Had my first road rage encounter today

scratch · 11 Dec 2013 at 22:45

Sounds to me like you misjudged the amount of space you had, or the speed the guy was approaching at.

Although there are some weirdos out there, most people don't get that irate for no reason. I far too often find that when somebody cuts me up, they're completely oblivious to having done so.

danza · 11 Dec 2013 at 22:51

I 'pulled out' on someone the other day. Well, I didn't really pull out on him as there was plenty of room for me to have sped up and kept a good gap between us. He took exception to my manoeuvre and started flailing his arms about to show his displeasure.

At first I thought perhaps he was a bit of a twerp but then pondered whether maybe it was a game, so wobbled my arms about too. I think that perhaps it was just a bit of fun.

Stellios · 12 Dec 2013 at 13:04

mjt said:
You probably cut him up. But whatever, move on. Nothing happened so be glad

Dunno like, there are plenty of people in these parts who don't enjoy being overtaken, and will make the effort to return the favour, no matter how idiotic the returning move is.

MooMoo444 · 12 Dec 2013 at 13:12

danza said:
He took exception to my manoeuvre and started flailing his arms about

Maybe he was italian?

Uncle_Gravy · 12 Dec 2013 at 13:13

Had someone slam their brakes infront of me once ( don't normally get into road rage).

There was a bus indicating to pull out of a stop, some distance away, I braked, flashed the bus to go, Van behind me starting beeping with middle finger, Ignored him, He then decided to over take me in a built up area, slam on his brakes and continued on, I just waved my hand out the window and laughed.

Just got to get on with it, bunch of morons on the road.

tsinc80697 · 12 Dec 2013 at 13:19

MooMoo444 said:
See a lot of people using the indicators this way. As in 'I'm changing lane NOW, and you should move' instead of 'I intend to go this way, but only will if its safe to do so'.

It does my nut in.

This drives me bonkers, especially on motorways. "I'm indicating so I'm changing lane, I don't give a toss if there's space or not, you can brake to let me in".

mike gunnz · 12 Dec 2013 at 13:31

MooMoo444 said:
See a lot of people using the indicators this way. As in 'I'm changing lane NOW, and you should move' instead of 'I intend to go this way, but only will if its safe to do so'.

It does my nut in.

I'm a fan of the assertive indicate/change lane NOW manoeuvre.

Some people instinctively speed up when they see you're indicating to change into 'their' lane. I'd rather take the spot before that happens.

Edit/ Only when it's safe to do so of course.

pepsilol · 12 Dec 2013 at 13:34

Had someone flip out at me because I was doing 54 mph GPS on an average 50 zone. He sped up trying to indicate a 5 which I assume meant 50. I started laughing, he got even more aggressive, I laughed harder, he tried to hit me so I proceeded to GTFO with tears streaming down my eyes.

MooMoo444 · 12 Dec 2013 at 13:39

pepsilol said:
I proceeded to GTFO with tears streaming down my eyes.

Wow, you must have been scared, for tears to show

Rilot · 12 Dec 2013 at 13:44

esoteric said:
Driver turned off into B&Q, and I went home.

Why does this remind me of the endings of stories I used back when I was 10? You know the ones, you start of writing an epic story about a space battle in immense detail and then get bored after 30 minutes so figure you better end it. "Then the space fleets decided they were tired so they went home". That sort of thing.

joey1211 · 12 Dec 2013 at 13:44

Muffin` said:
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I think I have just watched the most boring video on youTube

Cleisthenes · 12 Dec 2013 at 13:46

Housey said:
pulled him out of his car and stamped on his face until he died.

pepsilol · 12 Dec 2013 at 13:51

MooMoo444 said:
Wow, you must have been scared, for tears to show

Tears aren't always associated with sadness or 'scared-ness'

7/10 for effort

Muffin` · 12 Dec 2013 at 13:58

pepsilol said:
Had someone flip out at me because I was doing 54 mph GPS on an average 50 zone. He sped up trying to indicate a 5 which I assume meant 50. I started laughing, he got even more aggressive, I laughed harder, he tried to hit me so I proceeded to GTFO with tears streaming down my eyes.

I've had something similar, he was massive, like a typical powerfully built PH director, but in a Corsa B. My 144hp BMW safley got my out of dodge once the national sign popped up.

Yaayuh! · 12 Dec 2013 at 14:05

Housey said:
The world is full of turd heads.

KiNgPiN83 · 12 Dec 2013 at 14:14

Since I got my Impreza I've come to discover a lot of people don't like being overtaken. The worst in my experience have been van drivers and old people. They seem to hate my car for some reason?!

MooMoo444 · 12 Dec 2013 at 14:31

KiNgPiN83 said:
Since I got my Impreza I've come to discover a lot of people don't like being overtaken. The worst in my experience have been van drivers and old people. They seem to hate my car for some reason?!

It's not about being overtaken. More jealousy that someone has a faster car.

And I say that as a slow car owner!

Matt82 · 12 Dec 2013 at 15:00

Muffin` said:
I've had something similar, he was massive, like a typical powerfully built PH director, but in a Corsa B. My 144hp BMW safley got my out of dodge once the national sign popped up.

seriously laughing out loud

Outcast · 12 Dec 2013 at 15:00

Probably the fact your exhaust scared the living bejesus out of them when you all of a sudden went

Bwahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr

Passed them ?

Siliconslave · 12 Dec 2013 at 15:03

the best thing to do in these situations is give them a polite wave and laugh it off.

Unfortunately when people see you laughing at them they have a weird habit of getting into much more of a mood... odd that??

What your supposed to do if someone is tailgating your and/or obviously flustered / has their hands off the wheels is to slow down so you have more time to react smoothly if something happens in front of you. Again this has a habit of annoying them even more