Bizzare experiences with road rage

I've had a few.

About a year ago I was coming down the M1 towards london doing 70 in the middle lane as I was going past a line of traffic doing 50ish in the inside lane. Suddenly a guy just pulled out forcing me to brake sharpish (he was about 2 car lengths in front when he pulled out), he went past one car and pulled back in achieving nothing. As I went past him I looked over (without pulling faces/swearing etc) so he pulled out behind me flashed his lights and then moved into the outside lane and sat beside me blocking the motorway most of the way to the m25. I have to say I had the last laugh though since he was driving a VW fox.

About 4 years ago I was having a drive around late one night (just to blow off steam really), I came up to a dual carriageway and went past the only other car on the road, who then followed me for ages 2ft off of my bumper. When I lost it I saw it had loads of baby on board signs and a family in it, I felt sorry for the passengers.

Finally I was almost home when a car pulled out from a turning (heavily modified in fantastic chav styling), it floored it and tried to overtake but pulled back in because a car was coming the other way. For some reason they seemed to think it was my fault so followed me round for a bit. I just drove round in circles until they got bored, was a bit odd.
 
I had some road rage fun the other day.

I was driving through the high street and there was a car parked up on the left side of the road with it's left indicator on, I was about 2 car lengths away from it and it suddenly pulled out whilst still indicating left. I gave the guy a blast of the horn and called him a **** head. With this he stopped and got out of the car, I took one look at him then turned to look at my two mate's who were in the car and you could tell we all thought the same thing, he came up next to my window and said "what ya callin' me a **** hed fur...", this confirmed my thoughts, "It's a ****** *****!". I calmly but firmly explained to him that if you indicate left and then pull out in front of someone that they are going to get annoyed, he then said "wud I be a **** hed if I pulled you through tha winda", my response was "well yeah, you would be!" (I was also trying to think of what I could hit him with), with that he looked at me and got back in his car and drove off whilst still indicating bloody left!

I didn't want to be behind him so pulled a quick u-turn and went a different way, can't take chances with people like that. As we pulled away my mate said "*****, why'd it have to be a bloody *****!"
 
was coming back late on a friday night, and there was a row of parked cars on the other opposite side of the road.

obviously this means that you have right of way over oncoming traffic, who should wait for you to pass.
i wasn't in a particularly good mood, so when i saw someone coming towards me, i didn't go on the pavement or stop to let them go, so our mirrors clipped.
obviously my BMW one suffered no damage, but the other dude didn't seem so happy

he reveresed and chased me down the road, flashing is lights, etc.
i eventually pulled over and he was shouting at me, "YOU BROKE MY MIRROR!" etc. i just looked at him like he was crazy. he did look crazy mind, eyes bulging out of his head.
he tried to open my door but it was locked, so he kicked it, leaving a rather large dent.
I then sped off up the hill. stupidly, i drove straight home, opening the garage door while i was speeding down the driveway.
managed to drive straight in at about 10mph and closed the door behind me

unfortunately the crazy drunk was on my driveway.
i think after about 2 minutes he realised what the **** he was doing and drove off..

****ing scary :o
 
no. he saw me coming from miles off. why the **** should i have to drive up a kerb because he overtakes a row of parked cars on a narrow street into oncoming traffic?

even if i did break his mirror, so what? he was on my side of the road.

anyway, this was in belgium, where patience behind the wheel doesn't exist.
i used to do it quite a lot when i was younger, i have grown out of it now.

still hacks me off when people don't wait behind parked cars on the narrow roads though.
now i usually just wait unless i'm in a hurry
 
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Driving through an NSL road, along the top of the moors (alongside the coast) in Devon, I had a huge fat guy driving (quite ridiculously and amusingly) in an Audi A2 sat on my bumper. The road was empty, had several straights. I was doing 40-50, adjusting wherever I needed to for the road.

I even tried the 'rest my foot on the brake pedal' thing to get him to budge. He was obviously wise to that, and continued to try and brush my bumper.

All of a sudden I came up across an unsigned cattle grid, with a big piece of cardboard, scrawled on it: "WARNING WIDE CATTLE GRID" - there was a blind dip in the road and I couldn't see where the grid was, and I had supposed that "wide cattle grid" meant "big gaps" in between each metal bar, which would have destroyed my old Fiesta at 40mph.

So I hit the brakes (didn't slam, I knew he was behind me), but was braking hard enough that I was pushed against my seat belt during braking. Slowed down from about 40/45 to 20/25. Of course, Mr. Fatty A2 had to hit his brakes even harder after he realised that no, I wasn't just trying to shake him off). He had to pull out into the opposite side of the road to avoid hitting me, over the said grid.

He slammed on his horn and started waving and blinding at me. I knew that this was just going to get dangerous with an idiot like this, so I slowed down, pulled in and indicated to let him past. He then he floors it past me, pulls back in front of me and then slams his brakes on too - so hard that I have to brake to a halt :rolleyes:

Grr, that got my riled. Fortunately he sped away after this.
 
Just shows road rage is definately on the increase.

I can't rememember my old man shouting ever at another driver when we were kids in the 70s and 80s.

How times change.
 
Hatter, that was dangerous. why do 40-50 indicated on an NSL road?
also, slowing down to 20 indicated to go over a cattle grid is ridiculous
 
mjt said:
Hatter, that was dangerous. why do 40-50 indicated on an NSL road?
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It was damp, the road was twisty. A Fiesta isn't capable (or doesn't feel capable) of cornering tightly enough at faster speeds, on that road.


also, slowing down to 20 indicated to go over a cattle grid is ridiculous
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Have you even seen a 'wide cattle grid'? Going over one on small tyres (mine are 14 inch or smaller, I think) would *destroy* my mounts and frames - I'd bounce off one bar onto another with a big smack if I went over it any faster.
 
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mjt said:
i know, it means do 70. minimum.
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You're an idiot. People with mentalities like you cause the ridiculous accidents on bends, on country roads etc. that make the government and nagging mummies think that speed is bad, and the limits on NSL need to come down. "Oh, the speed limit is 60. I'll do 60 no matter what I'm driving, no matter what the conditions are, no matter what bends are ahead".

Complete tool.
 
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Had some guy shouting and bibbing at me for using the correct lanes on a roundabout while he insisted on using the wrong ones, twice in a row.

Most amusing. Just ignored him and drove on :p
 
Hatter The Mad said:
You're an idiot. People with mentalities like you cause the ridiculous accidents on bends, on country roads etc. that make the government and nagging mummies think that speed is bad, and the limits on NSL need to come down. "Oh, the speed limit is 60. I'll do 60 no matter what I'm driving, no matter what the conditions are, no matter what bends are ahead".

Complete tool.
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wow, someone can't take a joke. there is no need for personal attacks.

anyway, if i wanted to be a tool i'd say that you should have anticipated the wide cattle crid and slowed down earlier, thereby negating the need to brake so heavily.
also, if you had such a big problem with him tailgating why not slow and indicate to let him pass, instead of having your foot lightly on the brakes?
 
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mjt said:
Hatter, that was dangerous. why do 40-50 indicated on an NSL road?
also, slowing down to 20 indicated to go over a cattle grid is ridiculous
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The road from my house into Dundee is a NSL road. It is also, in places, *just* wide enough for 2 cars to pass. It is also *very* twisty. I would not advocate driving at 60mph on this road, unless you are a complete and utter idiot.

Secondly, if you've ever actually seen a cattle grid (try visiting the countryside), driving over one is not a pleasant experience, and is not good for your suspension. 20mph is perfectly fine - in fact, I would probably go slower.
 
mjt said:
wow, someone can't take a joke. there is no need for personal attacks.

anyway, if i wanted to be a tool i'd say that you should have anticipated the wide cattle crid and slowed down earlier, thereby negating the need to brake so heavily.
also, if you had such a big problem with him tailgating why not slow and indicate to let him pass, instead of having your foot lightly on the brakes?
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It was an unsigned cattle grid according to Hatter. You can't anticipate something you don't know is there.
 
mjt said:
wow, someone can't take a joke. there is no need for personal attacks.
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Sorry, if you were joking and I missed it - then accept my grovelling apology. There are people with the mentality I attacked (and people with it here, for that matter). My humour wits ain't too sharp at the moment, and I have been keyboard-warrior'ing a lot this week!


anyway, if i wanted to be a tool i'd say that you should have anticipated the wide cattle crid and slowed down earlier, thereby negating the need to brake so heavily.
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You really would be a tool then, having gone from wondering why I was only doing 40/50 on the road, to saying I should have been anticipating a cattle grid (and the only way one can anticipate an unsigned, hidden cattle grid is to drive slow, all the time) ;)


also, if you had such a big problem with him tailgating why not slow and indicate to let him pass, instead of having your foot lightly on the brakes?
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I was looking for a space in which to do that, but I couldn't. I also didn't want to start indicating, then slow down, only to find I couldn't actually pull in enough (and the nutter would have tried anyway, I assumed). Vice-versa, I didn't want to slow down in front of this nutter on my bumper before indicating.

If I was driving alongside hedges and bushes, I'd have happily risked having to re-pollish my car to get rid of him - but I wasn't. On country walls, you'll find a lot of wall too.
 
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