driving along the cross hatching in the middle of the road, clearly thinking there was still a chance that he could squeeze in.
After a couple of hundred yards he was playing chicken with a bollard in the middle of the road and at the last second he slammed on the brakes and pulled in behind me.
For the next couple of minutes he was driving right up my arse and weaving about. When we came to a mini-roundabout with a small queue to join, he drove onto the wrong side of the road alongside me and got out his car.
I got out as well and started giving it the big 'un (I'm baby-faced, 11 stone, but a right gobby s
t when I want to be), but before anything happened this bloke from the Transit van that was behind him the whole time started shoving him in the chest pushing him around the road telling him to learn to drive, go back to where he came from, etc. I almost felt sorry for him; he looked petrified!The chap got back into his car after that and seemed to drive much more sensibly!
Closest I've had was driving a Ka and a Transit changed lanes right in front without indicating, I did a tap of the (pathetic) horn as a warning. Fat middle aged bloke flung his door open and flew out, I assume he then saw it wasn't a 17 year old girl driving but a 6ft 3 bloke. He waved sorry waddled back in and sped off, I don't normally but gave him the coffee beans out the window.
I wont call it road rage but the only time I've spoken with another driver was at a merge in turn, due to queuing traffic on the roundabout using the merging lane was the only option without blocking the entire roundabout, Volvo driver blocks my merge and starts laughing, we both had windows down as hot day so asked him loudly if I should have blocked the roundabout for everybody and also strongly suggested he gets a life, he stopped laughing and looked dead ahead, I then started laughing.
I wont call it road rage but the only time I've spoken with another driver was at a merge in turn, due to queuing traffic on the roundabout using the merging lane was the only option without blocking the entire roundabout, Volvo driver blocks my merge and starts laughing, we both had windows down as hot day so asked him loudly if I should have blocked the roundabout for everybody and also strongly suggested he gets a life, he stopped laughing and looked dead ahead, I then started laughing.
0ddball said:
Oh, I see. You're fat and you st yourself.
Lol. Muscle weighs a lot more than fat. Just under 16 stone is fairly normal for someone who lifts weights and is 6ft2.t yourself.What would you have done in my situation then tough guy? It was either get out and fight and risk being filmed by loads of other cars surrounding us and being done for assault or ignore him like I did. ?
The only road rage incident I have had was many years ago in Durban, South Africa. I was being tailgated by someone, pulled to the left to let him past, he stuck doggedly to my bumper. When I left the motorway and arrived at a set of traffic lights, he pulled alongside me and gave me all sorts of abuse for braking too quickly as we neared the lights.
I tried to explain he was just too close but to no avail, he just got angrier. He got out, came towards me and I left, lights had changed. A minute later, he is alongside waving a cricket bat through his window at me.
This went on for a bit and I didn't fancy leading him to my house...so I let him see my Colt .45.
Happily, he backed right off and stopped following me
I tried to explain he was just too close but to no avail, he just got angrier. He got out, came towards me and I left, lights had changed. A minute later, he is alongside waving a cricket bat through his window at me.
This went on for a bit and I didn't fancy leading him to my house...so I let him see my Colt .45.
Happily, he backed right off and stopped following me
I once pulled out too close to an oncoming car in a 30 zone, leading up to traffic lights. Angry in the mirror, flashing headlights and horn etc. Just my luck, the lights turn red and I have to stop, and the guy swerved around my car to block me off. Door opens and this little dwarf gets out and exclaims “I’m not happy!”; so I asked him which one he is.
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