that old chestnut: road rage

[jimo746]

Just blow him a kiss, there's nothing like countering an aggressive driver with a bit of camp acting.

 

[flibble]

Just blow him a kiss, there's nothing like countering an aggressive driver with a bit of camp acting.

I have done this on several occasions. I've also done it on my bike when completely cut up by a car. If someone gets that close to me on the road, I feel they want to get to know me a bit more intimately. I feel the addition of a smile helps too.

 

[Neil]

Just blow him a kiss, there's nothing like countering an aggressive driver with a bit of camp acting.

I have done this on several occasions. I've also done it on my bike when completely cut up by a car. If someone gets that close to me on the road, I feel they want to get to know me a bit more intimately. I feel the addition of a smile helps too.

I'm just waiting for the "I was only being sarky, but I ended up in a Civil Partnership" Daily Wail headline...

 

[cornholio's RC200]

Manic is how I'd describe them - the amount of times I see completely ridiculous driving, parking - actually scrub that - almost total abandonment of cars anywhere...

It's kind of nice walking past all these idiots, shaking my head at the sheer stupidity of things I see.

Don't walk past them, take a photo with your phone and send it to youparklikeac*nt.com

There are some real gems on there.

Well ignoring the awful, manic driving and the fairly regular road-rage (near my son's school, they effectively turn a road into a one-way road, by the obsessive and aggressive manner that they all bunch up, and don't give an inch, or a second of consideration that traffic and drivers may assume that a two-way street is still a two-way street), it's that odd obsessive behaviour about parking as close to the building as possible - ignoring road markings, driveways, or whether it's causing an obstruction.

Have to say, just don't get that mindset, it's often observable (perhaps to a smaller degree) in supermarket car parks. It's like some people MUST park as close as humanly possible, for fear they may have to walk a few extra feet.

I've often remarked about that when the mrs parks at the Trafford Centre. People Park in disabled, family, invented spaces to avoid having to walk to the building and then enter a building half a mile long, thus making a mile top and bottom. Strange. Means that the car park is clear further away.

Just like the school run, they usually are immense 4x4s with blacked out windows (what is it with black windows these days?) Antisocial in every way.

 

[legrandefromage]

my guy was white van man - 'if they are not doing 70mph through a 50 zone, they're clearly not going fast enough!'

 

[ere-tis]

(what is it with black windows these days?)

Very ugly children ?

 

[highlandsflyer]

On Saturday, having done our bit at the stage we were marshalling, we were on a sprint to get to the final stage to watch the action. There were two main streams of traffic, one coming up from the South and the other from the previous stage over the hills from the East.

We ended up going over the hill so I could run the dogs, and when we came down to join the flow towards the last stage I 'butted' in to a gap, I would have been waiting for ages otherwise.

The guys I drove out in front of, in a suzuki vitara, obviously had their eyes over to the rally stage as he braked really late and then overtook me. His machine totally leaning over as he did it, pretty sure he nearly lost it.

As soon as he was passed me I slowed a little, but he jammed his brakes on. I went round him rather than stop and get into it.

I am pretty sure he wanted to tear me a new one, but I am not interested these days.

I had been a little forceful coming out into the lane, but I was already half out. The local etiquette on our windy, blind roads is: if someone is half way out from a side road you slow a little and flash them on, rather than leave them a sitting duck. Especially if you are travelling a bit faster than you ought to be around blind bends.

He made a point of sticking an inch from my rear bumper at that point, so I adjusted my seating position and ignored my mirror, carrying on at a safe pace. Once he had a chance he overtook again, and tried the slowing down crap on me.

I just kept my distance until we reached the stage and he eventually pulled off to park. I guess by then he had had time to take in the five 6' plus geezers in my motor.

I would have apologised if I had had time for coming out in front of him, but instead I waited in the murky dusk until his was the last vehicle left parked in the area, thanks to two flat tyres. I strangled him with a starter cable and we buried him on the mountain by moonlight.

Don't get even, get mad!

 

[Neil]

On Saturday, having done our bit at the stage we were marshalling, we were on a sprint to get to the final stage to watch the action. There were two main streams of traffic, one coming up from the South and the other from the previous stage over the hills from the East.

We ended up going over the hill so I could run the dogs, and when we came down to join the flow towards the last stage I 'butted' in to a gap, I would have been waiting for ages otherwise.

The guys I drove out in front of, in a suzuki vitara, obviously had their eyes over to the rally stage as he braked really late and then overtook me. His machine totally leaning over as he did it, pretty sure he nearly lost it.

As soon as he was passed me I slowed a little, but he jammed his brakes on. I went round him rather than stop and get into it.

I am pretty sure he wanted to tear me a new one, but I am not interested these days.

I had been a little forceful coming out into the lane, but I was already half out. The local etiquette on our windy, blind roads is: if someone is half way out from a side road you slow a little and flash them on, rather than leave them a sitting duck. Especially if you are travelling a bit faster than you ought to be around blind bends.

He made a point of sticking an inch from my rear bumper at that point, so I adjusted my seating position and ignored my mirror, carrying on at a safe pace. Once he had a chance he overtook again, and tried the slowing down crap on me.

I just kept my distance until we reached the stage and he eventually pulled off to park. I guess by then he had had time to take in the five 6' plus geezers in my motor.

I would have apologised if I had had time for coming out in front of him, but instead I waited in the murky dusk until his was the last vehicle left parked in the area, thanks to two flat tyres. I strangled him with a starter cable and we buried him on the mountain by moonlight.

Don't get even, get mad!

Chilling, simply chilling...


You'll catch your death, if you stay up late in the hills.

 

[NAILTRAIL96]

This is how bikes end up under busses.
I wonder how many sane rashonal people are killed by a moment of stupidity.

 

[Neil G]

I was on the recieving end of some incredibly stupid driving the other night which left me feeling quite uneasy.

I heard a beep in the distance and some flashing lights (a disagreement with another driver on a roundabout) and knew that someone was coming up behind fairly rapidly. I went to overtake a car in front and by now the driver was very close to my bumper, as it was clear I decided to 'hold the line after overtaking' which may have been a stupid thing to do but I was pissed off by now.

I was going fairly rapidly but the driver behind decided to try an climb into my boot....I couldn't see his lights and I really thought he was going to actually touch my bumper. I pulled over and carried on at a sensible speed and he backed off and turned off at a roundabout.

If I had even dabbed the brakes for any reason that driver would have been straight into the back of my car at speed and a massive accident would have happend.

Now I'm not one to be harsh but drivers like that deserve to come off the roads and if any harm is done to themselves then they only have themselves to blame. I just really hope they don't take anyone with them.