Road Rage

**Darkman** · 20th January 2007, 00:10

Man there are some real wankers on the road. Just experience a bit of midnight road race on the motorway. Nearly had some action too.
Was on my way home with my wife after we celebrated Tasman’s b-day at a restaurant in Courtnet Place. Just got passed the Korokoro lights, about 500m or so when I came up behind a car. Put the indicator on, and proceeded to pass it at about 100-105km/h(slow pass I admit). As I was about half way passed the car another car came racing up my cars rear end and sat about a meter behind me.I just thought that it was just another boy racer in a hurry. I carried on with my speed until save to move in front of the passed car when the faster guy just cut into the left lane preventing me from moving to the left. Now I was thinking “what an arse”. He then passed me, cut in right in front of me and hit the brakes hard to slow me down to about 60 and sped off. Now I am MAD. A kilometer or so later we came up to the the Maungarki lights and it was red. I pulled up next to the car in the left lane. I expected to see a young boy racer behind the wheel and instead it was a 40 something year old male and a 20something Asian chick next to him.
I opened my window and said “what the fark are you doing buddy? You can’t just do that”

Guy:”Fark off!!! you should stop driving in the right lane like a farking old fart”

Me: (mad as hell)“ fark you” and gave him the finger.

He then removed his safety belt. I quickly unbuckled myself and opened the door only to hear the sound of screaming tires as he sped off.

Now this could have turned real nasty. I don’t really think when get mad and if he had gotten out it would have been all on. Now that I am home and calmed down I am trying to think of what I could have, should have done.
Should I have just shut up and let the guy bully me on the road or do you think it was fair of me to tell him off?

**cynna** · 20th January 2007, 01:16

what u did was fair enough. but in situations like that you have to be prepared to expect the worse.... there a lot of idiots out there with nothing to lose

was good that his friend saw how much of a wimp he was tho

**Brian d marge** · 20th January 2007, 01:25

I know how you feel. but on the grand scale of things ??? he a dick .... thats it ,,....there are many more out there ! ....just pull over or do what ever it takes to be safe
turn the music up . and carry on ....

more to life than worrying about arseholes ,,, we have enough trouble with the one we pay to look after us

Stephen

**Drum** · 20th January 2007, 02:06

I don't know what the right thing to do was, but you did what I would've done.

Damn the short fuse! Damn it to hell!

1000 posts!

**Hillbilly** · 20th January 2007, 02:06

That sort of driving is comman place on Aussie Freeways. Coming home tonight from work, I pass a car at 125 km/hr (speed limit is 110) on the 3 lanne F3 freeway from Sydney to Newcastle. Get passed on the outside slow be a lane Mercedes and behind me is some v8 Commodore. I move back into the centre lane and get passes by the comodore which was easily doing 160+ trying to beat the Merc.

The outside lanes a best avoided as they have really long onramps that encourage drivers to put the foot down. It's common to be doing 140 when entering the freeway. The strange thing is, riders are far more restrained. Nobody is in a hurry the way cagers are.

That's so common to see that king of driving behaviour, that it doesn't bother me. The freeways are like being in the Daytona or Bathurst 500. BTW, the flow of the traffic is 120 - 130 km/hr. Anyone doing the speed limit is "slow".

**Trudes** · 20th January 2007, 05:11

Good on you Darkman, glad it didn't come to any violence though. The guy obviously has a really small dick and has to prove to his bit of fluff that he really is a man; and a twat.

**elle-f** · 20th January 2007, 05:15

Bet that woman was thinking "What the HELL have i picked up here?"!

**RantyDave** · 20th January 2007, 05:50

Originally Posted by Darkman

He then removed his safety belt. I quickly unbuckled myself and opened the door only to hear the sound of screaming tires as he sped off.

Screaming tyres presumably to mask the rather nastier noise eminating from his trousers.

Nice work, man. Shitter you had to go through it at all, obviously, but a big improvement on just sitting there and fuming about it.

Dave

**Clockwork** · 20th January 2007, 06:42

OK, I'm not condoning this arseholes aggressive behaviour and attempted retaliation but...
like most of us in the vally I drive/ride this road daily and I must admit to frequently being a very pissed off driver/rider waiting for someone to complete (or in some cases even attempt) a passing manoeuvre while occupying the passing lane of that road. Are you 100% sure that you didn't intentionally provoke him ...just a little bit... by consciously holding your speed down and delaying pulling back into the left lane as long as possible?

**Grahameeboy** · 20th January 2007, 07:01

I would just have blown him a kiss..................seriously is works a treat...........

**Kendog** · 20th January 2007, 07:54

Never get out of the car

**Grahameeboy** · 20th January 2007, 08:00

Originally Posted by Kendog

Never get out of the car

That too...trouble is that if you get out all aggressive like you have no idea what the other guy is like, could have a knife, could be a black belt in origarmi or whatever......not worth it.

The other guy is expecting a reaction....don't give it

**Lissa** · 20th January 2007, 08:07

I agree with Nigel.... I wouldnt get out of the car. It could have turned pretty nasty had the guy had balls or he could have had a weapon of some sort, you hear about it all the time. He was prob showing off to his mail order bride... what a dork.

**Darkman** · 20th January 2007, 10:08

Originally Posted by Clockwork

OK, I'm not condoning this arseholes aggressive behaviour and attempted retaliation but...
like most of us in the vally I drive/ride this road daily and I must admit to frequently being a very pissed off driver/rider waiting for someone to complete (or in some cases even attempt) a passing manoeuvre while occupying the passing lane of that road. Are you 100% sure that you didn't intentionally provoke him ...just a little bit... by consciously holding your speed down and delaying pulling back into the left lane as long as possible?

Sure..I could have accelerated, or even cut right infront of the other driver, but i chose to do what i always do. I was doing speed limit and he was doing about 130 when he came up behind me, so no matter what i did he had to slow down.So by not speeding up i could understand that he might have got a little anoid, but cutting in infront of us ,hitting the breaks and putting us in what easily could have been an accident , is not on.

**trumpy** · 20th January 2007, 10:14

Originally Posted by Brian d'marge

I know how you feel. but on the grand scale of things ??? he a dick .... thats it ,,....there are many more out there ! ....just pull over or do what ever it takes to be safe
turn the music up . and carry on ....

more to life than worrying about arseholes ,,, we have enough trouble with the one we pay to look after us

Stephen

Exactly what he says.
You only have one life, no point in risking it because someone else wants to be a dick...