Chased by psycho
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Well today in Windsor after accidentally cutting in on a mini driver, with no ill effects just a bit of braking. I did the civil thing and gestured sorry, end of story? No. He procedes to follow me, looking very angry
I knew he couldn't do much as nothing happened, so i took him to my "slaying ground", the road through Windsor Great park (Windsor-Ascot). Did a sharp over take and got some distance on him, then broke off on roundabout, then the f
er followed. Ok at least 4 people cut me up today and I did nothing, this fer thinks he's special. So i let him follow me but not home, since my sister is there and I could find a very offensive object. So i watch him but eventually Coyote goes home, and Roadrunner gets away After 20 miles
Moral of the story don't fk with a person even if you're right when nothing happened, 
YOU NEVER KNOW THEIR STATE OF MIND, thats precisely why I didn't brake test him and put him in a ditch like a could've, and he never tailgated me.
Its nice to see a peaceful end to a stressful situation
>>> Edited by Niceguy1 on Saturday 21st August 10:00
I knew he couldn't do much as nothing happened, so i took him to my "slaying ground", the road through Windsor Great park (Windsor-Ascot). Did a sharp over take and got some distance on him, then broke off on roundabout, then the fer followed. Ok at least 4 people cut me up today and I did nothing, this fer thinks he's special. So i let him follow me but not home, since my sister is there and I could find a very offensive object. So i watch him but eventually Coyote goes home, and Roadrunner gets away After 20 miles Moral of the story don't f
k with a person even if you're right when nothing happened, YOU NEVER KNOW THEIR STATE OF MIND, thats precisely why I didn't brake test him and put him in a ditch like a could've, and he never tailgated me. Its nice to see a peaceful end to a stressful situation
>>> Edited by Niceguy1 on Saturday 21st August 10:00
Sorry for your experience....i'm sure you were happy with a little thrill, but I know you'll have been frightened a lot too. Isn't that crap though..some twat in the other car can make someone nervous for 20 miles, just because the other person 'cut them up.
It can have very serious consequences...i've mentioned in another thread recently, a road rage incident only a week ago left one driver with his face hanging off, after the other guy had slashed him from ear to ear with a 12" carving knive!
Not worth it at all....wave your appologies and get on with your journey. Don't get out..dont drive into dead end/car park, don't go home. If the other person is still with you, drive to nearest police station or if you don't know it, dial 999. I love to attend such incidents as my patience with such road rage twats is at an all time low...
Street
It can have very serious consequences...i've mentioned in another thread recently, a road rage incident only a week ago left one driver with his face hanging off, after the other guy had slashed him from ear to ear with a 12" carving knive!
Not worth it at all....wave your appologies and get on with your journey. Don't get out..dont drive into dead end/car park, don't go home. If the other person is still with you, drive to nearest police station or if you don't know it, dial 999. I love to attend such incidents as my patience with such road rage twats is at an all time low...
Street
Streetcop said:
It can have very serious consequences...i've mentioned in another thread recently, a road rage incident only a week ago left one driver with his face hanging off, after the other guy had slashed him from ear to ear with a 12" carving knive!
Street
OMG, I haven't read about that, that is awful 
There are some real idiots out there.
I accidentally cut up a bike when overtaking a car (the bike was in my blind spot!). Apologised, then the idiot overtakes me and slams on the anchors.
Who is going to lose that one? A 170kg bike or a 1600kg car. But for the fact that I'd end up locked up and have to face the idiot's family and explain to my kids why their dad has to go away I'd happily have finished the "debate"!
I accidentally cut up a bike when overtaking a car (the bike was in my blind spot!). Apologised, then the idiot overtakes me and slams on the anchors.
Who is going to lose that one? A 170kg bike or a 1600kg car. But for the fact that I'd end up locked up and have to face the idiot's family and explain to my kids why their dad has to go away I'd happily have finished the "debate"!
Mrs Fish said:
It can have very serious consequences...i've mentioned in another thread recently, a road rage incident only a week ago left one driver with his face hanging off, after the other guy had slashed him from ear to ear with a 12" carving knive!
Street
Yes, I missed that one as well. What appalling goings on there are these days. I guess many of us just know the half of it. Take care of yourself Gary, and our other BiB friends, when dealing with that sort of madman.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
Streetcop said:
Sorry for your experience....i'm sure you were happy with a little thrill, but I know you'll have been frightened a lot too. Isn't that crap though..some twat in the other car can make someone nervous for 20 miles, just because the other person 'cut them up.
It can have very serious consequences...i've mentioned in another thread recently, a road rage incident only a week ago left one driver with his face hanging off, after the other guy had slashed him from ear to ear with a 12" carving knive!
Not worth it at all....wave your appologies and get on with your journey. Don't get out..dont drive into dead end/car park, don't go home. If the other person is still with you, drive to nearest police station or if you don't know it, dial 999. I love to attend such incidents as my patience with such road rage twats is at an all time low...
Street
Aye there are some real nutters amongst us, roaming free.
Perhaps we should have a light-up sign in our rear windows, " Sorry, my fault"
I have warned my wife not to react to incidents on the road. We never know who we are dealing with.
I once knew a chap who would cheerfully batter another driver if they so much as tooted a horn at him.
He used to call them "The dreaded beepers"
Other than that, he appeared quite sane.
TripleS said:
What appalling goings on there are these days. I guess many of us just know the half of it. Take care of yourself Gary, and our other BiB friends, when dealing with that sort of madman.
Dave.
Aye...knowledge is a good thing sometimes, but can weigh heavy on ones mind after a while..
I'll take care...thanks mate.
Gary
Street
I've had some bad ones...
One time I tried to overtake a range rover in my Mum's Cavalier (gutless 1.8).
I'd been following him at 40mph for miles along a twisty country lane and this was the first straight I'd seen so took my chance.
He sees me coming and accelerates to block me in the outside lane.
I said something my Mum wouldn't have been proud of and slowed down to let him stay ahead, at which point HE BRAKES TO BLOCK ME AGAIN!
By this point we're running out of straight so I try to accelerate past again and he starts to speed up!
I ended up out-braking him into the corner and legging it at max speed before he decided what to do.
The memory of that one still scares me senseless to this day. I had a mate in the car and we were both agreed that it was no coincidence or act of stupidity, he really was trying to hold is in the wrong lane!
*shudder*
One time I tried to overtake a range rover in my Mum's Cavalier (gutless 1.8).
I'd been following him at 40mph for miles along a twisty country lane and this was the first straight I'd seen so took my chance.
He sees me coming and accelerates to block me in the outside lane.
I said something my Mum wouldn't have been proud of and slowed down to let him stay ahead, at which point HE BRAKES TO BLOCK ME AGAIN!
By this point we're running out of straight so I try to accelerate past again and he starts to speed up!
I ended up out-braking him into the corner and legging it at max speed before he decided what to do.
The memory of that one still scares me senseless to this day. I had a mate in the car and we were both agreed that it was no coincidence or act of stupidity, he really was trying to hold is in the wrong lane!
*shudder*
Tafia said:
I once knew a chap who would cheerfully batter another driver if they so much as tooted a horn at him.
He used to call them "The dreaded beepers"
Other than that, he appeared quite sane.
Well, there is a point there. It is quite simply impossible to sound a car horn in a non-aggressive manner. The sound emitted by a car horn is of such a nature that it triggers deep instinctive responses of a fight-or-flight nature designed for survival in a pre-civilised world full of predators. You might as well have a loudhailer system that shouts "OI! WANKAH! I'M GONNA KICK YER FUKINED IN!" instead of a horn. IMO they should replace horns with bells, which do not have a sound that triggers primitive survival instincts.
Pigeon said:
It is quite simply impossible to sound a car horn in a non-aggressive manner.
I do agree that modern cars seem to make it more difficult than it used to be.
Our 3.8 Jaguar used to have a slim, chromium plated semi-circular horn ring, spring loaded at the central boss of the steering wheel. I used to find that bouncing the heel of my hand lightly off that ring would sound the horns quite softly. If you were to press the ring firmly you would of course get the full benefit of the loud blast of horns. Depending on the heaviness of the 'bounce' you could vary the amount of noise produced. I found that worked very nicely.
You seem to have to press the horn pad quite hard on modern cars and that leaves you with less control over the amount of noise created.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
Mrs Fish said:
It can have very serious consequences...i've mentioned in another thread recently, a road rage incident only a week ago left one driver with his face hanging off, after the other guy had slashed him from ear to ear with a 12" carving knive!
Street
Who the f*** goes around with a 12" carving Knife???
I was a passenger in a collegues car when we came upon outside lane numptie. It was a duel carriage way and with a roundabout ahead we assumed (wrongly) he was heading right.
We approached his nearside (not actually untertaking him though) when he swerves across and brake tests us. He then reaches across the car and starts waving a hammer at us. A quick bit of spirited driving on the part of my collegue and we made haste away from the nutter.
We got caught in traffic and he caught up. he was waving his hammer at us out the window, screaming obscenities and swerving so he was almost crashing into us. Finally, he called us a pair of whoofters and turned off.
If you meet a balding, arse faced twat, with a disposition like an angry wasp, who drives a battered red pug 106 and carries a hammer in the glove compartment, please do something nasty to him.
We approached his nearside (not actually untertaking him though) when he swerves across and brake tests us. He then reaches across the car and starts waving a hammer at us. A quick bit of spirited driving on the part of my collegue and we made haste away from the nutter.
We got caught in traffic and he caught up. he was waving his hammer at us out the window, screaming obscenities and swerving so he was almost crashing into us. Finally, he called us a pair of whoofters and turned off.
If you meet a balding, arse faced twat, with a disposition like an angry wasp, who drives a battered red pug 106 and carries a hammer in the glove compartment, please do something nasty to him.
Tafia said:
I have warned my wife not to react to incidents on the road. We never know who we are dealing with.
This worries me shitless....
I never react, never. But a mate of mine has been a victim a couple of times. He is the most placid guy in the world and never does anything to wind someone up. However i know of two occasions that he has been roadraged when he quite simply just did something stupid perhaps not reading the other person or the road correctly (as we all do from time to time). The only reason i can think of is that he is insured to drive his dad's company cars, which are always flash (even though this doesn't actually occur t him). They must see a young-ish driver and jealousy or whatever turns them into nobbers...
The worst though is the girlfriend. She's quick to use her horn/lights where someone does something agressive towards her (she's IAM and believes the old rule to use lights/horn to warn others of your presence - personally i think this incites problems...) and i remember once we were in roadworks on the M4 and the outside lane closed. This guy in a vectra came steaming down the outside lane well in excess of the posted speed limit (regardless of roadworks) and literally aimed at the front of her car to barge in in front of her at the very end of the queue - hardly slowed down at all yet the traffic was all nose to tail less than 40mph.
Agrieved at this guys idiotic behaviour she flashes the main beam at him. This guy swerves into the cones (no matter that there were workers there...!
) and then swerves back out behind us forcing the car behind out the way and puts his main beam on at us. After the roadworks he draws along side us and gesticulates various stuff out the window at us... I was nervous then i can tell you...
many eyars ago was going to cinema in Basingstoke (dont ask) with load of mates.....from toher side of Bracknell. The guy driving our car didnt know where he was going and was being directed by all of us. As a (fairly inevitable!) result he managed to make a few fairly poor driving decisions and cut a guy up on a roundabout - but really not badly. It was dark and therefore not easy to apologise, but he did wave his hand to say sorry. The guy cut up, went all the way round the roundabout and then followed us, flashing, swerving and beeping to Basingstoke - seriously! Must be 20 odd miles. The thing was that were were going as a group, but in separate cars. We were more or less last group to turn up...so we pulled in parked and startde egtting out.
This bloke LEAPS from his car practically frothing at the mouth....slows down a bit as he reaslises that 5 blokes have got out of one corsa...and then stops dead when he realises the ten or so blokes already there were ALSO with us. It was fantastic! He just didnt know what to do cos he realised he was going to get a serious kicking. We then asked him all sorts of questions about how he dealt with life...after Giles had apologised again for cutting him up.
he just went away eventually!
This bloke LEAPS from his car practically frothing at the mouth....slows down a bit as he reaslises that 5 blokes have got out of one corsa...and then stops dead when he realises the ten or so blokes already there were ALSO with us. It was fantastic! He just didnt know what to do cos he realised he was going to get a serious kicking. We then asked him all sorts of questions about how he dealt with life...after Giles had apologised again for cutting him up.
he just went away eventually!
Hi,
These things are not new.
29 years ago I was living in a rural part of Derbyshire. A mate cut up another car and was chased. Eventually he stopped to say "OK enough, I'm sorry". The guy in the other car smacked him full in the face with a hammer and nearly killed him.
Its impossible to know what type of nutters are in other cars and I guess it is best to assume the worst.
Best wishes
Sid
These things are not new.
29 years ago I was living in a rural part of Derbyshire. A mate cut up another car and was chased. Eventually he stopped to say "OK enough, I'm sorry". The guy in the other car smacked him full in the face with a hammer and nearly killed him.
Its impossible to know what type of nutters are in other cars and I guess it is best to assume the worst.
Best wishes
Sid
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