ROAD RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Well... all the instances of road rage I've experienced were at the hands of women. Just sayin' lol.
Hasn't happened in quite a while, though.0 -
I can agree with that! I get road rage on my mountain bike!! If someone is infront of me you can guarrenty they will end up behind me! xD I also get road rage when my Fiancé is driving too lol0
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The last time i had an episode of it was before i had kids. Nothing crazy like getting out of my vehicle and duking it out, but just yelling at the other driver while inside my car. Now i'm MUCH more mellower, and a slower driver as a result. I don't feel the need to make a spectacle of myself, and possibly put myself or my kids in danger for losing my temper. I'm more mature than that!0
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People are fearless when surrounded by ton or so of metal armour.0
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Yeah i still had road rage this morning but thankfully i didn't come out fr any displays. just spread my five fingers saying 'waka'
felt silly afterwards tho0 -
I let it slide allot more now than I used too, but the last time I got road rage was actually last week. Stupid ***** started drifting into my lane like she was doing a lane change would have hit me if I didn't see her coming and move over to the next lane in time.
I drive a huge truck you can't NOT see me. See that she is texting as I lay on the horn, get pissed off floor it to get in front of her a bit and chunked my water bottle at her windshield, scared the hell outta her. When we got to the next stop light I rolled down my window and started screamin and cussin at her.
It totally blows my mind how many people think its perfectly fine to be typing or reading texts while your driving a 2000lbs potential death machine with innocent people all around you. Its a fcking text it can wait!0 -
I can only recal one incident. And that was in Canada, BC, when visiting a friend. Some guy threw his coffee out the vindow and hit the front of an elderly couple. Then he took a turn to the right, crossing two lanes and hit the exit while yelling and screaming, flipping fingers at the same time. Some people...0
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:noway:I can only recal one incident. And that was in Canada, BC, when visiting a friend. Some guy threw his coffee out the vindow and hit the front of an elderly couple. Then he took a turn to the right, crossing two lanes and hit the exit while while yelling and screaming, flipping fingers at the same time. Some people...0 -
i get mad when people slam on their brakes and there is nothing in front of them.....or they drive in the left lane and they are as slow as molases.....it has gotten better but still get mad....0
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About 15 years ago, some guy cut me off. Almost hit me. I jumped out. He jumped out. Lot's of yelling. I looked back at my car. Saw the look on my wife and 3 yr old's face. Turned around and walked away.
It'll never happen again.0 -
this is so funny lol because yesterday this woman was going nuts behind me, flipping me off, beeping, if I didn't swerve out of her way at one point, she was going to hit me just to get around.. it was crazy!0
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As a runner and cyclist I see some very bad drivers out there! I've had some close calls with drivers and my first thought is to beat their *kitten*
I usually let them know they are number one in my book and leave it at that :happy: When I'm driving I try to just let things go because if the other person is already at a point where they are showing true road rage I don't want to make a bad situation worse. That said, I'm not perfect and I have my moments but I'm pretty rational and most of the time logic wins out over stupidity! 0 -
this is so funny lol because yesterday this woman was going nuts behind me, flipping me off, beeping, if I didn't swerve out of her way at one point, she was going to hit me just to get around.. it was crazy!
My husband will just go really slow when they do that...0 -
i get mad when people slam on their brakes and there is nothing in front of them.....
They were probably break checking you!:laugh:
Quite a few of my family members don't take kindly to people riding their butt while driving.
I use to have horrible road rage. I have calmed down a lot.
There is this one road near where I work that is heavily populated with people who shouldn't drive, blocking lanes of traffic, using the chicken/suicide lane as an on ramp to a 35mph road, pulling out in front of people, just to name a few.0 -
I just laugh when I see someone losing their mind over me. My kids crack up at me. I turn around to the kids and say, see, that stress is about 6 months off of his life...what a goof.
I tell my kids. Never, ever, ever, in life let ANYONE control your emotions. Let them explode and move on. Life is too short.
Now, on my bike, if they get to close to me, I'll hit their passenger side window and wake them up. Otherwise, I just ignore.0 -
this morning. *kitten* was going 35 in a 45. I was so tempted to cross those double yellow lines. flashed my brights instead and he started going 50. win.0
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i get mad when people slam on their brakes and there is nothing in front of them.....or they drive in the left lane and they are as slow as molases.....it has gotten better but still get mad....
I get a funny feeling you are a tailgater.0 -
i get mad when people slam on their brakes and there is nothing in front of them.....or they drive in the left lane and they are as slow as molases.....it has gotten better but still get mad....
I get a funny feeling you are a tailgater.
I thought the same thing.
I know where I live, cops don't ask too many questions in rear end collisions. Whoever has the front end damage gets a ticket for following to closely. I'd be careful with that, because there are a lot of break checkers in this world as well.0 -
ok I got a crazy story for you guys, sorry it's long but worth the read. My fiance works on a military base as a DOD. He was on his way to work one morning and this guy in a mustang is behind him, they are in a right turn lane waiting to go on base, so the guy in the mustang apparently has his little panties in a wad and whips out goes around my fiance but by that time they were moving again so he cuts my fiance off and then has to hit his breaks causing my fiance to bump the back of him. They pull over and the guy gets out of his car and looks at both of their cars and says there is no damage do they want to bother calling the cops, and my fiance says no (he is in his car with the window rolled down) So this guy says "ok well let me ask you a question why were you being such a F-ing Prick" My fiance says "Excuse me but you need to be accountable here, you couldn't wait twenty yards to make a right turn and you cut me off then slammed on the breaks". At this point the guy says "So what, what are you gonna do about it" and starts cussing and booing him (you know when you jump at someone) and he keeps taunting him saying you gonna do something about it. My fiance used to be a roughneck ( a long time ago) So he is sitting in his car and he calmly says to the guy in an exasperated way "are you gonna do something or not?" Right then the guy clenches his fists, starts going Ooo Ooo and leans in and spits in his face. Well that brings my fiance out of the car and they guy sucker punches him, he falls backward and lands on his butt, when he starts to get up the guy tackles him onto the hood of his own car and they are struggling. So my fiance grabs the back of this guys head and turns effectively planting this guys face through his own windshield. Well his face breaks the windshield and the guy slides down his car and is out cold, my fiance doesn't believe in beating someone once they are down so he calmly goes and sits back in his car and waits for the police which he knows are coming because two witnesses have already pulled over at this point. They take the guy to the hospital with shattered facial bones, a concussion and some other injuries. LUCKILY with witnesses and with even more LUCK it was right outside the gate so they caught it all on tape. The guy got charged with a crap load of stuff including assault on a government worker. My fiance's saving grace was that he did not continue to beat the guy once the guy wasn't a threat anymore. The guys serving 18 months in jail and he lost his job and security clearance I believe he was a contractor. He was in his early twenties and my fiance is in his early forties so the guy probably thought he was gonna kick his butt or that he would wuss out. It takes a lot for him to get angry and nothing would have happened............until the guy spit in his face. Hard lesson to learn for road rage, break your face, car windshield, lose your job and go to jail all because you couldn't wait 20 yards to make a right turn......Idiot.0
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I am a student of the Denis Leary school of driving...
"I drive really slow in the ultra fast lane, while people behind me are going insane, I'm an *kitten*..."0 -
Oh, I despise being tailgated. I mess with 'em 9 times out of 10.
I'm very conscious about not driving slowly in the fast lane, etc. If I'm in the slow lane, or pacing the car in front of me, there's no reason at all to be tailgated. Even if I'm speeding in the fast lane, and if there's open road ahead and someone behind, I'll immediately move over and let them pass. (They can get the ticket.)
My usual technique is to take my foot off the gas until they go around. Once they do, usually in a rage, I can continue on my way without an accident waiting to happen riding up my *kitten*.0 -
I used to get more annoyed but now that my job checks my driving record every so often I am pretty good about just letting things go. Except tailgating. I have a sign on the back of my car stating my job and that I make frequent stops so when someone is riding my butt I break check them. Or I slow down to a crawl. I am looking for addresses most of the time and if I see it I stop, if no one is on my tail other wise I slow down and have to turn around. So don't tailgate me.
Oh and when I see some idiot speeding at dusk around here I shake my head. I know they are going to hit a deer. They are all over here. Once I slowed down in a heavy deer crossing area, because there are always deer on the side of the road eating at that spot, and one guy blew his horn at me and yelled profanities, went around me and hit a deer. Totaled his front. I did not stop but did call the cops for him. :drinker:0 -
Oh, I despise being tailgated. I mess with 'em 9 times out of 10.
I'm very conscious about not driving slowly in the fast lane, etc. If I'm in the slow lane, or pacing the car in front of me, there's no reason at all to be tailgated. Even if I'm speeding in the fast lane, and if there's open road ahead and someone behind, I'll immediately move over and let them pass. (They can get the ticket.)
My usual technique is to take my foot off the gas until they go around. Once they do, usually in a rage, I can continue on my way without an accident waiting to happen riding up my *kitten*.
I am the exact same....I respect others by not being in the way. Hell I've gone for "rides" and am go really slow so I'll pull over so people don't have to find an opening to pass.
But If I'm going the 5 or more over the speed limit, and you are up my *kitten*, I'm going to let off the gas, down shift a gear, and slow as much as they can stand it. When they pass and are along side I'll floor it for a second. Enough to make it hard for them to pass, but I also let off soon enough that they end up well in front of me in case they hit the brakes after passing just to be a ****.
This is about the only thing that bothers me when on the road, because if you get road rage every time someone does something stupid you will be one pissy person when on the road.0 -
I've never hit road rage status. I might call someone a name under my breath for being stupid but that's about it. I tried flipping the bird once but mid way up I was over it and decided to be an adult. Lol0
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I've never hit road rage status. I might call someone a name under my breath for being stupid but that's about it. I tried flipping the bird once but mid way up I was over it and decided to be an adult. Lol
NEVER FLIP THE BIRD.....EVER.
That just means someone has "gotten to you"......Stare and shake your head in disgust, but never the bird.0 -
I don't 'rage' per say...but I get genuinely disappointed with individuals who have no business being on the road.
If you don't have the balls to properly accelerate and merge on an on-ramp....GTF on the bus you passively uncoordinated waste.0 -
Here's someone who takes it to a whole new level.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/30/russian-road-rage-is-a-thing-of-beauty_n_1720480.html0 -
I have a tendency of talking to my bf on speaker driving home from work. There are days when I think he questions my sanity0
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ok I got a crazy story for you guys, sorry it's long but worth the read. My fiance works on a military base as a DOD. He was on his way to work one morning and this guy in a mustang is behind him, they are in a right turn lane waiting to go on base, so the guy in the mustang apparently has his little panties in a wad and whips out goes around my fiance but by that time they were moving again so he cuts my fiance off and then has to hit his breaks causing my fiance to bump the back of him. They pull over and the guy gets out of his car and looks at both of their cars and says there is no damage do they want to bother calling the cops, and my fiance says no (he is in his car with the window rolled down) So this guy says "ok well let me ask you a question why were you being such a F-ing Prick" My fiance says "Excuse me but you need to be accountable here, you couldn't wait twenty yards to make a right turn and you cut me off then slammed on the breaks". At this point the guy says "So what, what are you gonna do about it" and starts cussing and booing him (you know when you jump at someone) and he keeps taunting him saying you gonna do something about it. My fiance used to be a roughneck ( a long time ago) So he is sitting in his car and he calmly says to the guy in an exasperated way "are you gonna do something or not?" Right then the guy clenches his fists, starts going Ooo Ooo and leans in and spits in his face. Well that brings my fiance out of the car and they guy sucker punches him, he falls backward and lands on his butt, when he starts to get up the guy tackles him onto the hood of his own car and they are struggling. So my fiance grabs the back of this guys head and turns effectively planting this guys face through his own windshield. Well his face breaks the windshield and the guy slides down his car and is out cold, my fiance doesn't believe in beating someone once they are down so he calmly goes and sits back in his car and waits for the police which he knows are coming because two witnesses have already pulled over at this point. They take the guy to the hospital with shattered facial bones, a concussion and some other injuries. LUCKILY with witnesses and with even more LUCK it was right outside the gate so they caught it all on tape. The guy got charged with a crap load of stuff including assault on a government worker. My fiance's saving grace was that he did not continue to beat the guy once the guy wasn't a threat anymore. The guys serving 18 months in jail and he lost his job and security clearance I believe he was a contractor. He was in his early twenties and my fiance is in his early forties so the guy probably thought he was gonna kick his butt or that he would wuss out. It takes a lot for him to get angry and nothing would have happened............until the guy spit in his face. Hard lesson to learn for road rage, break your face, car windshield, lose your job and go to jail all because you couldn't wait 20 yards to make a right turn......Idiot.
Dayummmm. Good story. Worth the read. A lesson was learned that day. Thanks for sharing.0 -
My last instance of road rage was shortly after Hurricane Wilma.
The hurricane knocked my 6 foot wooden fence down and destroyed part of it. Since I had a few big dogs at the time, I NEEDED to have a fence so, I drove to Home Depot and bought several 6X8 foot panels. After loading them on the top of my SUV by myself, I was hot and tired.
The drive home was slow. I knew I was going to be slow so I intentionaly took a back road (Haverhill) to my house. I stayed as far to the right as possible in the bike lane and that left ample room to pass me on the left side. For the most part, it was fine. People saw what was going on and they would slow down and pass when safe. No problems.
Finally I was approching a light where I had to make a left turn. At this light, there are two left turn lanes. I looked in my mirror and there was a car approching but, he was pretty far back. I turned off my hazard lights and turned on my left turn signal.
Just as I started to come over, I see this same *kitten* from 100 yards back accelerate quickly. He whips around me on the left half way in the grass. Now, at this point, he COULD have decided to stay in the far left (inside) lane but instead, he decides to swerve in front of me into the right side (outside) left turn lane and slam on his brakes.
Keep in mind I have about 500 LBS of wooden fence on my roof.
I hit my brakes as hard as I dared and, once I came to a stop, I glared at him.
In the rear mirror, I saw him look at me and smirk.
I flipped him the finger.
His eyes got big and he jumped out of his car.
I got out of mine.
He was a skinny black kid. Maybe 19 years old. He is cursing and walking back towards me.
I start walking towards him and, in the middle of his rantings, he said "Whatcha gonna do B*TCH!
I never broke stride. I said "I am gonna kill you". Well, he stopped, sized me up for a heartbeat, and then jumped back in his car and blew the red light.
I ran back to my SUV, dropped it in drive, and then remembered I had a few hundred dollars of material on my roof.
That was the end of it.0
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