Road Rage

In Texas and Florida it's a gun

Real road rage . . . South African-style

EmBleve wrote:

^^that is so funny fifthelement! 'what's this?? get it the hell outta here'

The driver was impatient and tried to pass the elephant . . . not a good idea

EmBleve wrote:

Fifthelement wrote:

EmBleve wrote:

^^that is so funny fifthelement! 'what's this?? get it the hell outta here'

The driver was impatient and tried to pass the elephant . . . not a good idea

ohh! That's even funnier!!

Well, you know what they say, "You mess with the bull, you get the horns."

:think: I wonder if the driver's insurance covered this?

eeriepadave said:

Not sure how many of you heard this story yet, mostly everyone around my area has and it's become pretty big news.  well on Wednesday evening around 5:30 a man shot and killed a young woman (18 years old) cause she wouldn't let him merge into the lane.  I use this road everyday and am usually on that road around that time (well maybe about 15 or so minutes beforehand).  Anyway the road is two lanes and eventually merges into one.  People tend to speed up and pass if someone goes slow.  Although sometimes around rush hour it get backed up for about a mile which is a pain.  I know some people like the "zipper" method which i understand and all.  Me personally, i don't see why people can't merge earlier if it's not too backed up. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/06/30/manhunt-underway-for-road-rage-suspect-accused-of-killing-pennsylvania-teenager/?utm_term=.20c89d13ac33

Early this morning they found the possible truck that was involved.  Guessing Hoping they find the man responsible for his actions.
http://6abc.com/traffic/video-pickup-truck-recovered-in-road-rage-killing-case/2164008/

Wow.

If he didn't have his gun... he would have cooled down and eventually thought of nicer things. In a momentary fit of rage... he lost control and killed someone. Whether people care to accept it or not... this is a case for gun control.

The zipper merge is the appropriate method. If people merge too soon, what ends up happening is more cars end up merging in front of vehicles than the zipper method affords. Not that it matters: f**k man... chill out. What did it cost you? 5 seconds? And you kill someone?

The girl might have given him the one finger salute or yelled at him like so many do once tension was demonstrated. I've discovered that, because of incident she like this, it is best not to engage other drivers in any emotional way when down in the US. In Canada, you can act like a complete asshole if that is what you want to do- nobody has a gun and the worst that can happen is someone flips you off. As this case and many others have demonstrated, you never know who you're dealing with in the US. Armed and angry is not uncommon.

RiotZact said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

eeriepadave said:

Not sure how many of you heard this story yet, mostly everyone around my area has and it's become pretty big news.  well on Wednesday evening around 5:30 a man shot and killed a young woman (18 years old) cause she wouldn't let him merge into the lane.  I use this road everyday and am usually on that road around that time (well maybe about 15 or so minutes beforehand).  Anyway the road is two lanes and eventually merges into one.  People tend to speed up and pass if someone goes slow.  Although sometimes around rush hour it get backed up for about a mile which is a pain.  I know some people like the "zipper" method which i understand and all.  Me personally, i don't see why people can't merge earlier if it's not too backed up. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/06/30/manhunt-underway-for-road-rage-suspect-accused-of-killing-pennsylvania-teenager/?utm_term=.20c89d13ac33

Early this morning they found the possible truck that was involved.  Guessing Hoping they find the man responsible for his actions.
http://6abc.com/traffic/video-pickup-truck-recovered-in-road-rage-killing-case/2164008/

Wow.

If he didn't have his gun... he would have cooled down and eventually thought of nicer things. In a momentary fit of rage... he lost control and killed someone. Whether people care to accept it or not... this is a case for gun control.

The zipper merge is the appropriate method. If people merge too soon, what ends up happening is more cars end up merging in front of vehicles than the zipper method affords. Not that it matters: f**k man... chill out. What did it cost you? 5 seconds? And you kill someone?

The girl might have given him the one finger salute or yelled at him like so many do once tension was demonstrated. I've discovered that, because of incident she like this, it is best not to engage other drivers in any emotional way when down in the US. In Canada, you can act like a complete asshole if that is what you want to do- nobody has a gun and the worst that can happen is someone flips you off. As this case and many others have demonstrated, you never know who you're dealing with in the US. Armed and angry is not uncommon.

No no Thirty, you're looking at it the wrong way. If SHE had a gun then she could have protected herself.

Lol

This, sadly, is the actual counter argument.

(My iPad is pissing me off... it auto corrects and makes me look like an idiot. For example, 'incidents like' auto corrects to 'incident she like').

If I had a gun... I would have shot it one minute ago, but thank gawd I don't! I don't mind it so much now that my rage has passed and I still have an iPad!

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

^^^
If you turn auto correct off and just take your time and type what you want you wouldn't get so enraged.  
So on a side note, killing people because of road rage is not cool.  Death penalty for them.

Okay, I have to admit I laughed at that. 

Why bump a six year old thread?

You know what?

This guy looks almost exactly as I thought he might.