Road rage

koolpc

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Taking my daughter to school this morning and a car comes up fast behind me, inches from my bumper with woman driver gesturing to me to go faster. I was on a hill. I wasnt going to put my foot down.

She kept same distance right until i stopped to let daughter out for school.

She then came along side me gesturing to me, smiling, then opened her passenger door and slammed it into my drivers door deliberately before racing off!!!

Daughter was quite upset.

I have reported it to the police. No passengers in her car. Her car was an 04 plate. Not sure on make. Luckily i got the reg.

No real damage to my car.

Not sure what police will do. Nowt probably
 
She was easily able to open her passenger door and swing it into mine.

Police just rang me back and at the end said they will issue her with a warning. He seemed to suggest that taking it further was pointless. Fine by me. Just wanted them to speak to her.

As for going faster it was in a school area with my daughters school just at the top of the hill. I see idiots speeding up and down it all the time. I didnt want to do that. I was about to stop anyway!
 
Thekwango said:
what kind of a giant was this woman if she was able to easily open her passenger door and swing it into yours........and then close it. it's more the closing of it that's got me interested.
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It wasnt a big car! I can easily lean across and open my door and close it.

Remember she pushed her door against mine which made it bounce back too!
 
SquirrelMadness said:
OP how slow were you driving?

I think people forget that respect has to be made to the drivers behind you as well.

If you are driving 20mph with traffic behind it can be interpreted as disrespect to those road users.

This is why drivers get annoyed with cyclists who ride on the middle of the lane... to a cyclist they're "allowed to by law" but to a driver behind it's disrespect - they are holding them up with no care.

Personally I understand that a lot of people have medical/biological reasons for driving slow - but I can still feel the aggression coming when stuck behind a slow driver - I just force subside it.

This woman had no control... just imagine the rage running through her body. She was already in that state biologically, and you just happened to tick her off.

That's assuming this story is real of course, almost reads as fake.
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I was under the speed limit, going up a VERY busy road, at school drop off time. Lots of traffic and people about.
 
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norm said:
I don't understand the bashing of the door bit. Did you gesture at her or something? Seems a bit of an overreaction to somebody not driving fast enough for her liking.

What annoys me about tailgaters in general is they'll happily fume at the car Infront but won't take the initiative to overtake, likely because they're too afraid and haven't got the mental fortitude to figure that option out.
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She was just bonkers i guess. I didnt gesture to her except to back off. She couldnt overtake as the traffic was heavy with parents dropping kids off at the school
 
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