Have you ever been a victim of road rage while driving?
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Well yesterday after 8 years of trouble free driving i was on the receiving end of an angry driver calling me every name under the sun. It was a hot day which seems to wind many drivers up and it was on a roundabout approaching a retail park.
To cut a long story short his wife was 100% in the wrong lane doddering about like she did not know which lane to get in. There are arrows on the floor of each lane telling you which one to be in for the retail park but he seemed to take offence at me not indicating even though i did not change lanes or cut anyone up i was following the arrows on the floor so there is no need to indicate.
Well he for some unknown reason decided to take it out on me that his wife was in the wrong lane so when we got round it onto the set of lights for the retail park being 1 car length back in the other lane he decided to start shouting at me very loudly from the passenger seat while going bright red with rage. Typical knuckle dragger with a vest on smoking a roll up. I looked out my window to see this skinny little chav who weighed about 10 stone telling me to f
king indicate you wker etc. I just looked at him and shook my head while he carried on shouting calling me every swear word he could think of with no valid reason. It must have been a good 10 seconds until the lights changed so i had to sit there while he was still mouthing off at me and bite my tongue while resisting the urge to get out and pull the mouthy little chav out of the car and smash his face in.
I have been letting this wind me up since it happened and its still annoying me now that i did not get out and do something. But then the rational side kicks in and i think i made the correct decision by ignoring him even if it did make me look and feel like a pussy.
so as a man would you guys have made the same decision or would you have gotten out of the car and dealt with him?
also interested in hearing any other stories of similair incidents that you guys have had.
To cut a long story short his wife was 100% in the wrong lane doddering about like she did not know which lane to get in. There are arrows on the floor of each lane telling you which one to be in for the retail park but he seemed to take offence at me not indicating even though i did not change lanes or cut anyone up i was following the arrows on the floor so there is no need to indicate.
Well he for some unknown reason decided to take it out on me that his wife was in the wrong lane so when we got round it onto the set of lights for the retail park being 1 car length back in the other lane he decided to start shouting at me very loudly from the passenger seat while going bright red with rage. Typical knuckle dragger with a vest on smoking a roll up. I looked out my window to see this skinny little chav who weighed about 10 stone telling me to f
king indicate you wker etc. I just looked at him and shook my head while he carried on shouting calling me every swear word he could think of with no valid reason. It must have been a good 10 seconds until the lights changed so i had to sit there while he was still mouthing off at me and bite my tongue while resisting the urge to get out and pull the mouthy little chav out of the car and smash his face in. I have been letting this wind me up since it happened and its still annoying me now that i did not get out and do something. But then the rational side kicks in and i think i made the correct decision by ignoring him even if it did make me look and feel like a pussy.
so as a man would you guys have made the same decision or would you have gotten out of the car and dealt with him?
also interested in hearing any other stories of similair incidents that you guys have had.
0ddball said:
Roughly translated, I st myself.
I realise this response is opening me up to getting abuse for being an Internet tough guy that Pistonheads love to troll but I was expecting a childish response like this so here is my reply. I’m 6ft2, just under 16 stone and have done various martial arts since the age of 11. I have also been strength training lifting heavy at the gym for well over 10 years so I’m quite strong aswell as being able to look after myself should I need to fight. t myself.This guy was about 40 obviously small in stature given he looked small sat in the seat of a little Honda Jizz. And he looked like he weighed 10 stone on a good day given how skinny he was. Do you really think i was scared of that? I don’t like violence anymore than the next person and I was almost baffled by the fact he was being so angry considering I had done nothing wrong and his wife had.
If he would have gotten out of the car and come up to me like you tend to see a lot these days then of course I would have got out and dealt with him but with shouting things from his car I chose to ignore it.
It feels like the wrong decision given how angry I still am about letting him shout at me like that with such anger for no valid reason but at the same time I know logically I made the correct decision to ignore at get on with my life.
DonkeyApple said:
Each punch you deliver to a rat person makes their life better and yours worse. There is as much upside to engaging with a member of the worthless animal detritus end of society as there is in stepping in a dog turd.
True. I’m a happy laid back person and he was obviously angry at life so if I would have stooped down to his level by getting angry and starting a fight I could have been facing assault charges or a claim against me for personal injury instead of just getting on with my life. Yes it’s angered me but it’s another day and I’m here living a decent enough life without any potential comebacks hanging over me. It’s a busy retail park so it would have only taken one dashcam warrior or a person with a phone to start filming us which would have been even worse had I retaliated MartinVert said:
I would suggest in the modern world you are in the minority if you've only just had your first taste of road rage. The sad thing is that nobody who is happy, healthy, well-adjusted and in a good place loses it like that over such a trivial thing. I know this myself because when I'm in a good spot, I don't give a monkey's toss if someone cuts me up or whatever, whereas if I'm really wound up I do (not that I've ever abused someone for 10 seconds at lights over anything).
Society is just getting meaner and nastier.
That’s very true. I get cut up or tailgated all the time and I just ignore it and get on with my life. So many people get in there safe little metal box and see it as an excuse to bully and abuse others to let out all there anger and shortcomings in life. The roads are just getting worse and worse. Society is just getting meaner and nastier.
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. ?
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