Road Rage incidents. Any experiences?

Chuck Stone

Well AH any experiences of road rage?

Here's mine.

Was driving back from a wedding yesterday and there was this fucking mong driving about 8 feet from my bumper at 100KPH so I decide I'll make him realise what he's doing is dangerous and as we approach a 60KPH sign I wait til I'm about 20m from it and brake briskly to comply with the law.

He came dangerously close to the back of my car and knew the message I was giving him. Anyway he sticks up his middle finger at me so I retaliate making the wanker action out the widow. What next? He gestures me to pull over....

Now I've been in two pretty severe rear endings which wrote off the cars so people tail gating me drives me nuts... so I think to myself 'Okay.. fuck it...' and decide to pull over he pulls over too behind me.

So I get out of my car, as does he, and we walk towards each other. We come face to face and he looks like a strong enough bloke - I must have a looked quite big to him too - I'm broad shouldered and just under 6tf 2.

So I'm telling him he's driving too close and he's going to cause an accident. He said you should be driving faster or something and steps forward so we're nearly chest to chest.

I don't like people being that close to me because it's within headbut and knee to the balls range so I push him back a little (not forcefully) and then he swung at me and landed a blow on my left cheek.

I was a little taken aback but my anger was still there so I say 'Is this want you want?' So I walk towards him and launch a full force kick to his crotch connecting with his balls and say 'IS THIS WHAT YOU ****ING WANT' and he starts to back away...

I'm not the fighting type but I'm also not the backing down type and after the kick he starts backing off and that's the end of it.

Btw dude, if you're reading this you punch like a little girl, I don't even have a mark on me.

So AH folks, share dem road rage stories.

Sindri

Yeah, when those ****ing idiot

(women)

drivers don't turn off their full lights.

Jesus Wept

Yours sounds more interesting, I can wait.

Chuck Stone

The-Rigger wrote: »

Yours sounds more interesting, I can wait.

Just PM'd a mod to see if it's okay

kelty

Sindri wrote: »

Yeah, when those ****ing idiot

(women)

drivers don't turn off their full lights.

..or when some idiots forget to turn on their lights at night. Seen this many times.

admiralofthefleet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca-HZ7qiR0I

Reamer Fanny

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Well AH any experiences of road rage?

I have one but I'll send it to the mods for approval because it has a bit of a chance of causing legal issues.

Once had some bald twat screaming at me because I was occupying the yellow box, I had no choice as I had just beaten the lights and the cars were backed up all the way to the yellow box. Then this lunatic starts screaming at me I never wanted to murder someone so much...

Never occupy the yellow box

Sindri

I remember as a young lad in a car park in Dublin and some lad reverses into my dads car, drives into a car parked in front of us and then again reverses into my dads car.

Now at the best of times 'the Bull' as my friend calls him, was not a man to mess with but when this driver just drove off without apologising he had to be restrained by a Guard.

Got out of the car and started shouting expletives after the lad.

That was a fun birthday.

Underdraft

Recently I was driving down the road after playing a football match. I was just minding my own business when out of nowhere a bunch of scoucers start chasing me and hurling insults at me. By the time I got back to my multi-million pound mansion and told the story to my supermodel girlfriend I was almost in tears.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Xuflw0s9c

44leto

No I am generally a very easy going driver, but I will admit to BIKE RAGE, I really would want to cop on about that.

arybvtcw0eolkf

I don't suffer road rage at all actually.. I'm pretty chilled out and get a laugh out of **** who wanna give me attitude.

People are windy f*cks locked away inside their little car, sorta like internet warriors safe behind their keyboards.

Marty McFly

Alora Purring Shoe wrote: »

I don't suffer road rage at all actually.. I'm pretty chilled out and get a laugh out of **** who wanna give me attitude.

People are windy f*cks locked away inside their little car, sorta like internet warriors safe behind their keyboards.

Mmm not really the same thing :cool:.

Chuck Stone

Alora Purring Shoe wrote: »

People are windy f*cks locked away inside their little car, sorta like internet warriors safe behind their keyboards.

The one I had today involved being face to face and there were blows exchanged. :eek:

I'm a fairly passive guy too.

Cardinal Richelieu

Once had a member of the Traveller Community spit on my car and try to kick the drivers door in at the roundabout outside Dublin Airport while he was still sitting in the passage seat of his mates van. I don't know how they get such a bad rep.......

Reamer Fanny

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Alora Purring Shoe wrote: »

People are windy f*cks locked away inside their little car, sorta like internet warriors safe behind their keyboards.

The one I had today involved being face to face and there were blows exchanged. :eek:

I'm a fairly passive guy too.

Gonna be a good thread

Reamer Fanny

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

Once had a member of the Traveller Community spit on my car and try to kick the drivers door in at the roundabout outside Dublin Airport while he was still sitting in the passage seat of his mates van. I don't know how they get such a bad rep.......

Unprovoked really?

arybvtcw0eolkf

Chuck Stone wrote: »

The one I had today involved being face to face and there were blows exchanged. :eek:

I'm a fairly passive guy too.

I never said I was passive, I said I was chilled.

Chuck Stone

Alora Purring Shoe wrote: »

I never said I was passive, I said I was chilled.

I'd be more the passive type me.

I rarely even beep the horn when people do stupid things - mostly because they probably think they did nothing wrong so there's no point.

IM0

ohhhhhhhhhhh yeah, as a cyclist. one fruit loop was annoyed going by me on a slip road he stopped I cycled on about 100m. so he stopped and started reving his engine at full gas scared the **** out of me when he floored it towards me and I I had to jump over a fence with my bike in my hand :eek: fcukin headcase :mad:

Chuck Stone

IM0 wrote: »

I had to jump over a fence with my bike in my hand :eek: fcukin headcase :mad:

What a dangerous asshole. :mad:

Sindri

I was pissed off the other when pulling into my house someone coming opposite me decided to overtake someone walking their dog and beeped even though the obstacle was on their side and they should have stopped if it was a problem.

Cúnt.

Cardinal Richelieu

justryan wrote: »

Unprovoked really?

He was in the wrong lane and wanted to bully his way in and I didn't give so when the traffic stopped the drivers mate rolls down the window when he pulls up along side me, starts shouting abuse and spitting, then opens the door and starts trying to kick my door in. I seen enough travelers in my time to know one and he was defo one.

IM0

Chuck Stone wrote: »

What a dangerous asshole. :mad:

it certainly amped me up for the rest of the training session :cool:
swings and roundabouts! :P

kelty

IM0 wrote: »

ohhhhhhhhhhh yeah, as a cyclist. one fruit loop was annoyed going by me on a slip road he stopped I cycled on about 100m. so he stopped and started reving his engine at full gas scared the **** out of me when he floored it towards me and I I had to jump over a fence with my bike in my hand :eek: fcukin headcase :mad:

That's fcukn hilarious...

Chuck Stone

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

He starts shouting abuse and spitting, then opens the door and starts trying to kick my door in.

Record number plate

Call police.

Prosecute.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I'd be more the passive type me.

I rarely even beep the horn when people do stupid things - mostly because they probably think they did nothing wrong so there's no point.

Pretty much the same here.

Can't be arsed mostly.

take everything

justryan wrote: »

Once had some bald twat screaming at me because I was occupying the yellow box, I had no choice as I had just beaten the lights and the cars were backed up all the way to the yellow box. Then this lunatic starts screaming at me I never wanted to murder someone so much...

But if the cars were backed up immediately past the yellow box, why did you proceed without knowing they would have moved on by the time you reached the end of the yellow box.

I guess technically you could crawl extremely slowly over the yellow box to avoid a charge of stopping on it.

Sindri

What pisses me off as well is rudeness. People who don't thank you for letting you out and stuff like that.

AngryBollix

I quite enjoy knocking down cyclists.

Its a great stress relief

IM0

AngryBollix wrote: »

I quite enjoy knocking down cyclists.

Its a great stress relief

apt username is apt

IM0

kelty wrote: »

That's fcukn hilarious...

with the adrenaline coursing through me it would have ended in ambulances if that guy had the balls to get out of his cage after that. basically the equivilant of a keyboard warrior in a car the prick.

Chuck Stone

IM0 wrote: »

with the adrenaline coursing through me it would have ended in ambulances if that guy had the balls to get out of his cage after that. basically the equivilant of a keyboard warrior in a car the prick.

That was exactly my attitude today.

I was so pumped I was willing to accept that I might get my head kicked in if the worst came to the worst.

AngryBollix

IM0 wrote: »

apt username is apt

Its good to talk

IM0

Chuck Stone wrote: »

That was exactly my attitude today.

I was so pumped I was willing to accept that I might get my head kicked in if the worst came to the worst.

I had cleated cycling shoes = zero purchase..think ice and runners but if I was given half a chance I probably would have SERIOUSLY hurt him

Think_then_talk

Was a passenger in my son in laws car,We were about to exit a roundabout when this lady cut in front of us in a mini.
We made our exit and about 30 meters down the road we were stopped at a red traffic light.Without warning the son in law jumped out of the car leaving the engine running. He ran up to the mini shouting abuse at the poor lady,
I was shocked I got out of the car and made my own way home by bus.

Fourteen

Think_then_talk wrote: »

Was a passenger in my son in laws car,We were about to exit a roundabout when this lady cut in front of us in a mini.
We made our exit and about 30 meters down the road we were stopped at a red traffic light.Without warning the son in law jumped out of the car leaving the engine running. He ran up to the mini shouting abuse at the poor lady,
I was shocked I got out of the car and made my own way home by bus.

lol, what? bit of an overreaction by you too, tbf.

Think_then_talk

Fourteen wrote: »

lol, what? bit of an overreaction by you too, tbf.

He was like a lunatic, No warning. He did not say a word when this lady cut in front of us. No beeping not a thing.His language was choice to this poor lady.Thank God that the children were not in the car.

Sindri

Think_then_talk wrote: »

He was like a lunatic, No warning. He did not say a word when this lady cut in front of us. No beeping not a thing.His language was choice to this poor lady.Thank God that the children were not in the car.

Apt username.

stoneill

I'm more of a passive rage causer than a rage victim.
I drive a poxy oul pick up so I couldn't give a flying fúck if someone drives into me and does a bit of damage. It'll hammer out.

Places I like to cause rage
At the end of a bus lane coming up to a left turn junction, I will indicate and pull into the left turn lane and squeeze out taxi drivers. After all they are suppose to yield to you (see the dotted line ya prick!)

Yellow box junctions, I will always let people out of side roads into the main flow and it annoys the tits off those behind.

Stop signs. I will be stopping at the stop sign, by all means drive into the back of me.

Amber lights. I'm not gunning it - I'm actually slowing down getting ready to stop!

Left turn junctions with cycle lanes. ooh lah lah, look at me not in the cycle lane and forcing those who want to go straight out into the center of the road. Wait behind ya daft cúnt.

metaoblivia

I was driving behind this old van who was just about to pass through an intersection when the light went yellow and instead of going through he slammed on the brakes - screeches, everything. I mean, he was right at the intersection and really should have gone through. Now, I don't tailgate because it makes me nervous to drive behind someone so closely for that very reason, so I was able to stop in time, but everything that was sitting on my passenger seat went flying and I threw my arms up, like WTF.
The guy must have seen me because he comes tearing out of the van, comes up to my window and starts yelling at me for making what he thought was a rude gesture. I started laughing and pulled out my smartphone and took pictures which only made him more mad. Then the light turned green, I pulled around him and drove off and last I saw he was still in the middle of the road.

The other road rage incident was in a parking lot. I was making a turn to go down an aisle where there was an open space right up front. There was a car behind me, and the driver suddenly sped up and cut me off right as I was turning. This guy got a beep and the finger because that was really dangerous. But he really wanted that front space apparently. We both park and I start walking toward the store. I'm obviously not smiling, but I'm not planning on engaging the guy any further, so I'm looking straight ahead. However, he decides to come up to me - perhaps because he was a big guy with his big girlfriend and I'm just a skinny girl - and says, "Do you have a problem with me? Seems like you have a problem." And I turned toward him and said, "Yeah, I do have a problem. You cut me off in the parking lot while I was making a turn and almost caused accident. For what? A parking space?" And he said, "Oh... well there's nothing I can do about it now." And I said, "No, there's not," and walked off.

Crazy Horse 6

AngryBollix wrote: »

I quite enjoy knocking down cyclists.

Its a great stress relief

Extra points for hitting the ones dressed like power rangers.

GASMANN

Think_then_talk wrote: »

Was a passenger in my son in laws car,We were about to exit a roundabout when this lady cut in front of us in a mini.
We made our exit and about 30 meters down the road we were stopped at a red traffic light.Without warning the son in law jumped out of the car leaving the engine running. He ran up to the mini shouting abuse at the poor lady,
I was shocked I got out of the car and made my own way home by bus.

does your daughter drive a mini ?

giant_midget

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

He was in the wrong lane and wanted to bully his way in and I didn't give so when the traffic stopped the drivers mate rolls down the window when he pulls up along side me, starts shouting abuse and spitting, then opens the door and starts trying to kick my door in. I seen enough travelers in my time to know one and he was defo one.

Is this where the on coming traffic from the M1 merges with the traffic heading towards the roundabout? I meet people liek you every morning. What is it with us Irish? we dont seem to have to ability to let someone in that has their indicator on. I dont blame the man for trying to kick your door...

bijapos

metaoblivia wrote: »

I was driving behind this old van who was just about to pass through an intersection when the light went yellow and instead of going through he slammed on the brakes - screeches, everything. I mean, he was right at the intersection and really should have gone through. Now, I don't tailgate because it makes me nervous to drive behind someone so closely for that very reason, so I was able to stop in time, but everything that was sitting on my passenger seat went flying and I threw my arms up, like WTF.
The guy must have seen me because he comes tearing out of the van, comes up to my window and starts yelling at me for making what he thought was a rude gesture. I started laughing and pulled out my smartphone and took pictures which only made him more mad. Then the light turned green, I pulled around him and drove off and last I saw he was still in the middle of the road.

He was probably just jealous because he has a normal phone, not a smartphone.

giles lynchwood

Think_then_talk wrote: »

Was a passenger in my son in laws car,We were about to exit a roundabout when this lady cut in front of us in a mini.
We made our exit and about 30 meters down the road we were stopped at a red traffic light.Without warning the son in law jumped out of the car leaving the engine running. He ran up to the mini shouting abuse at the poor lady,
I was shocked I got out of the car and made my own way home by bus.

All the characteristics of a wife beater.

Feisar

Where are all these assholes?!!

I'm new on the road, have my licence the past year and my own car the past six months. I've done 10K miles since I've got my own car. Can't say I've encountered any problems yet.

Littlehorny

Have had a few effs and blinds with people over the years but nothing major. But what has happend a couple of times to my wife is when she has beeped a man in his car and the abuse that is thrown her way. Last year a fella nearly swiped the front of her car off so she beeped the guy, as soon as he saw a woman behind the wheel this hard man decides to get aggresive. My wife would not take any **** from anyone so gave him a load back and this other fellas wife had to apologise to my wife for your mans behaviour.
I drive a van aswell and its funny but no one ever has a go at you when your driving one (i wonder why?) but women seem fair game.

theg81der

Was in supermarket open car park one day and was going to park in a spot. There was a guy coming towards me but he hung back as in waiting for me to park, then when I went to park he went nuts.
Anyway parked and he got out of the car and opened my door and started yelling about how I wasn`t thinking of my child and how dangerous I was. Lol I don`t have a child - I had a child seat in the back of the car and the guy reaked of alcohol. lol

bijapos

Littlehorny wrote: »

I drive a van aswell and its funny but no one ever has a go at you when your driving one (i wonder why?) but women seem fair game.

Its mostly due to cowardice, for some people theres nothing as easy as having a go at someone you percieve to be weaker than yourself and doing that from the security of a metal box.

Frank Black

Littlehorny wrote: »

I drive a van aswell and its funny but no one ever has a go at you when your driving one (i wonder why?) but

Because most people have already allowed for the fact that you're probably an ignorant driver

rich.d.berry

I was driving a hire car in the US when some aggressive driver started tailgating me while I was driving in the middle lane of a busy 3 lane motorway at the 55 mph speed limit.

The satnav was telling me that I was in the correct lane because it was widening to 4 lanes before splitting up ahead and I had to go left. If I moved to the right lane (slow lane in the US) then I would have potentially had to fight my way back across 2 lanes of traffic to make my turn. If I moved to the left lane (fast lane in the US) then I would have been OK to make my turn but I would have potentially been holding up the fast lane. So I just stayed where I was.

He grew impatient and flashed me a few times and moved even closer, so I tapped the brakes. The tailgater nearly went into an out of control skid because he over-reacted.

The next thing my wife's screaming at me, "He's got a gun". He'd pulled up on our right and was pointing what looked like a 9mm semi-automatic at us!

It was my turn to hit the brakes. Fortunately the road was splitting just up ahead and he went right and we went left.

Bloody scary looking down the barrel of a gun!