View Full Version : Have you ever 'had a go'
Craig David
26-04-2003, 23:09
have you ever got out of your car and 'had a go' at another driver; you know; shouted at them or worse?
A few days ago I was going into Nottingham.
There are lots of sets of traffic lights and it's dual carriage way.
I've been going quickly and some bloke in a Saab estate (9-5) has been hopping past me and I him; you know how it goes.
Anyway; first lights, he has me. We're level up to about 70 and he inches ahead.
I blame my clutch control because it wasn't right on the red line all the time.
Next lights, same story but as he pulls away there's a car in the lane infront of him. Ah, ha, I've got him, he'll have to back off.
He doesn't. Instead he pulls into my lane, into the front of my car, almost hitting it, and I HAVE to brake.
Next lights and he stops. I jump out. I'm the nicest bloke in the worls and about as hard as a damp tea towel but I go up to his window frowning, tap and signal him to pull the window down.
Well, cut a long story short, instead of having 'a go' at him, he turns out to be an alright bloke. We have a quick chat about cars (his is a 250bhp Aero or something), and I get back in my car and we drive off when the lights go.
His wife/girlfriend never looked that chuffed during any of it.
Annnyyywayyyy....I'm waffling (just back from the pub).
Has any one had any road side encounters? Did anyone actually hit anyone or has anyone heard of anything like that?
sounds not too bad man
in my opinion road rage is dick, it dont matter how big you are or how angry you are anyone can do anything, some of the stories i have heard have been shocking, guns are not uncommon...
i had one incident i can remember, been plenty of shouting but as a driver i make myself as passive as possible, for one, i think everyone ****s up at some point or another so i keep my eyes open and expect someone to **** up, i dont mind takin a back seat on the road if it means i dont ave someone hit my 200, its my most prized posession, i would die if it was written off because of others stupidity, that means i have to expect the unexpected...
one old git turned into me on a roundabout a few months back, i had to stop dead, he didnt even see me, he wouldda written off my 200 no problem...i lost it, went insane at the next set of lights at him, he raced trhu reds to get away from me, i chased him for 15 mins till he stopped then i went over, and asked him very politely why he almost hit me, his reply was, "oh sorry were you the guy in the porche?" i didnt know whether to be insulted or happy with myself, i was deffo confused :confused: :rolleyes:
when i had my old sunny a guy in sunderland jammed on his brakes at 30mph to a grinding halt, he had pulled in infront of me in a dangerous move and i had swore at him thru the windscreen, he had expected it and saw me, so he stuck his fingers out the sunroof at me, i expected this and he was a fookin huge meathead as many here are..so i went ballistic showin him everything i had, i swear i wouldda pressed my dick up againts the screen if i had time...but he saw and stopped dead, almost smashed into him and he was pumped, tried to rip his seats out turning around to get me to get out my car, sort of a well you go and i will type thing, as pumped as i was it was my girlfriend sat next to me who snapped me outta the rage, without her there who knows what wouldda happened, nowadays i would have expected i would have got out with fisty intentions with no probs, he would have got out with a crowbar, enuf said i would be going down i aint no jackie chan, weapons are a sour thing....
i had to abck down because my lady got worried enough to say stop, had to be that way and im glad it was, road rage can get a lot more ugly than people realise...
fookin hell i have gone on:rolleyes:
BanjoMaster
26-04-2003, 23:45
What is it about being in a car that makes people feel invicible? If you bumped into someone in the street, you just apologise and walk on, not a second thought, but in a car...
itss caalled prrivate space, yyour spaace, aah bolloxx.
Craig David
26-04-2003, 23:52
I thought like that but if someone bumps into you in the street it won't ruin your best toy and maybe kill you.
If someone's driving's so bad it's dangerous and they don't even realize, surely that's bad.
That said, I'd never threaten or attack anyone.
I guess you've got to be the 'bigger guy' and use your superior driving skills to avoid these people.
Or failing that...the can of Lynx and a lighter is a tough propsition to argue back from (see the wasps thread...) :-)
I've never had a go at anyone, obviously! :)
Had 2 guys have a go at me tho....and very scary it was too lol
Once I was driving back to the M3 from work - 3 lanes merge into 2 - I was in the middle lane and there was a guy in a Berlingo van in the outside lane - he wanted to merge into my lane and I was being arsey and wouldn't let him in...when it came to a battle between my mirror and his wing I gave up and let him in, but...errr...*gestured* at him as he pulled in front of me. Damn me if the bugger didnt stop and start to get out of the van! :eek: :eek: Scared the life outta me! He stopped soon enuff - either I scared him off or he saw I was a girlie and thought better of it :) - think the latter is the more likely option!
The other was me being a prat lol. The three lanes bit again - a bloke puled in front of me without indicating so I sat on his arse and then pulled up close behind him at the lights. Trouble was, I forgot about the brick :o so I nudged him :( Naturally he got out and had a go at me! We pulled in at the garage down the road and surveyed the damage....he accused me of scratching his bumper....i said 'whoopty doo' or words to that effect lol - problem solved and he went away muttering :D
Basically, they were both scary! I'm an agressive driver, but I hate confrontation. And yes, my car is MY space, and woe betide anyone who infringes on it lol
shadowninja
27-04-2003, 01:44
Originally posted by BanjoMaster
What is it about being in a car that makes people feel invicible? If you bumped into someone in the street, you just apologise and walk on, not a second thought, but in a car...
you might.
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Pauly_Boy
27-04-2003, 02:59
Originally posted by TAC
I've never had a go at anyone, obviously! :)
Had 2 guys have a go at me tho....and very scary it was too lol
Once I was driving back to the M3 from work - 3 lanes merge into 2 - I was in the middle lane and there was a guy in a Berlingo van in the outside lane - he wanted to merge into my lane and I was being arsey and wouldn't let him in...when it came to a battle between my mirror and his wing I gave up and let him in, but...errr...*gestured* at him as he pulled in front of me. Damn me if the bugger didnt stop and start to get out of the van! :eek: :eek: Scared the life outta me! He stopped soon enuff - either I scared him off or he saw I was a girlie and thought better of it :) - think the latter is the more likely option!
The other was me being a prat lol. The three lanes bit again - a bloke puled in front of me without indicating so I sat on his arse and then pulled up close behind him at the lights. Trouble was, I forgot about the brick :o so I nudged him :( Naturally he got out and had a go at me! We pulled in at the garage down the road and surveyed the damage....he accused me of scratching his bumper....i said 'whoopty doo' or words to that effect lol - problem solved and he went away muttering :D
Basically, they were both scary! I'm an agressive driver, but I hate confrontation. And yes, my car is MY space, and woe betide anyone who infringes on it lol
If you see a Black Vecra on your ass, or maybe even a gray S13 trying to annoy you, Give him all the money in your purse otherwise i'll, Cough, he'll start throwing Maltesers through your window!!
:rolleyes:
mickstreet
27-04-2003, 03:16
Only been "close" once, a young lad in a Corolla cut me up after exiting a roundabout, I was in the left lane, he came hurtling past me, cut straight in front of me and wanted to pull into MacDonalds which is about 200yards from the roundabout. He was going that quick when he cut me up that he couldn't stop in time and overshot the turning. I was MAD, I had my MR2 at the time, knocked it down one and went after him, horn blaring and lights flashing:rolleyes:
Ended up about a mile down the road he pulled off and stopped, probably realising he wouldn't outrun me. I stopped in the middle of the (main) road staring at him. My mate was in the car with me who isn't exactly a small bloke and neither am I. He was going off his head, told me to go and rip his ******* head off:rolleyes: I sat in the car parked up for what seemed like ages, probably more like 20 seconds!! when I decided to drive off, common sense fortunately got the better of me. Dropped my mate off and came back about 5 minutes later and he was still there, I just drove past slowly...
Pleased I managed to do the right thing, as Matt said its scary to think what could have happened, if it had been a few years ago though....who knows.:eek:
Originally posted by matt_j
when i had my old sunny a guy in sunderland jammed on his brakes at 30mph to a grinding halt, he had pulled in infront of me in a dangerous move and i had swore at him thru the windscreen, he had expected it and saw me, so he stuck his fingers out the sunroof at me, i expected this and he was a fookin huge meathead as many here are..so i went ballistic showin him everything i had, i swear i wouldda pressed my dick up againts the screen if i had time...
But he would have just been thinking "y is this guy showing me his pinky":confused: :D :D
Sorry Mathew, couldnt resist.
Some very good points there btw.
Err lets see, bout 4 years ago maybe more, driving to work on busy 30mph roads, in keeping with traffic so probs bout 35 ish, anyway this bloke manages to pull out in front of me from a side exit, with less than 3 car lengths between me and the car infront.
So i had to slam on the anchors, and as i got rather close to his rear, what do i se on the rear windsheild.......... BABY ON BOARD!
Sure enough i could see the top of a baby seat and what looked like a furry bonnet poking out from where a kids head would be.
I was really p!ssed cos i thought of how stupid this pr!ck had been to not even care about his child.
I blasted the horn and flashed light, then stayed on his @rse for the next 100 or so meters with my foot over the brake (well it had to be cos predictably he went along at ~20mph) until it was my turn off, it was his too!
I pulled into the industrail estate and thought a bit of calm was called for so i dropped back, he went on and i pulled into my work, and as i looked up i seen he was pulling into the parallel road and as i looked up i seen he was mouthing at me:eek: :confused:
he is mouthing at me:mad: :mad: :mad:
so i showed him the closed fist salute to represent what i reckoned he was, then parked and went to enter my work.
But as i am about to go in the door i hear the screatching of tyres as he draws up beside me.
A shouting match ensues where he has the ordasity(?) to acuse me of bad driving, saying i was speeding down the road, at which point i say that he should know how to judge bloody speed, even if i was speeding, and lets face it, it was 5mph (think about this b4 u comment pls).
The wife is out shouting to but im not sure who at, and as i turn to see, he grabs me by the throat.
I inturn grab him by the throat with my left and raise my right in a fist.
Im just about to when i look past him and the wife is screaming at him and there is a child in the car, and she is staring at me.
Do i wanna be the one who hits her daddy?
Not unless he hits first.
So im holding this so long my arm is getting sore and we are still shouting bout 10" from each others face, then ............in mid shout......... he just stops, his grip loosens, so i loosen mine.......
without another word just walks back to his car and gets in and drives away.............
Im left standing, speechless, in shock, starting to doubt what just happened.
Still dunno what to make of it now....... was strange.
He was not all there anyway.
Dam u Matt, ive rambled on too.
But as folks have said, it is my space, its mine, and ive spent time and money on it, u wanna damage it, u may well be damaged urself.............
But then more often than not i see the person lying on the ground lifeless cos he hit his head as he went down/ive hit the wrong place and ive killed him.
Know i couldnt have that on my conscience............
Its probs y im a sh!t fighter.
gosh way too much thought for this time in the morn.
Kev
I hate to admit it but I have twice. :o
The first time, the guy tried to run me over as I walked back to his car, the second time, the woman just sat in the car.
Not something I'm proud of, but when I lose my temper I just don't think. :(
Andy Dee
27-04-2003, 09:28
I remember trying to make a right turn in a busy road. On this road they have a central hatched area you wait in while you wait for a break in the oncoming traffic to make this manouever. As i am sitting there waiting i can see further down the road a Pug 206 is overtaking in this single file oncoming traffic and heading right at me with about 50 meters to go:confused: . I give him the "shakin beans" sign out the window, but he's not pulling in..can he not see me?? He continues to overtake:eek: . At two cars distance he breaks in smoke and cuts back into his lane. As he pulls alonside me his window is down and my life flashes b4 me. I forgot there is a Pikey camp in the direction he's heading, and not only is this half man half werewolf with a carfull of pikeys heading there, but the 4 or 5 cars he overtook are all full of pikeys as well:( . Each felt it there duty to slag me and spit at me from there windows as they each drove past. I had to sit and take it, i was sat in the middle lane. I still think i am lucky they didnt decide to stop.
Very scarey:(
I had some fun on friday afternoon on the wat back from Crawley, was on the A303. There was a row of three of us, a mondeo in front of me, then me and a new jag (s-type i think) behind me. Anyway, were doing about 85 on and off and admittadly there were a few occations for mr mondeo to pull over and let us past but the jag behind with some fat git in it kept coming right up to my bumper and flashing his lights at me. Firstly i though my zorst was hanging off but then realised he was a just being a prat.........
So, after a few more miles mr mond pulls over and i gently cruise past at about 90, mr jag decides he's had enough and is invinsible, so tries to undertake me, gets level with me and goes through the alphabet of rude hand geastures at me, so instead of sinking to his level, i smile, wave and dissapear in to the distance.........:D dont think he expected that, and neither did i because usually i start thinking of ways to brutally injur people if hey piss me off whilst driving, must be getting mellow in my old age:D
I have had people get out of their cars and head towards me twice (For respectivly refusing to be cut up in heavy traffic after the guy tries to get his wing into a 5inch gap about a dozen times, having a car in front of me and a rep behind me giving me full beams a yard from my boot at 70 then when I have the audacity to leave him standing when the lead car pulls over. When I reply to his gesticulation when he caught up, I was clearly way out of order!), and then getting back in again after I obligingly pulled the car over and beckoned them on, and one occassion of me getting riled.
Ok... this one is actually rather amusing: :)
I'm in Brighton with a girlfriend on the way home from a..er... well, a dirty weekend in Brighton. Anyway, the traffic is SOLID. It's hot and she is suffering from a bad headache. The lefthand filter lane is moving slightly quicker than ours, and for about 5-10 minutes I can hear a cacophony of horn blowing and shouting. This transpires to be a beaten old red BMW. The guy behind the wheel likes kind of Turkish. His girlfriend is blonde and leggy and the rear passenger is a shaven headed well toned bloke, stripped to the waist and with a pair of nipple rings (This comes into it later...).
Anyway, they're leaning out the windows to people in my lane, waving wads of cash, shouting 'I'm richer than you, and I don't have to work' (seriously!) 'Do you want some money?' etc. Blowing the horn solidly and generally being total pr@ts.
As they pull up to my passenger window (down because of the heat) They give it all this and make a few comments of 'what does she wriggle like' etc. The conversation then goes:
'Shut the hell up. My girlfriend has a headache and doesn't need your crap' At this stage I still had a level voice.
They all laugh, so I address the driver directly.
'Shut the hell up you rancid little pr1ck'
At which point he laughs and jabbers on in another language and his girlfriend says 'he doesn't speak English'
'Well, does he understand what Twat headed small dicked **** *** **** **** ***** ***** means?' Says I, perfectly pronouncing a row of asterisks.
At which point, the thug in the back seat undoes the door and informs me that I am about to die. My risposte was to stab a finger at him and yell
'Shut the door and sit the f*** back down, or I'll rip those right out of you t*ts'
Hard man looks down and realises just how exposed he is and shuts the door. The driver is now aware that he is very much on his own for this one, as I am now undoing my seatbelt. The girl starts to say something but the driver tells her to shut up, and the Beemer rolls forward. There is a single further long blast on the horn and 20 yards later, he turns off.
I really hate getting angry behind the wheel and I have no tolerance that are over-aggressive. At the end of the day we're not talking elbows on the dance floor here. It's a ton of metal travelling 5 times faster that you can run. It's like getting in a bad mood with a loaded firearm in your hands. Some things push my buttons to, but when I'm driving, I have to at least try to keep a level head.
once or twice, one time most notably was a guy in a vectra (suprise:rolleyes: ) cut me up rather badly and i was in a really pissy mood anyways so i caught up with him, and at the next set of lights got out of the car and banged on his window!
the guy was built like a fooking brick sh!t house!
erm, excuse me mate- you've got a brake light out :D
Originally posted by Hayley
... but when I lose my temper I just don't think. :(
That is the crux of the matter - as normal drivers we like to think that we are sensible, butter wouldn't melt etc etc, but when the red mist decends we turn into fire breathing, homicidle maniacs bent on making some sort of pointless statement to the hapless driver in nothing more than a pathetic dispute! The testosterone starts flowing and the brain is somehow bypassed and we do stupid, daft (and often dangerous) things which, in the cold light of day, seem utterly stupid. Why tailgate the guy in front when he cuts you up? - you are only putting yourself in further danger. Just back off and let him get as far away from you as possible - out of your way!
Having said that .... I am just a guilty as everyone else :rolleyes:
BanjoMaster
27-04-2003, 13:43
Originally posted by RazMan
That is the crux of the matter - as normal drivers we like to think that we are sensible, butter wouldn't melt etc etc, but when the red mist decends we turn into fire breathing, homicidle maniacs bent on making some sort of pointless statement to the hapless driver in nothing more than a pathetic dispute! The testosterone starts flowing and the brain is somehow bypassed and we do stupid, daft (and often dangerous) things which, in the cold light of day, seem utterly stupid. Why tailgate the guy in front when he cuts you up? - you are only putting yourself in further danger. Just back off and let him get as far away from you as possible - out of your way!
Having said that .... I am just a guilty as everyone else :rolleyes:
Yup, that's it. You'll shake your head and tut-tut watching someone else being an arse on TV, but then you go out and get all wound up over nothing.
The only thing that saves me sometimes is the fact that I can't catch anyone in my mum and dad's little 1 litre Yaris :)
Yep - a bit like my neighbour's dog which chases cars .... what would he do if he caught one?!! :D :D
Originally posted by RazMan
The testosterone starts flowing
So what's my excuse?? :confused: ;) :D
PMT ? :rolleyes: :D :eek:
/ runs and hides :eek:
*edit* If it's any consolation Hayley, my missus just gave me a swift kick as a result of my remark :eek: :mad:
Me, never.:p :D
Tell your wife 'thanks' from me. ;)
I'll do just that .... when I get the feeling back in my groin area and can walk again :rolleyes: :D :o
In 1993 I had a rumpus with some bloke who ended up hitting me with an iron bar he had hidden about his person.
I'm also a nice bloke but I ended up chasing the f*cker up the road with a baseball bat that I had hidden about my car! :mad:
However, in this day and age I think it's better to avoid such incidents; I'm quite a big bloke but I remember the occasion when I got out of the car to confront a complete f*ckwit.
He got out of his car - and turned out to be the biggest man in the world! :eek:
I did the honourable thing................I ran away as fast as I could!
Mind you, with knives and stuff being ever more commonplace and the Plod not interested in anything that isn't connected with speeding it just isn't worth it.
PhilMorrison
27-04-2003, 23:27
About 2 years ago, I was dropping every1 home after we'd been paintballin all day, on a small double parked road, the guy in front of me pulled in to the left to park, I went to drive past him, only prob was he decided not to park there and do a 3 point turn instead :rolleyes:, I locked up the fronts in an attemp to stop, did'nt happen as it was wet, so released and power past him with an inch on either side.. anyway I was all achey and tired, so I yanked the handbrake, stopped, and before I even realised it, I was outa the car (totally outa character), I looked at this car an saw 4 big lads in there, gettin out an lookin like they might be toolin up, so I just kinda froze an stared at them (look of instant death ;) ), then all I saw was the driver tell the others to get back in the car and he mouthed an apolgy at me as they wheelspinned of in the other direction at a rate of nott's, I was like "huh" I'm a big lad, but I've certainly never had that effect on any1 before.. It was only when I got home that I realised that I was wearing army combats, was covered in mud, and had solidified red paint dripping down my head over my eyes (after being shot on the top of the head twice in the same spot.. ouch :( ) but anyway it had me PMSLMAO for days, that a bunch of hard nocks had decided not to get out the car and batter me, just because I was f*ckin filthy, and had a bitta red paint on me :D:D:D
Originally posted by Phatty
It was only when I got home that I realised that I was wearing army combats, was covered in mud, and had solidified red paint dripping down my head over my head
LOL :D :D :D
Classic Phatty!
LOL, went into Mc Ds after a brutal day out Paintballing. Its amazing how fast they serve you when properly motivated.
The thing that I (zen/bhuddist master :rolleyes:) keep in mind in these situations is that whatever any other road user does, youve prolly done it 5 times to others yourself. I never use my horn, rarely make hand signals and generally just think that people dont set out to piss you off - they just made a mistake.
but
An old bloke once pulled into the side of me at 80 on a motorway - hed just undertaken me, so knew I was there, and just forced his way back into the outside lane. If I hadnt have seen him, it woulda been a nasty pileup, and I had my brother an bird in the motor. I kept one hand on the horn, and drove right up close (inches) behind him - I was gonna bump him, but me missus stopped me. I would happily have knocked him off the road - he was gonna do it to me right?? :mad: :mad:
Had to take the J I had just passed my brother back and finished it in two tokes after that one :D :D
Only time I ever lost it was when this chinese "gentleman" drove into the back of me motor on Brixton hill... bit of an ongoing saga this one - anyone want to hear about it? I nearly dropped him but his woman (I think) was in the car with him... He mangled my bumper.. not seriously, but obviously pushed it in. Just locked his car
claims not to speak engrish..
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
anyone want to hear the story? I wouldnt mind a bit of feedback on how to deal with this sort of thing from you guys.. I have done 4 years of aikido and its really tempting to use the dark side of the force.. Adn I surprised myself by how enraged I became.. Not good! I could have broken his neck :( Never a good thing.
Err..remembered another one, but it technically doesn't count :)
Beat the hell out of a council estate yob, while my friend handled one of his mates and the third yob legged it after one of them put a brick into my windscreen (Not of my Nissan or I'd be in jail for manslaughter!). Friend eventually pried me off 'mine' as I was stomping on him repeatedly yelling 'you tell your friends' etc.
Ironically, was driving through the estate a week later, slowed down fo a junction, and a single yob type loitering at a phone box just turned and legged it into a side alley... I guess he might have been the third one, or the one my mate had dealt with. :)
crackdownuk
28-04-2003, 17:18
had a few little arguements the less said about them the better really:rolleyes: I just try and let thinks go, but if someone ever gets out on you, never look/sounds scared as that will just give them an edge on you and they will take advantage.
my mate pissed some big bloke off ( it was his faulty, my mates that is:eek: ) any way he admits his mistake and put his hand up, the bloke puts his fingers up, so my mates puts his hand up agains just incase he didnt see it, the bloke put his fingers up agains so my mate tells him to pull over. My mate pulls over and just sits in his car, the big bloke jumps out of his car, almost as fast as lighting, my mates slams the accerlator down with a nice bit of wheel spin, shooting loads of little bit of stones up him. the bloke looked like he was going 2 cry :)
my mate is a real piss taker his once got into a fight in a pub and instead of punching him, he kissed the bloke on the cheek, the who pub pissed themselves laughing and the bloke just went and sat back down:D
Honestly its really difficult to wind your neck back in when the red mist descends.. and you get all green and your clothes split...
Why does this happen? Its like chariot racing in Roman times.. I literally have felt murderous some times!
This is NOT a good way to drive - it takes a lot of control and civilised taking it on the chin old chap type behaviour..
all you can do is raaaaaarrr tsssshhhhh past them when you can I suppose.
If not, you will probably have a heart attack or meet some bling bling monkey with a side arm... theres always someone faster, angrier, harder or more mental / tooled up than you. I hope not to meet 'im!
Good luck to you all out there being chill... Save it for the race track (or the motorway late at night ;))
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