Road Rage incidents. Any experiences?

cosieman · 06-12-2018 10:36am #1

Any experiences with road rage or people with road rage.

pleas advice · 06-12-2018 10:38am

Gas, brake, honk. Gas, brake, honk. Honk, honk, punch! Gas, gas, gas

Plumbthedepths · 06-12-2018 10:41am

pleas advice wrote:

Gas, brake, honk. Gas, brake, honk. Honk, honk, punch! Gas, gas, gas

Which part of the States are you from?

[Deleted User] · 06-12-2018 10:43am

A cultured fellow slammed into the back of my motor at a roundabout. He was so enraged by the incident, dashed home to smash his headlights in. Before alerting the insurance company.

xckjoo · 06-12-2018 10:43am

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Which part of the States are you from?

Springfield

Deebles McBeebles · 06-12-2018 10:47am

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Which part of the States are you from?

Its a Simpsons quote.

Plumbthedepths · 06-12-2018 10:51am

Deebles McBeebles wrote:

Its a Simpsons quote.

Thanks, i stopped watching the Simpsons years ago.

punisher5112 · 06-12-2018 10:52am

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Thanks, i stopped watching the Simpsons years ago.

It was when it was still good.....

mariaalice · 06-12-2018 10:55am

In supermarket car park they though i had exited a car parking space a bit quick( I am assuming that was what it was a about ) it was a car with a man and woman in it the woman was driving she followed me out of the car park roaring, shouting, screaming I could see her in my rear view mirror her male companion looked terrified. I pulled over she went to park in front of me but spotted a garda car near by and drove off at an almighty speed still screaming.

A very frightening incident.

I had another minor incident with a loon who did not want anyone to park in the parking bays either side of his car.

Thatnastyboy · 06-12-2018 10:55am

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Thanks, i stopped watching the Simpsons years ago.

Lucky for you - the quoted episode aired 23 years ago, that enough years for ya??

Now where's that any key

razorblunt · 06-12-2018 11:33am

Some lad in a shítbucket of a car broke a red and the girl I was with at the time beeped him as he cut the corner very, very tight as she was moving forward on green.
He called her a cúnt and told her to fcuk off and spat out the window, either thinking he'd get away with it or didn't see me.
As he broker the read the lane he moved into was backed up so I walked around the car to him.
He got out acting the big man, that didn't last long. His buddy never moved from the passenger seat.

Thankfully the car behind saw it all too, said she'd confirm what happened if I wanted to call the police.
Reported it to them to save my own back but never heard any more of it, more out of the fact I'd given him a dig or two.

Borderfox · 06-12-2018 11:35am

A guy stopped at a roundabout for a long time, beeped the horn and could see the seatbelt coming off and him getting out of the car. He was not even 5 foot and I couldn't stop laughing and told him to get back in the car before I clipped him around the ear.

Feisar · 06-12-2018 11:42am

Ex of mine reached over and hit the horn while I was trying to deal with a situation. Heated row was had.

Aviate
Navigate
Communicate

Communicate comes last, I was trying to find a gap, had no time for beeping.

Cockadoodledoo · 06-12-2018 11:47am

Two cars racing each other on the motorway trying to get the upper hand, over taking and cutting each other off. I initially thought it was two people who knew each other messing but then it clearly started to get more aggressive and one did a manoeuvre that almost resulted in the other car crashing into the back a lorry. It ended at that point. I guess the near miss and seriousness of it sunk in.

Ray Palmer · 06-12-2018 5:44pm

As I cycle I certainly have. Pretty common for drivers to try and knock you down and close pass. They probably don't even register it as road rage or dangerous.

twinsen · 06-12-2018 5:52pm

Ray Palmer wrote: »

As I cycle I certainly have. Pretty common for drivers to try and knock you down and close pass. They probably don't even register it as road rage or dangerous.

I have over 50.000 km done on a bike, not once a driver tried to knock me down. Close pass yes, but that would more due to lack of judgement rather doing this on purpose.

[Deleted User] · 06-12-2018 5:54pm

Ray Palmer wrote: »

As I cycle I certainly have. Pretty common for drivers to try and knock you down and close pass. They probably don't even register it as road rage or dangerous.

[about as common as cyclists breaking lights, hitting pedestrians, damaging side mirrors and basically flouting the law.

That said, irrespective of vehicle, a wanker is wanker at a wheel or handlebars.
Infuriating stuff.

I know of a cyclist who knocked down a very promising boxer out jogging and killed him!! the boxer smacked his head when he hit the ground. Freak accident but just the same.

LirW · 06-12-2018 7:05pm

Happened back home in Austria a few years ago.
I was in the car with my toddler son and a friend of mine, heading to the next shopping center a few minutes drive away. But in order to get there you need to take a short motorway section, 2 or 3 km and the ramp of the car park is the exit of the motorway, a pretty crazy setup.

Anyway, we left the village, then you have a few km of carriageway and there was a guy tailgating me, I felt pretty uncomfortable and he put quite some pressure on me, especially since it was a windy single lane each direction. Once we reached the motorway he was still right up my ar5e and cut out straight away to the second lane. Now traffic was heavy, he caused cars going 100 breaking down and that whole scenario was short of a mass collision if the other drivers wouldn't have reacted to fast.

My friend got incredibly angry at such stupid behaviour, he was literally foaming and we saw he also headed up the ramp to the shopping center. So we went up, my friend told me to stop the car once I had my ticket, he ran after that guy and have him a bollocking that you've never seen before. On a rooftop carpark in bright sunshine.
That pr1ck started acting all defensive saying he has a dashcam fitted and he has it all on tape how dangerous OUR driving was and he'll go to the police with it.
Which was a load of spoof because at that point dashcams weren't legal due to data protection.

Will never forget an early 20something guy yelling at a middle aged angry SUV driver.

theguzman · 06-12-2018 7:18pm

Had a woman try to get me to rear end her, luckily I was alert and swift on the brakes, I had it all on Dashcam so my own ass was covered. Best €40 I ever spent.

Plumbthedepths · 06-12-2018 7:20pm

theguzman wrote:

Had a woman try to get me to rear end her, luckily I was alert and swift on the brakes, I had it all on Dashcam so my own ass was covered. Best â‚¬40 I ever spent.

Pretty unique among guys not wanting to rear end her. I admire your restraint.

pauliebdub · 06-12-2018 7:24pm

It's happened to me a couple of times in shopping centre car parks. Once I stopped to allow another driver to pull out, the other driver an old man was rather slow at reversing out when a prick behind me starts beeping and shouting all kinds of ****e. I should have ignored him but asked what's his hurry to more aggressive shouting.

Another time I was waiting for a space when a cow pulled in in front of me. I was raging but she just didn't give a fùck.

Plenty of road rage whilst being on busses in Dublin and also on congested footpaths. There are some very angry people out there.

washiskin · 06-12-2018 7:34pm

Pretty tame but I got a grin out of it, outside Aldi in Coolock this person thought I didn't pull my trolley close enough to the boot of the car for them to get by. She foamed out the window at me and blew the horn repeatedly. I pulled the trolley to the side of the car and just stared her out of it all the way out the carpark. She crawled up the road, still giving me dirty looks until, when level with my car, I flipped her the bird.Cue an absolute meltdown of roaring and banging the steering wheel and trying to get the passenger window down to roar at me. The car behind beeped at her and I pointed and laughed at her.
Thankfully, the light went green ....... I reckoned she would have ripped my head off if she came back.

amcalester · 06-12-2018 7:35pm

washiskin wrote: »

Pretty tame but I got a grin out of it, outside Aldi in Coolock this person thought I didn't pull my trolley close enough to the boot of the car for them to get by. She foamed out the window at me and blew the horn repeatedly. I pulled the trolley to the side of the car and just stared her out of it all the way out the carpark. She crawled up the road, still giving me dirty looks until, when level with my car, I flipped her the bird.Cue an absolute meltdown of roaring and banging the steering wheel and trying to get the passenger window down to roar at me. The car behind beeped at her and I pointed and laughed at her.
Thankfully, the light went green ....... I reckoned she would have ripped my head off if she came back.

Guy in a wheelchair threatened to beat me up in a Lidl once, does that count?

McMurphy · 06-12-2018 7:39pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dcv6GKNNw

McCrack · 06-12-2018 7:52pm

Ray Palmer wrote: »

As I cycle I certainly have. Pretty common for drivers to try and knock you down and close pass. They probably don't even register it as road rage or dangerous.

Were you being an intentional twat and not keeping left?

Ray Palmer · 06-12-2018 8:34pm

twinsen wrote: »

I have over 50.000 km done on a bike, not once a driver tried to knock me down. Close pass yes, but that would more due to lack of judgement rather doing this on purpose.

I doubt you are cycling in the city because everyone who cycles in work comments about how often it happens. I accept the will be idiots of every kind with poor road skills and that include cyclists.

rusty cole wrote: »

[about as common as cyclists breaking lights, hitting pedestrians, damaging side mirrors and basically flouting the law.

That said, irrespective of vehicle, a wanker is wanker at a wheel or handlebars.
Infuriating stuff.

I know of a cyclist who knocked down a very promising boxer out jogging and killed him!! the boxer smacked his head when he hit the ground. Freak accident but just the same.

The question was about road rage not bad manners or law breaking. Road Rage is trying to either hurt or scare somebody.

I assume this boxer died elsewhere as only one death has been attributed to a cyclist in Ireland in 15 years and that was an old man. Still irrelevant to road rage

Ray Palmer · 06-12-2018 8:39pm

McCrack wrote: »

Were you being an intentional twat and not keeping left?

If I don't does that mean somebody should try to kill me? The thread is about road rage not whether cyclists are allowed on the road. If you want to talk about road positioning you can look up the law and argue it on the cycling or motor forum.

McCrack · 06-12-2018 8:54pm

Ray Palmer wrote: »

If I don't does that mean somebody should try to kill me? The thread is about road rage not whether cyclists are allowed on the road. If you want to talk about road positioning you can look up the law and argue it on the cycling or motor forum.

Probably

Act like a moron on the road you can expect consequences

amcalester · 06-12-2018 8:58pm

McCrack wrote: »

Probably

Act like a moron on the road you can expect consequences

I’d say you’ve experienced a few road rage incidents.

You should calm down, maybe stop and smell the roses. Do you the world of good.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 07-12-2018 12:34am

rusty cole wrote: »

[about as common as cyclists breaking lights, hitting pedestrians, damaging side mirrors and basically flouting the law.

That said, irrespective of vehicle, a wanker is wanker at a wheel or handlebars.
Infuriating stuff.

I know of a cyclist who knocked down a very promising boxer out jogging and killed him!! the boxer smacked his head when he hit the ground. Freak accident but just the same.

In Ballymun?.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 07-12-2018 12:38am

I doubt you are cycling in the city because everyone who cycles in work comments about how often it happens

I cycle on average 30-40km per day commuting to and from work in Dublin city (Portmarnock to D8) and I've never had anyone try to knock me down or run me off the road. And I'm making the same journey over 25 years.

Sure poor judgement happens a lot, and people on mobile phones are a scourge but purposely trying to harm me ~ 'tis never happened.

Road Rage incidents. Any experiences?

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