Road Rage

[Stu8]

I've only had one case of road rage and thats was when i was a passenger in my mums car.

We had just gone round aroundbout when a crappy escort got a little cut up by us

(because it was speeding so we couldnt see it time.)

anyways she was flashing had the window down giving us all kind of finger gestures and shouting foul language..........

So I just opened my window and said in a really camp voice "you allright" then smiled and waved at her, which made her flip even more which I found ammusing. :P

[chris202]

I must admit my temper sometimes when am driving is shocking .

I would like to think i know what i'm doing , maybe not a great driver but i know where i am , where i should be on a roundabout etc etc

But why oh why don't more people use indicators ?? They put them somwhere easy to reach for a reason folks....nothing worse than following someone who suddenly brakes and veers off down a road .

AND ! recently weve had a lot of roadworks about my bit , coming from Glasgow airport to St James roundabout two lanes which go into one nearer the roundabout , so theres a loooong que in the main lane - and ar53holes still fly down the wrong lane and squeeze in at the end....honeslty i've almost lost my front bumper on a few occasions .

GGrrr...

:D rant over - buh-bye :D

[Blue84]

I was so annoyed last night, did my Mum & 3 of her Friends a favour by taking them to Frankie & Benny's..

On the Treacle Mine Roundabout we were in the correct lane to go to Lakeside when some :ffs: in a W Reg black Skoda Octavia cuts into our lane then all the way down to the Sainsbury's Roundabout he kept braking for no reason, it was purely on purpose as there wasn't traffic infront of him either! But I held back and wouldn't let him win, plus the Yaris was full too. After Sainsbury's he did it a lot more as if to get some reaction but as there was nothing behind us I dropped down to 2nd gear and crawled at 10 mph (on a temporary 30 mph limit road) so he sped up. Stopped at the red traffic lights and then sped off at a god knows what speed into the distance.

Then on the way home two people on the same roundabout were in the lane for the Town Centre when they needed the one I was in, so they signalled and came straight over - I was peed off enough so I beeped them and nearly gave them a sign but I didn't. The lanes are clearly written on and have arrows to help. I was not impressed, but the first one was definately an odd one.

And on the same roundabout there was the Smart Car Road-Rage incident which I'm sure you remember me saying about hun.

Loosers - the lot of them! :ffs:

[dazwan]

I've just become resigned to the fact that the roads are full of numpties.

Whenever a tailgater starts flashing at me I just take it he's saying hello so I wave back at them (do it with a nice big smile just to add insult to injury). They usually lose the plot, but at least it's not me thats getting upset.

[JAHill]

I've been threatened by some spotty youth with a tyre iron because I let a woman turn right into the flow, considering it was 5.15pm and the traffic wasn't moving. He pulled alongside me at the lights and grabbed a trye iron from the passenger footwell, wound down the passenger window and I think his words were "Do you f****** want this f****** round your f****** head. C***!". I really shouldn't have given him a thumbs up and winked at him. Lad needed windscreen wipers on the inside of the car by the time he done screaming. Oh yes, he then spat at my window, trying to get it through the gap... and got dribble down his chin! :lol:

Man, I love driving around Notty. Still, not as good as when I was driving through St Anns and a mate was in the passenger seat. I was at lights in the right hand lane, and a big chockoff black merc with fully tinted windows pulls alongside my van in the left. Some DnB just audible from the inside. Me mate, top lad, mr. intelligent, smiles at the drivers window and gives him the buddy jesus thumbs up. Luckily, the driver failed to respond!

[spotipus]

ok ime not admitting that i suffer from a short temper but i do boil faster than a kettle :D

heres one that happened only two hours ago

just driving toward home in the BIG white van

pulled onto my road its got more speedbumps than a teenagers got zits !

looked in the mirror silver audi attached to my back bumper !

speed bumps dont matter in the van so he speeds up inbetween them and then tries to overtake

at this point i am at 60% on the road rage ometer

suddenly my van becomes very fat (transits do this its an optional extra )

i console myself with the thought that i AM in the right as this is a residential road and there could be children attempting to cross it to speak to their drug dealer or burgle the old lady thats just got her pension.

as i continue up my road the passenger asks me in sign language if i would break off his finger as it is stuck at an unnatural angle and he is pointing it at me.

as i have now passed boiling point i signal to him that i am doing a two for one sale

and indicate (as per highway code) that i will perform the said operation immedeitly

as i pull up outside my house the vehicle pulls to the side of the road opposite me

i hurry toward him with the old anglo saxon greeting of

"SO WHAT THE F#### IS YOUR PROBLEM "

to be assailed by laughter and grins from

the passenger---- next door neighbours sons best mate

the driver-------- his brother who i have recently completed £3700 worth of fencing for

i REALLY need to CALM down

[alanbradley]

I've been threatened by some spotty youth with a tyre iron because I let a woman turn right into the flow, considering it was 5.15pm and the traffic wasn't moving. He pulled alongside me at the lights and grabbed a trye iron from the passenger footwell, wound down the passenger window and I think his words were "Do you f****** want this f****** round your f****** head. C***!". I really shouldn't have given him a thumbs up and winked at him. Lad needed windscreen wipers on the inside of the car by the time he done screaming. Oh yes, he then spat at my window, trying to get it through the gap... and got dribble down his chin!

Most worrying thing is that the guy "just happened" to have a tyre iron in his passenger fotwell

A

[Red Yaris 54]

I had a guy in a big Ford nearly run into the back of me at traffic lights the other day as he was on his mobile phone (NOT hands free :censor: )

When the lights changed to green I sat with my handbrake on determined not to move until he had finished his phone conversation.

The lights changed back to red again and back to green before he hooted his horn at me. (He must have had three hands :D ) He was still on his phone so I let the lights go through one more sequence before moving off.

By this time I think he had taken the hint and pulled over to the side of the road just past the lights to continue his phone call.

Only with hindsight have I thought what would have happened if he had got REALLY annoyed with me, but at the time I needed to make my point. I hate :censor: who use mobile phones without hands free whilst driving. Why is there never a policeman around when you want one?

(Sorry for the rant)

[JAHill]

Most worrying thing is that the guy "just happened" to have a tyre iron in his passenger fotwell

A

I know - I think that's called premeditation. I wondered about that as he zipped up the right hand lane, pipping all and sundry for daring to be stuck in traffic! K**b!

Red Yaris - Class mate!

Spotipus - Vans are great for speed bumbs aren't they? 30mph? Not a problem... Boing!

[spotipus]

Spotipus - Vans are great for speed bumbs aren't they? 30mph? Not a problem... Boing!

cant feel a thing :D :D

[Gnome]

I had a guy in a big Ford nearly run into the back of me at traffic lights the other day as he was on his mobile phone (NOT hands free :censor: )

When the lights changed to green I sat with my handbrake on determined not to move until he had finished his phone conversation.

The lights changed back to red again and back to green before he hooted his horn at me. (He must have had three hands :D ) He was still on his phone so I let the lights go through one more sequence before moving off.

By this time I think he had taken the hint and pulled over to the side of the road just past the lights to continue his phone call.

Only with hindsight have I thought what would have happened if he had got REALLY annoyed with me, but at the time I needed to make my point. I hate :censor: who use mobile phones without hands free whilst driving. Why is there never a policeman around when you want one?

(Sorry for the rant)

Don't blame ya mate. Another one of my pet hates!

Prolly wouldn't have done the same thing, but just whacked my rear fog on and off at them, or give them a Gnome salute! :D

[DaveSR]

Same here ..... always see people on there mobile phones

Always tends to be the people in big flashy cars with lots of dosh

[richardAE111]

I've just become resigned to the fact that the roads are full of numpties.

Whenever a tailgater starts flashing at me I just take it he's saying hello so I wave back at them (do it with a nice big smile just to add insult to injury). They usually lose the plot, but at least it's not me thats getting upset.

yeah i lose the plot, why don't you just move over?

[stevetubbyturbo]

Had one today

had my dogs in the back of the Surf and was driving to take them for a swim at the local lake, whilst on the single carrigeway i was ploding along going 50mph and this women in a MX5 comes flying out of a junction and realised she wasnt going to make it out without hiting the Surf so she jams on the brakes and i had to avoid the front end of her car and just missed her car.

So i carry on and the next thing i know shes sitting right behind my car swerving in and out looking for a way past and shes getting more aggressive and erratic in her driving.

she got passed me after about 2 miles and put her foot down i just couldn't see the point of all getting all worked up and stressed just to get passed me and if i had to have braked hard she would have stood no chance against my Surf so she at worst could of got herself killed.