Road rage

Specialun · 26-05-2015 10:40PM #1

Watching a doc on rte1 about road rage

So AH do you suffer from some level of it, have you seen any crazy road rage?

I do beep the horn to foolish drivers if they cut in front of me or whatever. Do you?

26-05-2015 10:42PM

Beeping the horn at foolish drivers cutting in is not so much "road rage" as "normal".

Colser · 26-05-2015 10:46PM

The cause of death on my death cert will be road rage..I have no doubt about this..I do regret what I say in front on my kids when Im driving but the red mist descends very quickly:(

Reiver · 26-05-2015 10:47PM

so appropriate. watching the road warrior at the moment.

had some car try to overtake us once on some country roads, beeping an accelerating furiously. tailed us for about two mile before they just did a u turn. bloody weird, we could see him shaking his fist at us.

cruais · 26-05-2015 10:48PM

Definition of roadrage: Dublin Bus drivers.

I lightly beeped a dublin bus driver for cutting me off. When the lights went red, he left his bus to walk to my car, and shout at me. He f'd and blinded at me.

When i pointed out how much of a gentlemen he was, for shouting at an obviously pregnant woman, he once again told me to f off while making a **** gesture at me.

Que 'Bus Wanker' Jokes.

silverfeather · 26-05-2015 10:48PM

http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2015/05/Mad-Max.jpg

anncoates · 26-05-2015 10:50PM

Not too bad these days. Just a finger or cursing the odd time.

Some dumb cnut cut across me last week actually (doing the usual thing of staying in the overtaking lane until just before their exit and unexpectedly veering across the lanes causing me to have to brake.

As said just restricted to giving the finger and swearing to myself.

Funnily enough, she was losing the plot much more than me, as if I was to blame in some way.

Reiver · 26-05-2015 10:51PM

silverfeather wrote: »

http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2015/05/Mad-Max.jpg

Id be mad too.

Seriously the film is mental. they got flamethrowers, lads in leather, crossbows and snakes!

Streetwalker · 26-05-2015 10:52PM

Find the roads here good myself. Irish drivers are some of the best most educated in the world imo. Try Naples out for size if you want to see bad driving.

Sam Kade · 26-05-2015 10:52PM

cruais wrote: »

Definition of roadrage: Dublin Bus drivers.

I lightly beeped a dublin bus driver for cutting me off. When the lights went red, he left his bus to walk to my car, and shout at me. He f'd and blinded at me.

When i pointed out how much of a gentlemen he was, for shouting at an obviously pregnant woman, he once again told me to f off while making a **** gesture at me.

Que 'Bus Wanker' Jokes.

So he rushes to cut out in front of you then he suddenly has all the time in the world to come over to chat to you, what a gentleman (gobsh1te) :mad:

glynf · 26-05-2015 10:53PM

Reiver wrote: »

Id be mad too.

Seriously the film is mental. they got flamethrowers, lads in leather, crossbows and snakes!

Sounds like Dublin Castle the other day...

Sheldons Brain · 26-05-2015 10:56PM

The usual cyclolouts, taxis and other anti social elements.

Say Your Number · 26-05-2015 10:59PM

That must be the first time ever a BMW ever tailgated anyone :eek:

Hans Bricks · 26-05-2015 10:59PM

I'm afraid to go on the road in case I bump into Shane with the sunglasses and tribal tattoo from Galway. Did you see the damage he's done to that punching bag ?

lmimmfn · 26-05-2015 10:59PM

pulling out of my estate this morning onto a very busy 50km/h main road, quite difficult to get out so after a few mins when i spotted a good break i pulled out, could see the car behind pulling up going well above 50km/h.
I was only going 300m to drop the kid off before heading off to work and the guy tries to overtake me with oncoming traffic, WTF!!!!!! arrggghhh some people.

The Backwards Man · 26-05-2015 11:01PM

Na, don't have any road rage at all, if you lose the head on the road you're as well off it.

dr.bollocko · 26-05-2015 11:03PM

Once you accept that everyone on the road is a crazy person trying to kill you then you begin to understand how they drive.

agent graves · 26-05-2015 11:04PM

I always curse and shout in the car if someone is driving like a knob... I reserve beeping the horn for serious matters.. sometimes when I pass someone who is clearly looking at the phone and not the road, id like to blast them out of it but be afraid incase I scared the sh1t out of them and cause them to crash.

Baron Kurtz · 26-05-2015 11:06PM

It's worrying that a driver in the wrong emits such fury at others, and how casual and knee-jerk it is and then just developing as habit. Another type of licence is required, one that specials like these surely won't pass.

Sam Kade · 26-05-2015 11:06PM

lmimmfn wrote: »

pulling out of my estate this morning onto a very busy 50km/h main road, quite difficult to get out so after a few mins when i spotted a good break i pulled out, could see the car behind pulling up going well above 50km/h.
I was only going 300m to drop the kid off before heading off to work and the guy tries to overtake me with oncoming traffic, WTF!!!!!! arrggghhh some people.

He's one of those drama Queens if a car pulls out a mile in front of him speed up to dramatise the situation :mad:

Cold War Kid · 26-05-2015 11:06PM

Better off not flying into a complete rage, but I certainly understand how people can succumb to it in the heat of the moment, the state of the way some people behave on the road.
I'd beep all right if they're really acting the dick - I'm not "above" it, that's silly. I'd bet nearly everyone gets annoyed with inconsiderate drivers, even if their reaction isn't at the top of the rage spectrum.

cruais · 26-05-2015 11:13PM

Sam Kade wrote: »

So he rushes to cut out in front of you then he suddenly has all the time in the world to come over to chat to you, what a gentleman (gobsh1te) :mad:

Exactly. A royal prick.

Took the reg of the bus and sent a complaint into Dublin Bus.

Received the bog standard reply. "sorry your experience with dublin bus wasn't a good one. from the info provided by you, we were able to identify the driver and an investigation is underway".

Never heard a dickie bird.

_Redzer_ · 26-05-2015 11:13PM

OMG... there's just too many times I have to remind myself this isn't a game of GTA, and no, I really shouldn't knock down that old lady. It would be fun, but no.

StewartGriffin · 26-05-2015 11:27PM

anncoates wrote: »

Funnily enough, she was losing the plot much more than me, as if I was to blame in some way.

Always baffling when they do this, met a driver on the wrong side of the road once, I stopped, and she looked at me like I was insane. (Just to be clear, she wasn't foreign, and I wasn't abroad.)

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Once you accept that everyone on the road is a crazy person trying to kill you then you begin to understand how they drive.

I agree with this. You must assume that everybody else on the road is utterly stupid or totally evil. It's all good from there.

RayM · 26-05-2015 11:31PM

I seem to have become quite good at anticipating other people's idiocy, so I'm usually on the brakes, easing off or giving them a wide berth in plenty of time. I can't remember the last time I beeped the horn at anyone. It's not because I think I'm "above" it... It's because I'm not "above" making the odd mistake myself. I like a nice, quiet, peaceful, undramatic life - and that extends to driving too.

Also, my car horn sounds very high-pitched and silly, which doesn't really lend itself to aggression.

Sam Kade · 26-05-2015 11:56PM

RayM wrote: »

I seem to have become quite good at anticipating other people's idiocy, so I'm usually on the brakes, easing off or giving them a wide berth in plenty of time. I can't remember the last time I beeped the horn at anyone. It's not because I think I'm "above" it... It's because I'm not "above" making the odd mistake myself. I like a nice, quiet, peaceful, undramatic life - and that extends to driving too.

Also, my car horn sounds very high-pitched and silly, which doesn't really lend itself to aggression.

Like a yaris

I often wondered if you put a lorry horn into a yaris and when some gobsh1te drives out in front of you because it's only a yaris let it rip and leave him gobsmacked

silverfeather · 27-05-2015 12:00AM

Reiver wrote: »

Id be mad too.

Seriously the film is mental. they got flamethrowers, lads in leather, crossbows and snakes!

I know it's great!

silverfeather · 27-05-2015 12:01AM

I loved the original mad max!

Tony Beetroot · 27-05-2015 12:03AM

It is always when you are in a hurry that you will get delayed by slow car, tractor and silage trailer or team sky.

The Diabolical Monocle · 27-05-2015 12:03AM

agent graves wrote: »

clearly looking at the phone and not the road,

theres nothing worse.

just the silhouette of them gawking at the phone and taking up your time.

durr ...oh what ... lights ... oh

my trivial text is more important than your time.

if i ever kill someone its for this.

Reiver · 27-05-2015 12:05AM

silverfeather wrote: »

I loved the original mad max!

It was amazing. the whole chase with truck and trailer, the pimped out doom mobiles chasing them and the mix of medieval and modern tech, pure deadly.

Couldnt believe at the end it was just ufll with sand. maybe its a metaphor thing for road rage. at the end its all for naught

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