Been accused of being an aggressive driver!

[Gaygle]

It's the internet, if you're ever going to find harsh blunt comments it's on the internet. If you want people to be softly softly, then it's not really the place to go.

Just because this is the internet doesn't give people a license to purposefully be an arse. OcUK Motors is section of the internet that supposed to be a fairly close knit community of like minded individuals and deliberately being blunt, cold and unhelpful goes against this and is unnecessary IMO. To new people, it makes this place look like it's full of arrogant, unpleasant, car nerds who get off on making other people feel small. If someone new comes on here being arrogant and unpleasant then they're fair game IMO, but often people that come on here are a bit clueless and instead of getting people who are helpful, they get people being cold and scoffing at them. Just my opinion on things.

Like anyone, yes i've been angry on the roads. By and large I try to just vent my anger by shouting and swearing at them (even though they can't hear). That way I get it out of my system but at the same time i've not engaged whoever annoyed me in any sort of daft behaviour and caused myself further risk. Seems the easiest solution to those moments where 'just let it go' doesn't quite cut it.

I've almost been in a couple of collisions caused by people on their phones, jumping red lights and it is very hard not to get angry when you are inches away from being crashed into. I totally get how people can lose their temper for a few seconds and do something a bit silly like tailgating someone for a bit.

 

[bazaarboy]

You sound like an idiot.

Thanks grammar boy, isn't there a rogue apostrophe you should be chasing?

... when someone pretty much asks 'Was this a stupid thing to do?', i'm not going to sit here and tell him it wasn't, he was wholly in the right, and that tailgating people as retaliation is sensible behaviour to engage in on the roads.

He did not come here 'cap in hand' and admit he was wrong

Sorry, but you misinterpreted what I said:

I could have kept my distance...

I stupidly went right up the Audi's back end...

I totally understand that what I did was incorrect.

Personally, i'm glad this isn't a forum where we would condone behaviour like tailgating people

I'm not trying to get approval, my driving behaviour was just as bad.

Most of the time I leave too big a gap from the car in front...

What most people are missing is that I wanted to ask if what I did was worse than her driving.
I hoped that the Motors forum would confirm that I wasn't the only one at fault (like the salon's patrons decided).
In 20 years of driving I've had no points and no at-fault accidents - and tailgating that lady is uncharacteristic of me...

 

[fornowagain]

What most people are missing is that I wanted to ask if what I did was worse than her driving.

Of course it was. You retaliated for a start, so a conscious effort on your part to drive aggressively. She was just being a typical bad driver, getting too close before overtaking. Probably completely oblivious to you, certainly not personal. You however blocker her in behind a lorry, cutting off her visibility and putting all of you at risk if the lorry stopped suddenly. Frankly, not just aggressive but stupid... You did ask.

 

[bazaarboy]

finally an answer that makes sense...
ok - I admit I see the logic in what you said. my actions were deliberate - and she was just probably doing what she normally does...

 

[-Ad-]

and deliberately being blunt, cold and unhelpful goes against this and is unnecessary IMO.

Wrong.
I hope you freeze.
Ronseal on fence panels for the win.

To new people, it makes this place look like it's full of arrogant, unpleasant, car nerds who get off on making other people feel small. .

I'm taller and better looking than you.
Your face.
I can tell the 360 Challenge Stradale engine note from a 0.2second sound clip.
You are tiny.

 

[Gaygle]

Wrong.
I hope you freeze.
Ronseal on fence panels for the win.



I'm taller and better looking than you.
Your face.
I can tell the 360 Challenge Stradale engine note from a 0.2second sound clip.
You are tiny.

LOL i don't know what has just happened. But incidentally, i can actually tell the 360CS engine note from a 0.2sec sound clip.

EDIT: Wait, just read it again and understood it (apart from the Ronseal bit?). You are the evil within Motors!

 

[-Ad-]

LOL i don't know what has just happened. But incidentally, i can actually tell the 360CS engine note from a 0.2sec sound clip.

EDIT: Wait, just read it again and understood it (apart from the Ronseal bit?). You are the evil within Motors!

Haha, I was really bored at work today and had to inject some fun

I remember a top gear awards episode when they had to guess the sound from the clip. It was a 360CS which I somehow got as it sounded like an agressive and slightly weird ferrari...Nerd!!!

Ronseal comment = unhelpful, although it's actually quite helpful!!

 

[Kenai]

Just because this is the internet doesn't give people a license to purposefully be an arse. OcUK Motors is section of the internet that supposed to be a fairly close knit community of like minded individuals and deliberately being blunt, cold and unhelpful goes against this and is unnecessary IMO. To new people, it makes this place look like it's full of arrogant, unpleasant, car nerds who get off on making other people feel small. If someone new comes on here being arrogant and unpleasant then they're fair game IMO, but often people that come on here are a bit clueless and instead of getting people who are helpful, they get people being cold and scoffing at them. Just my opinion on things.

I wouldn't have said anyone was 'purposefully being an arse' but that's me, we all have different levels of sensitivity when it comes to these things I suppose. The reaction to these 'blunt, cold and unhelpful' posts has seemed a little melodramatic to me if anything.

I've almost been in a couple of collisions caused by people on their phones, jumping red lights and it is very hard not to get angry when you are inches away from being crashed into. I totally get how people can lose their temper for a few seconds and do something a bit silly like tailgating someone for a bit.

It's understandable sure, but that doesn't change what it is and nor should it stop people saying so IMO, especially when their opinion is being asked.

 

[Craigus]

Not only did she tailgate you, but she was obviously tailgating the lorry too, else she wouldn't have been sandwiched? She could easily have gotten out of that situation by easing off the throttle giving a gap between her and the arctic.

Silly bitch to be honest, but you doing it to her doesn't make you much better. But in this instance she was intimidated so maybe next time she may think before she drives too close behind someone.

 

[zenf]

bazaarboy, did you explain why you were tailgating her? Did she at least acknowledge that she was driving too close to you in the first place?

I can see the sense in doing what you did but if the person is stupid enough to do something like that in the first place, they're probably too stupid to realise why you're doing it back to them so it'd probably be best to just keep your distance.

 

[MofoKilla]

Thanks grammar boy, isn't there a rogue apostrophe you should be chasing?

lol

 

[[TW]Fox]

The way that some people have said things suggests that they have never done anything wrong on the road.

No, it doesn't do that at all.

Thinking something somebody has done is really, really dumb doesn't automatically mean you are stating you've never done anything similar itself, in exactly the same way that having done something similar yourself doesn't mean you must therefore think it was a good idea.

Using your car to intimidate another driver because of something they've done whilst driving is never anything other than mind bendingly **** on the 'list of bad things to do'.

Does this mean none of us have dnoe it? Probably not - but it does mean that we were just as bad if we have.

 

[hurfdurf]

No, it doesn't do that at all.

Thinking something somebody has done is really, really dumb doesn't automatically mean you are stating you've never done anything similar itself, in exactly the same way that having done something similar yourself doesn't mean you must therefore think it was a good idea.

Using your car to intimidate another driver because of something they've done whilst driving is never anything other than mind bendingly **** on the 'list of bad things to do'.

Does this mean none of us have dnoe it? Probably not - but it does mean that we were just as bad if we have.

I am sure everyone has done something dumb whilst driving, intentionally using your car to intimidate is on a whole other level of dumb and the OP is lucky she didn't brake test you after his stupidity.

People think they are so tough and can teach others lessons when they are in a car, but as soon as they are out of it and have to deal with the other driver in person, it shows who can really teach lessons and who is just a coward in a car who suddenly thinks they can put the world to rights.

 

[Clown]

s+b

 

[gigeorge]

Her husband / bf probably bought it for her, or hairdressers are WAY overpaid ! haha

 

[hurfdurf]

s+b

Obv

 

[malfunkshun]

if someone is right on my bumper i usually just tap the brakes enough just so the lights come on

but i was driving before in a 30 and a cop car pulled out behind me and was tailgating me... literally was so close i couldn't see the glare of his headlights (was at night) through my rear view mirror.... I then pulled of the road as it was making me un easy with him there. i came back onto the main road later on and he was waiting for me and pulled me for suspicious driving.

he asked me why was i trying to avoid him as i took a different road then rejoined. I told him that i felt un easy and intimidated with him following me so closely and that i felt i was in his way..... he just laughed at me and said "wrong answer" and continued to go through the standard check all my details, searched the car, searched me, asked if i had been drinking and such...

after about 15 mins of this and asking me several times why I pulled of the main road and me telling him repetitively that I felt in his way and intimidated he just couldn't understand this....telling me that what i did usually means the person has something to hide like they are drunk or its a stolen vehicle or got no insurance. he just didn't get it that i didn't want to be tailgated.

he then let me go.... he then followed me...still close behind all the way off to the turning my house was on.

cops ay

Should have done exactly what it says in the highway code, slow down to allow the ******* behind you more time to react in an emergency. As should everyone else tbh.

 

[Horse Pop]

You should probably apologise for making her uncomfortable if nothing else.

This is nothing to do with being right or wrong.

I have been tempted to do the same before now. I have not because it's a Bad Idea and I don't want to get road rage murdered but I can see where you're coming from.

 

[LiE]

She probably wasn't being aggressive, just a poor driver. You on the other had, did it on purpose and no doubt got pretty damn close from the sounds of your description.

 

[Sasso]

Should have done exactly what it says in the highway code, slow down to allow the ******* behind you more time to react in an emergency. As should everyone else tbh.

probably would have pulled me over for driving to slowly then xD