[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Road rage (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 4/26/2012 6:32:47 PM EDT
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Does anyone get really bad road rage?
I always see this particular dillhole driving a black Jeep on my way home at least twice per week. EVERY time I see him, hes swerving in between lanes, tailgating the $h1t out of people, and generally has to be the first one on the road. I hate people like this. He was riding my @$$ yesterday and I brake checked his ass. He came around me and I yelled an obsenity at him. He basically drove off while giving me the bird. I dont tend to want to cause confrontation while on the road because of other drivers but this dbag was simply asking for it. Curious what anyone else would do if they see if someone like this. |
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I need to get it checked eventually, but when someone gets too close to the back of my car, my accelerator stops working for some reason. Anyone else ever have this problem with their car?
OP, get the tag number and call the cops on that fool. Embellish slightly, make sure he has an interesting next traffic stop. |
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I need to get it checked eventually, but when someone gets too close to the back of my car, my accelerator stops working for some reason. Anyone else ever have this problem with their car? OP, get the tag number and call the cops on that fool. Embellish slightly, make sure he has an interesting next traffic stop. "This man in a black jeep just drove past me waving something dark... it kinda looked like a gun, but I don't know what it was. He's just weaving back and forth in traffic, driving really erratically. I don't know if he's drunk or what but he's almost hit several other vehicles including mine." Usually when I see someone doing this, I just call the cops and tell them the truth... there's a very aggressive driver, weaving a lot who could be drunk based on how much he's weaving and can't maintain a straight line. YMMV, I am not a Lawyer, don't lie to the cops and all that. But they get paid to deal with douchebags like that. |
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A truck driver told me the way that he avoided a nervous breakdown.
1. never look in the rear view mirror unless changing lanes. The tailgater behind you is focused on you and won't hit you (although my dad was a tailgater and had at least 4 collisions that he caused). 2. focus on the traffic in front of you. |
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I drive multiples of 4 miles over the speed limit, and when an aggressive driver comes along, I get the hell/fuck out of the way.  Fixed it for myself and my lead foot. I agree. Life is too short to let things get out of control. Let dipshits on the road get on with their bad selves. |
| My favorite is the guy who blows the horn immediately upon the light turning green. Apparently he feels you should stomp on the accelerater like it's a drag race. No need to check for folks that might still be blowing through the red traffic light or maybe pedestrians. Safety is for suckas ....I got places to be. |
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A psychologist cured me of road rage in three sentences:
"There's a word for those people who cut you off, drive slow in front of you, or flip you the bird: They're assholes. Do not engage them. Put as much pavement between yourself and them as you can." Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I've always believed that they just have a bigger burden than the rest of us. I call it "The Asshole Burden", or "ASB" for short. Quoted: A psychologist cured me of road rage in three sentences: "There's a word for those people who cut you off, drive slow in front of you, or flip you the bird: They're assholes. Do not engage them. Put as much pavement between yourself and them as you can." Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I need to get it checked eventually, but when someone gets too close to the back of my car, my accelerator stops working for some reason. Anyone else ever have this problem with their car? OP, get the tag number and call the cops on that fool. Embellish slightly, make sure he has an interesting next traffic stop. "This man in a black jeep just drove past me waving something dark... it kinda looked like a gun, but I don't know what it was. He's just weaving back and forth in traffic, driving really erratically. I don't know if he's drunk or what but he's almost hit several other vehicles including mine." Usually when I see someone doing this, I just call the cops and tell them the truth... there's a very aggressive driver, weaving a lot who could be drunk based on how much he's weaving and can't maintain a straight line. YMMV, I am not a Lawyer, don't lie to the cops and all that. But they get paid to deal with douchebags like that. Might have been his big black cock perhaps? |
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I need to get it checked eventually, but when someone gets too close to the back of my car, my accelerator stops working for some reason. Anyone else ever have this problem with their car? OP, get the tag number and call the cops on that fool. Embellish slightly, make sure he has an interesting next traffic stop. If you do this, be willing to follow him at a safe distance and stay on the line with dispatch. Just calling in the car and saying its going westbound on the freeway does nothing 95% of the time. Hear it all the time on the scanner. Having a updated location on the driver makes all the difference. |
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A truck driver told me the way that he avoided a nervous breakdown. 1. never look in the rear view mirror unless changing lanes. The tailgater behind you is focused on you and won't hit you (although my dad was a tailgater and had at least 4 collisions that he caused). 2. focus on the traffic in front of you. Hmmm... did he only drive one of these with nothing on it? Otherwise, I'm not sure how the truck-driver and rear-view mirror combo works. I can see how it would be easy to not look in the rear-view mirror... when you don't have one. 
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I need to get it checked eventually, but when someone gets too close to the back of my car, my accelerator stops working for some reason. Anyone else ever have this problem with their car? OP, get the tag number and call the cops on that fool. Embellish slightly, make sure he has an interesting next traffic stop. If you do this, be willing to follow him at a safe distance and stay on the line with dispatch. Just calling in the car and saying its going westbound on the freeway does nothing 95% of the time. Hear it all the time on the scanner. Having a updated location on the driver makes all the difference. Usually here, this doesn't warrant much attention unless it's a slow day, Dispatch has gotten multiple calls on the driver, or that it's deemed excessively wreckless. They call 'em "Ready Reports" and they're put out over the air generally as an "Info Only" call. YMMV. -SS ETA: And yes, while I generally carry everywhere I go, I tend to let assholes do their thing unless it involves something serious. Even then, I'm a damn good witness with 911 until SBI or death may occur. Then, even then it depends on the circumstances and my situation. Nobody should go rushing in to a situation. That should be one of the last resorts if at all possible. |
| I drive about 2.5 total hours a day to and from work. What really bothers me is when I have someone in front of me, with people in front of him, going whatever speed and I have a guy on my ass expecting me to speed up and tailgate the guy. I like having safe distances between me and the guy in front of me. Its like people are racing to get into more traffic. I just don't get it. |
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"did he only drive one of these with nothing on it?"
He drove a double trailer of canned Mexican peppers each night from Central to Southern California. Yesterday. Driving in rush hour on a major city street. I am in the curb lane. Of course there is someone in front of me. To my left is double trailer truck driving too slow for his lane, unfortunately. Immediately, I am tail gated by a pickup truck from a motorcycle shop. I can't go anywhere. However, I know what might happen. Sure enough, as soon as there is an opening, the pickup truck squeezes through, indicates left and whips a u turn in the middle of a major commercial block and goes back the other direction. My griflfriend and I swap stories every day about the asshats on the road. I consistently drive the curb lane within the speed limit. What the asshats don't appreciate is that my reaction time is much slower than it was 40 years ago and doing dangerous maneuvers near me might just be fatal to them. Young people tend to forget that not everyone has their reaction time. 
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Since I carry a firearm with me, I let assholes be assholes and won't allow my pride to get in the way. This. I let them have the High Blood Pressure. X3. I kind of chuckle when some asshat gets all pissy with me because I'm in his way for a half a second. |
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Since I carry a firearm with me, I let assholes be assholes and won't allow my pride to get in the way. I agree 100%. I've worked too hard for too long to get into a dick-waving contest with a possibility (however remote) of escalation into a situation that could cause me to lose everything. I take a deep breath and content myself with the knowledge that brain aneurysms suck. |
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A truck driver told me the way that he avoided a nervous breakdown. 1. never look in the rear view mirror unless changing lanes. The tailgater behind you is focused on you and won't hit you (although my dad was a tailgater and had at least 4 collisions that he caused). 2. focus on the traffic in front of you. Hmmm... did he only drive one of these with nothing on it? Otherwise, I'm not sure how the truck-driver and rear-view mirror combo works. I can see how it would be easy to not look in the rear-view mirror... when you don't have one.
http://www.dreamstime.com/semi-truck-with-flat-bed-trailer-thumb694262.jpg That truck has at least 4 rear view mirrors.
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Does anyone get really bad road rage? I always see this particular dillhole driving a black Jeep on my way home at least twice per week. EVERY time I see him, hes swerving in between lanes, tailgating the $h1t out of people, and generally has to be the first one on the road. I hate people like this. He was riding my @$$ yesterday and I brake checked his ass. He came around me and I yelled an obsenity at him. He basically drove off while giving me the bird. I dont tend to want to cause confrontation while on the road because of other drivers but this dbag was simply asking for it. Curious what anyone else would do if they see if someone like this. 
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What I just love is when behind a semi that is passing another semi the prick mother fucker behind me has to get 3 feet off my bumper, as if I can do anything about the semi that we are all following to get in front of the semi that we are all passing.
uh,oh, did my brake lights just come on? GET THE FUCK OFF MY ASS YOU DOUCHEBAG MOTHER FUCKER. |
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I waiter til the last moment to swing around a car turning left last night.
The tailgater glued to my bumper did not swerve fast enough. Last weekend I saw the police out taking pictures on my way to the bank. It is a 25 zone with businesses, churches, and houses spread around on each side, despite being 2 lanes each way with a raised median. When heading home a carefully stayed right at 25. Just as a moved into the left turn lane to head home, the pickup behind me jumped out into the right lane and passed. He stomped on the brakes and left tire smoke and skid marks when the police stepped out into the lane and stopped him. When someone is carefully driving right at the speed limit in a low speed area it could be a warning they know what is ahead. The two policemen had a nice line of cars pulled over they had been working on. |
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Since I carry a firearm with me, I let assholes be assholes and won't allow my pride to get in the way. This. I let them have the High Blood Pressure. These... Quoted:
A psychologist cured me of road rage in three sentences: "There's a word for those people who cut you off, drive slow in front of you, or flip you the bird: They're assholes. Do not engage them. Put as much pavement between yourself and them as you can." Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile ...and this. Everybody is welcome to get worked up and drive like idiots if they want. Not my problem. I don't care. |