Road Rage - have you ever got out of your car?

[anonymous-user]

Once an ape jumped out to compliment me on my great driving, at the lights. As they turned green.
I wished him well & drove off, leaving him stood at the lights in the rain

[carlove]

I have, and I'm not proud of it.

I was on a roundabout in the right hand lane to take the 4th exit, it was queuing, a coach uses the left hand lane to jump past the queue, and then when I'm in his way holds his horn down for about 15 seconds and we do a bit of back and forth with the horns. Now normally I'm calm and don't let things bother me. This time I got out my car, he said "you're in the wrong lane you fking idiot", I said "how have you worked out the left lane can take the fourth exit, you fking idiot", he shut his window and I got back in my car, end of that story.

This was about a month after my Dad died suddenly last year, so maybe I wasn't myself.

I've never got out of my car before or since, wouldn't want to

[Thales]

Nope, not worth it.

[Hoink]

My mate has, once.

He was indicating to pull out of a junction and misjudged the speed of a car travelling towards him. As he pulled out, the car travelling towards him locked brakes and missed him by inches. Both my mates car and the bloke who had stopped were now side by side. They both jumped out of their cars and the other driver looked furious. My mate rushed over and shook his hand, congratulating him on his superb driving and evasive action, at the same time apologising for pulling out on him. The lad was speechless and didn't know what to say.

They then both got back in their cars and went their separate ways.

[Matt Harper]

Years ago, when I lived in W. Yorks, I got into a bit of a pissing match with a guy who was doing his level best to prevent me from merging. In the end, I just barged in, which triggered this chap. He drove around me and stopped (blocking the road, during the morning rush hour). He jumped out and started marching towards me. Anticipating a good old tear-up, and noticing that he was probably suffering from small man syndrome, I got out too and redied myself for fisticuffs. At this point angry-man produced a warrant card and stated that he was an off-duty copper before informing me that I was a ladies pee-thing. He then strode back to his Nissan Micra and drove off.
I really, really wanted to report him, but I had a very distinctive number plate and figured I could do without potential future hassle, so didn't.

Since then I moved and now live in the USA. I would NEVER get out of my car in similar circumstances here. The chances of lead-poisoning are far too high.

[LosingGrip]

When I was at college around 13 years ago. Can't remember what it was over, but stuck in traffic and couldn't go anywhere. Kid a similar age not happy that he had fked up and now stuck. Got out of his car and shouting/hitting my car.

It helps being 6ft 4 and over weight as he must have been around 5ft 5 and eight stone!

What makes it even funnier is I was coming back from college as a media student and forgot I had make up on as part of a film! Lipstick, eyeliner the lot!

[carlove]

Matt Harper said:

Years ago, when I lived in W. Yorks, I got into a bit of a pissing match with a guy who was doing his level best to prevent me from merging. In the end, I just barged in, which triggered this chap. He drove around me and stopped (blocking the road, during the morning rush hour). He jumped out and started marching towards me. Anticipating a good old tear-up, and noticing that he was probably suffering from small man syndrome, I got out too and redied myself for fisticuffs. At this point angry-man produced a warrant card and stated that he was an off-duty copper before informing me that I was a ladies pee-thing. He then strode back to his Nissan Micra and drove off.
I really, really wanted to report him, but I had a very distinctive number plate and figured I could do without potential future hassle, so didn't.

Since then I moved and now live in the USA. I would NEVER get out of my car in similar circumstances here. The chances of lead-poisoning are far too high.

Merge in turns are bloody awful for road rage, there's one on my commute, in fact it's the worst I've encountered for people blocking you. I don't bother using the merging lane anymore as it just causes road rage and stress, I use the queuing lane and seem to be the only driver to let the mergers in.

I've recently got back to the UK having driven the Route 66, I noticed a few merge in turns (I think they're called zipper merges there) and they work a lot better than they do here, I found drivers were a lot more relaxed in the USA, though I wouldn't get out to remonstrate with somebody there.

[ben5575]

Once.

I was late picking somebody up on an unfamiliar housing estate at around 7pm in the dark. I came to a disproportionately huge roundabout with a silly camber, looked at it, saw that there were no cars or people about and like a dick, cut right to take the third exit, rather than going all the way around it.

Anyhow, I was driving around the estate to find this guy's house, no idea where I was going, get lost and pull into a cul de sac to turn round.

This is the time that the bevested gym bunny chose to block the entrance of the cul de sac with his Mitsubishi L200, headlights and roid rage. It seems that he (some would say quite understandably) took exception to my poor driving despite being 500 yards away at the time and decided to take it upon himself to make his point violently known to me.

< cool story bro alert > It turns out that the person I was picking up is a fellow student at my martial arts class, so I am quite coincidently dressed from head to toe in resplendent white pyjamas and accompanying black belt.

I got out of the car, we had a little discussion and agreed it was probably best if we went our separate ways.

I only got out of the car because he was blocking my way out, so I had no choice. As a rule, never get out of your car. I also don't cut roundabouts anymore.

[Sir Lord Harold]

Yes.

[andygo]

Years ago I had a mentalist in a Reliant Robin of all things start to follow me around the town where I lived. He was really irate (cannot remember why TBH, it was 30 odd years ago) and was doing mad stuff to get past my Mk 1 Escort 1.1, so hardly a high speed pursuit.

I tried to get on the opposite side of a bush & tree filled roundabout, hoping to lose him. As I got further round, his Reliant was parked. On it's side with a couple of thugs clambering out of the back door. I gave him a cheery wave and toot of my horn and went about my business. Smiling.

[Jaguar steve]

Only road rage incident I've ever been involved in was way back in the 70's when some cretin took offence to me overtaking him in a NSL and once I'd slowed down in a 30 he caught up and overtook me blocking the road forcing both me to stop and a oncoming car onto the pavement in the process. He opened my door, dived in on top of and started screaming and throwing punches - all in front of several witnesses at a bus stop and drivers of other cars who'd stopped.

I responded in defence and then he was dragged off me and restrained by witnesses still screaming and shouting. The BiB turned up and he was cuffed and taken to A&E needing treatment for a broken nose, torn ear and multiple lacerations to his face.

BiB subsequently charged him with ABH and Dangerous Driving. DD was bargained down in court to inconsiderate driving in exchange for a guilty plea on both counts. I was spoken to under caution by the BiB about both the incident and his extent of injuries but no action was taken and I was awarded costs.

Turned out he'd already got a record for road rage and apparently he ended up inside for similar offences.

[Plate spinner]

Hoink said:

My mate has, once.

He was indicating to pull out of a junction and misjudged the speed of a car travelling towards him. As he pulled out, the car travelling towards him locked brakes and missed him by inches. Both my mates car and the bloke who had stopped were now side by side. They both jumped out of their cars and the other driver looked furious. My mate rushed over and shook his hand, congratulating him on his superb driving and evasive action, at the same time apologising for pulling out on him. The lad was speechless and didn't know what to say.

They then both got back in their cars and went their separate ways.

That’s actually pretty classy

[MUN 802]

There are too many posts to read as to wether someone’s picked up on my antics.......

[Goldfever4]

As a biker I often get cut up, it's particularly nasty on the M5 part of my commute in winter.

In my early biking days I got cut up by a SUV at a roundabout near work, driver wasn't paying attention and hadn't seen me. I had a right go at the driver and saw the alarm in her face and thought to myself 'this shouting is quite unnecessary'. Not least because a better rider wouldn't have stuck his bike there.

Two days later recognised her in the kitchen at work.

Five years later, she's now my boss...

[J4CKO]

I have, but its never come to blows, had one bloke ask me Ronnie Pickering style if I knew who he was, I didnt and he had started shaking so didnt think he was used to the scenario, he overtook a line of standing traffic turning right and nearly collided with a learner, he didnt like my horn/gesture combo, followed and brake tested me a couple of times, on the third occasion, I didnt brake. He rang the Police and whilst waiting he gave me a load of abuse which the copper was listening to I just drove off, silly little turd.

Had a chimp in a tuned RS turbo in about 1997 overtake as I was driving fairly quickly, I was in a Golf GTI, not racing just stringing a few bends together and he decides to overtake as I was overtaking, I braked to let him in as I saw the van coming the other way and he decided to go psycho and brake tested me, didnt hit that one but stopped and he stomps over threatening me with a pasting, he left his door open so I suggested if he wanted it to remain on his car he got back in and disappeared.

Best was my dad, went to see ET and a bloke behind had drunk too much, he puked lavishly and got some on my dad and brother, he wasnt happy but made the best of it, on the way home a bloke in a Viva, who I think was a bit pissed as well nearly caused a bump and my dad blasted his horn, Viva stopped and got out, my dad then snotted him one and drove off, remember a biker clouting his arm/door mirror and him giving chase..

[mrtwisty]

I had a rather bizarre one years ago in my twenties. I had to get out of the car because I had just been crashed into by a woman who 'couldn't find the brake pedal' (seriously, a witness even overheard her saying it).

All was fine and dandy for a few minutes, exchanging details etc., until a very cross looking chap came striding down the road towards us. Turns out it was her Dad, who lived just up the road. He then tried to fight me, in front of his daughter and two witnesses.

I dont think his sense of self preservation was very well developed, as he was in his mid sixties, nearly a foot shorter than me and looked like a gust of wind would knock him over.

I imagine if this had happened in Bumfk Arkansas, he may well have shot me, he was that angry. Thank Christ we dont have guns readily available to the public in this country.

I just kept backing away, talking him down until he ran out of steam.

Some proper mental folks out there people - really not worth getting involved if it can be avoided.

[The Li-ion King]

Not quite, but once was on a 19 bus - we were in heavy rush hour traffic in Islington, heading into central London, and the bus drives past a passenger who clearly had his hand out, wanting to get the bus to stop and let him on. Passenger sees red, runs after the bus (we are crawling at no more than walking pace and are about 10 metres from the stop), knocks on the doors of the bus, hoping the driver would let him on. Driver blanks him. Passenger then kicks side panel of the bus.

The bus driver has gone nuts, puts the handbrake on, is out of the cab, shouting, swearing chasing the passenger down the street. Passenger is a younger, fitter guy who outruns the old, fat driver. Wheezing and still angry, bus driver returns to the bus, makes PA announcement that he's "had a crap week, hates his job and if anyone hates his style of driving, they can come off the fking bus..." cue 20 minutes of furious driving, heavy braking (this was 2005 when traffic could move in central London ) as the bus driver took out his frustration on everyone else on the road

In this age of the knife and gun, it's easier to pull over, hope the thug goes past, even say sorry just to keep peace... fighting would or could lead to criminal charges, so not worth the risk...

Edited by The Li-ion King on Tuesday 19th November 06:10

[FazerBoy]

Goldfever4 said:

As a biker I often get cut up, it's particularly nasty on the M5 part of my commute in winter.

In my early biking days I got cut up by a SUV at a roundabout near work, driver wasn't paying attention and hadn't seen me. I had a right go at the driver and saw the alarm in her face and thought to myself 'this shouting is quite unnecessary'. Not least because a better rider wouldn't have stuck his bike there.

Two days later recognised her in the kitchen at work.

Five years later, she's now my boss...

Nice one! Does she remember this...?

[spikeyhead]

Twice, both successfully.

[V8RX7]

Yes a few times when I was younger - it's always turned out ok but I'm aware that it really isn't the best idea.

I've seen people who seemed quite normal remove their personal belongings from their car, including bats, machetes, pepper spray...

I've also been pushed through a red light after a driver objected to me beating him away from the previous set - who knew that people took such things so seriously