Road Rage....

Thoughts_Arrive

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/road-r ... 6051543121

A similar but not violent thing happened to me not too long ago.
I was driving 60kmph (the limit) and some guy behind me started tailgating then high beaming then swerving left and right behind me, he then went into the wrong lane to get next to me before speeding past.
Some psychos on the road.

threefish10

Frankston.

nothing more needs to be said.

but seriously why would the woman open her door? but if i was a woman by myself and some guy had been tailgating me then got out of his car and started heading towards mine i'd lock the doors and drive off, even if i had to run a red. hell, being a man i'd probably do the same thing, i'm 6'2 and could defend myself if needed but you never know if the guy is gonna pull a metal pole, knife or gun, so it's best to just try and avoid needing to defend myself.

Thoughts_Arrive

threefish10 wrote:

Frankston.

nothing more needs to be said.

but seriously why would the woman open her door? but if i was a woman by myself and some guy had been tailgating me then got out of his car and started heading towards mine i'd lock the doors and drive off, even if i had to run a red. hell, being a man i'd probably do the same thing, i'm 6'2 and could defend myself if needed but you never know if the guy is gonna pull a metal pole, knife or gun, so it's best to just try and avoid needing to defend myself.

Yeah I am same size as you and 90kg :P
But that is being big boned, I need gym work to get some rock hard mass muscles.
But even then every nut is armed these days.
You must be from Melbourne originally? How do you know the scummy areas lol?

Another episode not long ago, I joined the freeway and out of nowhere some junky looking bogan cuts in front of me from the far right lane and starts going mental at me whilst slowing down, making gun gestures with his hand like he is shooting at me, then he slowed down and was pointing for me to pull over in the emergency lane.
I seriously don't know wtf sparked his rage as I had just joined the freeway and he was already on it in the far right lane.
He was turning his head to look at me and was going nuts, so I started to go off back at him and was shouting "what" and had my arms out wide as in to gesture what.
Then he speeds off in the emergency lane and went out of sight.
My heart was still beating when I got home lol.

Horos

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

My heart was still beating when I got home lol.

Good thing otherwise I think you would be dead.

JaneNY

The craziest part is when you have someone acting like that, and they get around you on maybe a 2 lane highway, and then you both end up at the same stop light 5 miles later. Its like that road rage and speeding and desperate passing didn't gain the person anything anyway. I live near a school zone where you are supposed to go 20mph for a stretch (because there's LITTLE KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL), and its pretty high enforcement (there's frequently a somewhat concealed trouper with a radar), and while I go 20mph whether they're there or not, it is amazing how many people ride right on your grill to try to intimidate you into speeding. People just need to chill on this. I have a clean driving record and I'd like to keep it that way.

81

i hate slow poeple....move the fuck over and get out of my way :P

Thoughts_Arrive

81 wrote:

i hate slow poeple....move the fuck over and get out of my way :P

hey f*** you, we are road users to

Get_Right

I go extra slow when people tailgate. I am in no hurry.

EmBleve

Get_Right wrote:

I go extra slow when people tailgate. I am in no hurry.

me, too. Eventually they pass (probably shooting me the bird, and I wave and smile).

Get_Right

EmBleve wrote:

Get_Right wrote:

I go extra slow when people tailgate. I am in no hurry.

me, too. Eventually they pass (probably shooting me the bird, and I wave and smile).

EXACTLY! Kill em with kindness

81

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

81 wrote:

i hate slow poeple....move the fuck over and get out of my way :P

hey f*** you, we are road users to

stay in the right lane and we are cool. in the states it's cruise in the right lane, pass in the left lane. unfortantly, there are so many idiots that believe the left lane is the slow lane. get the fuck over before i pit you

EmBleve

Get_Right wrote:

EmBleve wrote:

Get_Right wrote:

I go extra slow when people tailgate. I am in no hurry.

me, too. Eventually they pass (probably shooting me the bird, and I wave and smile).

EXACTLY! Kill em with kindness

good times.

mca47

Long story short...

When I lived in Chicago 5-6 years ago, I was driving on I-90 some jackass in a BMW (or Mercedes...don't remember) who had been tailgaiting me (in the right lane) and was clearly upset and swerving all over the place.
We get up to the toll (prior to the Ipass), the guy pulls up next to me and flicks his lit cigarette into my car!!!
I was pissed!!! I really wanted to get out of the car and pound his face in, but he pulled up, paid and was on his way.
He speeds off doing probably 100mph. About 5 miles down the road, everyone had to come to a stop. Wasn't sure what the deal was....most likely an accident as that's what people like to do on I-90!
By the time I got up to the front, that same guy had slammed his car into the median and it flipped over. In doing so, he also slammed into 2 other cars.
Not sure if the guy survived it or not, but his car was in pieces!
Karma?

Thoughts_Arrive

When people tailgate me I tap the brake so the brake lights go on.
I also stare into my rvm for a while, sometimes it works.

mookeywrench

81 wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

81 wrote:

i hate slow poeple....move the fuck over and get out of my way :P

hey f*** you, we are road users to

stay in the right lane and we are cool. in the states it's cruise in the right lane, pass in the left lane. unfortantly, there are so many idiots that believe the left lane is the slow lane. get the fuck over before i pit you

Unfortunately there's another portion of idiots who think that the left lane is the 'fast' lane. It's the passing lane, stay out of it until you need to pass, then get back into whatever lane you were in.

Thoughts_Arrive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE1g50tI ... re=related

sandgroper

this one time when i was being tailgated i got so pissed off that i sped up and revved my engine and in doing so blew smoke into his windscreen, he got pissed and almost rammed me! that's the last time i'll retaliate though

mca47

A friendly tip for those of you who are tailgated in the future...

If you got some jackass tailgating you, try this (just don't do it going more than 45mph and with anyone behind him):
Tap on the brakes just enough to turn the brake lights on, but not enough to slow down. As soon as you do this, pull your e-brake (with the button held in) for a split second and release/put it back to normal.

What happens is the guy behind you sees your lights go on, and the e-brake causes your back tires to lock for a second. To him he thinks your coming to a screeching halt, but you don't even lose more than 3-5 mph.
He'll freak out like you wouldn't believe!!

I did that before and the guy behind me hit his breaks and was swerving all over the place! Good times!

Get_Right

mca47 wrote:

A friendly tip for those of you who are tailgated in the future...

If you got some jackass tailgating you, try this (just don't do it going more than 45mph and with anyone behind him):
Tap on the brakes just enough to turn the brake lights on, but not enough to slow down. As soon as you do this, pull your e-brake (with the button held in) for a split second and release/put it back to normal.

What happens is the guy behind you sees your lights go on, and the e-brake causes your back tires to lock for a second. To him he thinks your coming to a screeching halt, but you don't even lose more than 3-5 mph.
He'll freak out like you wouldn't believe!!

I did that before and the guy behind me hit his breaks and was swerving all over the place! Good times!

I dont fool around like that. I find taking my foot completely off the gas until the fucker backs off works just fine.
If the guy needs to yell at me, I simply say, dude, "thats how people die."

Thoughts_Arrive

sandgroper wrote:

this one time when i was being tailgated i got so pissed off that i sped up and revved my engine and in doing so blew smoke into his windscreen, he got pissed and almost rammed me! that's the last time i'll retaliate though

PJ_Lukin

I was driving down the street yesterday. I honked my horn at someone who was nearby to say hello. There was a car in front of me and the woman driving must have thought I was honking at her.
She pulled into a gas station and started screaming at me, giving me not one, but two middle fingers, yelling and screaming at the top of her lungs, "you motherfucker, you honk your horn at me? you fuck I will kick your fucking ass, get out of your car and I will kick you in your nuts", she was livid. The worst case of road rage I have ever seen. I could not believe it. Even if I leaned on my horn and blasted it in her ear, it was such an overreaction that it was comical. All I could do was put the window down and in between laughing, yell to her to get help cause she was fucking nuts! Ever have anything like this happen to you?