General / Off-Topic Road rage

[verminstar]

So, hands up who suffers from this terrible affliction...and those who revel in it. Me, I love it...even have a dashcam fitted fer those times when things escalate. I find some peoples reactions absolutely hilarious, although laughing can be what ecsalates the situation...cant help meself.

Like this morning...Im in the lane that goes left or straight on only...guy in the land rover in the right hand lane that goes right only. Hes gunning his engine and ye just know hes gonna try and cut ye up by going straight on...bit like jumping the line at tescos sorta thing.

Lights changed, bury the accelerator into the floor to get ahead forcing the guy into the central reservation and scuffing his wheels really badly on the kerb...oh he was none too happy about that while I kept on going, tears in my eyes from laughing so hard because it was his own stupidity and arrogance that caused that. Technically, I didnt break the law but he tried and failed so theres no comeback.

Followed me fer a bit, flashing the lights and waving arms at me, so I pulled over and waited...he gets out, I get out...Im 6ft 5 inches and hes looking up at me a foot below and I stand there smiling and saying nothing...he tells me hes gonna get some m8s of his and get my legs broke...I offer him my address and convenient times when Im in thinking this could get all sorts of interesting. He sees I live on one the most notorious estates on the entire peninsula, mutters something I didnt catch, gets into his 80k range rover and drives off in a huff leaving me standing there somewhat saddened that the guy was all noise and no bite. Waste of time, was starting to get interesting too.

pff...city folks never learn...so anyway, who suffers from road rage and who enjoys it?

 

[Genar-Hofoen]

So, hands up who suffers from this terrible affliction...and those who revel in it. Me, I love it...even have a dashcam fitted fer those times when things escalate. I find some peoples reactions absolutely hilarious, although laughing can be what ecsalates the situation...cant help meself.

Like this morning...Im in the lane that goes left or straight on only...guy in the land rover in the right hand lane that goes right only. Hes gunning his engine and ye just know hes gonna try and cut ye up by going straight on...bit like jumping the line at tescos sorta thing.

Lights changed, bury the accelerator into the floor to get ahead forcing the guy into the central reservation and scuffing his wheels really badly on the kerb...oh he was none too happy about that while I kept on going, tears in my eyes from laughing so hard because it was his own stupidity and arrogance that caused that. Technically, I didnt break the law but he tried and failed so theres no comeback.

Followed me fer a bit, flashing the lights and waving arms at me, so I pulled over and waited...he gets out, I get out...Im 6ft 5 inches and hes looking up at me a foot below and I stand there smiling and saying nothing...he tells me hes gonna get some m8s of his and get my legs broke...I offer him my address and convenient times when Im in thinking this could get all sorts of interesting. He sees I live on one the most notorious estates on the entire peninsula, mutters something I didnt catch, gets into his 80k range rover and drives off in a huff leaving me standing there somewhat saddened that the guy was all noise and no bite. Waste of time, was starting to get interesting too.

pff...city folks never learn...so anyway, who suffers from road rage and who enjoys it?

I confess - I suffered badly from road-rage in my younger years.

Nowadays, I'm much more in control, although I do mutter the odd colourful metaphor under my breath when I see driving I don't like, which is quite often on the roads

You just reminded me to go order a decent dashcam, actually, so thanks for that. Looking for one which does the rear as well as the front. Recomendations appreciated.

 

[verminstar]

I confess - I suffered badly from road-rage in my younger years.

Nowadays, I'm much more in control, although I do mutter the odd colourful metaphor under my breath when I see driving I don't like, which is quite often on the roads

You just reminded me to go order a decent dashcam, actually, so thanks for that. Looking for one which does the rear as well as the front. Recomendations appreciated.

Look up the Nextbase duo, does front and back and cost about 170 notes...I put them in originally because of police harrassment. Once they know they being recorded, they so much easier to work with because they dont threaten ye then...they will if they not on camera...past experience.

I used to be much worse tbh, used to carry a truncheon in the car down beside the handbrake until the five o found it once and charged me fer having it. Nowadays I just like winding them up by driving fast and aggressive but staying just under the limits so yer technically not breaking any laws...the camera will record yer own mistakes as well as theirs so ye gotta be more careful when intentionally provoking anyone ^

 

[lysan]

So, hands up who suffers from this terrible affliction...and those who revel in it. Me, I love it...even have a dashcam fitted fer those times when things escalate. I find some peoples reactions absolutely hilarious, although laughing can be what ecsalates the situation...cant help meself.

Like this morning...Im in the lane that goes left or straight on only...guy in the land rover in the right hand lane that goes right only. Hes gunning his engine and ye just know hes gonna try and cut ye up by going straight on...bit like jumping the line at tescos sorta thing.

Lights changed, bury the accelerator into the floor to get ahead forcing the guy into the central reservation and scuffing his wheels really badly on the kerb...oh he was none too happy about that while I kept on going, tears in my eyes from laughing so hard because it was his own stupidity and arrogance that caused that. Technically, I didnt break the law but he tried and failed so theres no comeback.

Followed me fer a bit, flashing the lights and waving arms at me, so I pulled over and waited...he gets out, I get out...Im 6ft 5 inches and hes looking up at me a foot below and I stand there smiling and saying nothing...he tells me hes gonna get some m8s of his and get my legs broke...I offer him my address and convenient times when Im in thinking this could get all sorts of interesting. He sees I live on one the most notorious estates on the entire peninsula, mutters something I didnt catch, gets into his 80k range rover and drives off in a huff leaving me standing there somewhat saddened that the guy was all noise and no bite. Waste of time, was starting to get interesting too.

pff...city folks never learn...so anyway, who suffers from road rage and who enjoys it?

he he, good story, however you live in a safe place, here someone could just pull a gun and empty it in your head make people more polite

 

[StiTch]

As a biker, I'm very familiar with road rage. Road users seem to have this bloody weird space recognition issue where they see a bike and believe it only needs a foot wide gap to squeeze through every time.

"I can come straight on to your side of the road to get around a parked car even though you're heading straight at me right?" Sure mate.

"I can park right outside your garage because you can just lift up the door and squeeze past my bonnet?" Whatever makes you happy.

End of the day, I'm the grumpy prat with full range of movement outside my vehicle and bulky armoured sliders on my boots that can put a sizeable dent down the side of yer car if I "accidentally" brush up against ya...

 

[fitzsteve]

Yeah I get annoyed too but never to the extent I've felt the need to get out of the Car. Life's too short, one day you might square up against the person whose carrying a weapon. It's just not worth it.

I'm sure there's some comical feedback on my dash cam I had a good swear about the idiot reversing up the slip road the other day. These people forget a lot of cars have dash cams these days.

Anyone seen the Video of the Moded Rider who throw's himself on a Car bonnet and runs off when he realises he's being filmed?

 

[fitzsteve]

Had a weird one last night on the way home, not the fault of anyone. I was waiting to pull out at a junction and I could see two lights, quite a distance away, assuming a Car I started to move forward then realised one of the lights was moving a whole lot faster! Waited obviously, turns out it was a bike overtaking a Car with one headlight out. Could have ended in tears, think of that next time you drive around with one headlight working. Not road rage; this thread (and comment above being a biker) just reminded me of the incident.

 

[DRPlatus]

I had a case recently, turning right in the left of two right-turn lanes (South Africa, so driving on the left). Guy in the right lane drifts over to my side, so I hoot at him as a warning. I have nowhere to go, so would hit him (or he hit me) otherwise. So for whatever reason, this aggro'ed the guy, and he stops dead just over the intersection, and gets out. I was on my way home after a long day, not interested in anything, so just reversed (once the traffic allowed) and drove around him. Just as I did this, a cop put on his lights and stopped behind him, I didn't stay around to find out what happened.

On the same route I travel home, a woman in a small car, think it was a Hyundai Getz, was killed when she brake-checked a truck, a number of years ago. People really tend to do dumb things on the road, I did especially when I was younger, but am better now, and brush it off if someone messes up. I will now mutter some expletive, and forget about it a few minutes later, don't have the time or inclination for anything more.

 

[StiTch]

Not road rage; this thread (and comment above being a biker) just reminded me of the incident.

The relationship between biker and car driver is a weird one. Most car drivers don't empathise with riders, but it's arguably difficult to do so until you've ridden a bike yourself. I know my perspective of the road changed the day I took my CBT to get on the road on a bike instead of a car.

On the flip side, I think some riders sometimes forget that car drivers don't understand what it's like, and take risks that would make a race biker wince.

If I had to construct a single piece of helpful advice, I think I would simply say to treat a rider like any other car. Give them the same space, don't assume they can pull out a junction in half a second flat. It's small things like wet leaves and manhole covers that many drivers don't think about (and don't often need to) - but if a junction has several on (whatever prat designs the roads in the UK is a nutcase; I swear they put all their manholes in the middle of bloody sharp bends) and the conditions are anything but bone dry, a biker's gonna have to take that corner more cautiously than you are much of the time.

Ya ain't experienced brown trousers until you take a corner at 50+ and your rear wheel hits a wet manhole cover. Your rear end will be squashing itself into yer lungs faster than your rear wheel is sliding out. Having throttle on luckily corrects it almost all the time, but overcompensation leads to "the highside" - the worst accident a biker can give himself - and ya still don't want to try put yourself in that place.

Ofc as with any demographic, there are prats. Just give 'em breathing space, don't try push next to them while they're waiting to pull out of a junction, and if they decide to overtake a lorry on a blind bend...it's them that's put themselves in hospital and no-one else. Or, er, putting themselves on a bonnet...*chuckles*. That's a good 'un.

 

[MottiKhan]

he he, good story, however you live in a safe place, here someone could just pull a gun and empty it in your head make people more polite

That's happening here on a more and more regular basis. For me, if someone wants to get past me, I'll do what I can to make room. It's the slow road hogs that cause a lot of the road rage. The fast drivers just want to get to their destination. I'm generally in the latter group, but there's always someone who wants to go faster than me. I say, let them pass.

Also, on longer trips, I always try to find that fast driver and tail him/her by about half a mile or so. That way, any speed traps get tripped before I'm at risk.

 

[DrDevice55]

Different kind of road rage here....was in high school, had my license all of 6 months and pulled up behind a state trooper who was waiting at a red light. Cop had his head down, cell phone or laptop or something. Light turned green, cop didn't look up...cars started piling up behind me. After 20 seconds (eternity in front of a green light) gave him a short beep with a friendly wave...he looked up and started rolling. He pulled over on the shoulder and i drove past him, i got a bad feeling and he threw on his lights and pulled me over. Slammed his door, stomped over and starts swearing and yelling "What kinda moron honks at a trooper?" all that stuff. Threw my license back at me, says I was lucky he had to be somewhere. Stomped back to him car, spun the wheels as he drove off.
I didn't say a word the whole time, that was 15 years ago, kinda shocked. Makes for a funny story now

 

[MottiKhan]

Different kind of road rage here....was in high school, had my license all of 6 months and pulled up behind a state trooper who was waiting at a red light. Cop had his head down, cell phone or laptop or something. Light turned green, cop didn't look up...cars started piling up behind me. After 20 seconds (eternity in front of a green light) gave him a short beep with a friendly wave...he looked up and started rolling. He pulled over on the shoulder and i drove past him, i got a bad feeling and he threw on his lights and pulled me over. Slammed his door, stomped over and starts swearing and yelling "What kinda moron honks at a trooper?" all that stuff. Threw my license back at me, says I was lucky he had to be somewhere. Stomped back to him car, spun the wheels as he drove off.
I didn't say a word the whole time, that was 15 years ago, kinda shocked. Makes for a funny story now

Bad cops can be a problem.

I was driving through Maine a while back. A State Trooper there pulled me over only because I had out of state plates on my car. (New Hampshire, which is only a few miles away). He told me that he pulled me over because they didn't like out of staters there. He asked me what I was doing in Maine, so I told him that I was there to buy guns. He walked away and let me go.

 

[Jenner]

I don't do much beyond yell at people when I get mad. It's self-satisfying, but pointless. lol.

 

[Le-Betz]

If I had to construct a single piece of helpful advice, I think I would simply say to treat a rider like any other car. Give them the same space, don't assume they can pull out a junction in half a second flat. It's small things like wet leaves and manhole covers that many drivers don't think about (and don't often need to) - but if a junction has several on (whatever prat designs the roads in the UK is a nutcase; I swear they put all their manholes in the middle of bloody sharp bends) and the conditions are anything but bone dry, a biker's gonna have to take that corner more cautiously than you are much of the time.

And don't forget that bikes do have a much shorter braking distance than cars when you are behind one. Had to learn that the hard way (spectacular accident on the Autobahn with abour 100km/h, lots of luck noone was hurt, but that was far too close).

 

[jasonbarron]

Sounds like your just looking for trouble, verm. I learned a long time ago that it's best to avoid trouble unless it's absolutely impossible to do so. Going out fishing for it is immature and dangerous.

 

[StiTch]

And don't forget that bikes do have a much shorter braking distance than cars when you are behind one. Had to learn that the hard way (spectacular accident on the Autobahn with abour 100km/h, lots of luck noone was hurt, but that was far too close).

Aye, there's a few handling differences ya get due to the reliance on lower weight. Braking taste can be a little subjective; people that consistently utilise a bike's ability to brake in almost no distance generally find themselves having brown trousers moments.

If I have the space in a non-intense environment, I'll let engine braking do its magic over a longer distance and downshift as I go. Having some momentum left if the lights change back to green mid-stopping gives for a nice smooth resumption of belting it

Getting back on topic, my "general" peeve - not related to the type of vehicle I am in - is people that waddle through a 50 zone at 35, then get to a 30 zone and ramp it up to 40 through speed cameras. Like cheers mate, you can't even be consistently annoying.

 

[verminstar]

he he, good story, however you live in a safe place, here someone could just pull a gun and empty it in your head make people more polite

I live in Belfast...safe? Yer joking right? The only difference with owning a firearm here is it’s illegal without a damned good reason bla bla bla...still quite a few in circulation can assure ye.

Besides which, ye do have to be careful what ye say and who ye say it too...the paramilitary organisations are still very much active regardless what the outside world tells itself. Argue with the wrong guy and ye could get yer door kicked in at 3 in the morning...yer wife and kids will be forced to watch as a lesson.

Ye just never know exactly who yer arguing with or giving the fingers too...doesn’t stop people doing it though ^

 

[lysan]

I live in Belfast...safe? Yer joking right? The only difference with owning a firearm here is it’s illegal without a damned good reason bla bla bla...still quite a few in circulation can assure ye.

Besides which, ye do have to be careful what ye say and who ye say it too...the paramilitary organisations are still very much active regardless what the outside world tells itself. Argue with the wrong guy and ye could get yer door kicked in at 3 in the morning...yer wife and kids will be forced to watch as a lesson.

Ye just never know exactly who yer arguing with or giving the fingers too...doesn’t stop people doing it though ^

Belfast eh! as I said you live in a safe place

however you're right, only "criminals" own guns in some places in the world.

an armed society is a polite society

[video=youtube;jThs3tpbETs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jThs3tpbETs[/video]

 

[Jenner]

Sounds like your just looking for trouble, verm. I learned a long time ago that it's best to avoid trouble unless it's absolutely impossible to do so. Going out fishing for it is immature and dangerous.

Truth. As much as I'd like to totally let loose on idiots on the road, it really is asking for trouble to engage with them like you did.

 

[Zeeman]

Here in Manila, we have a whole new special level of stupid when it comes to driving. I should get a dash cam just for the lulzbunnies that would ensue...

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