Road rage incident

[BuzzardNZ]

if the police show up to chat with them they will figure out what driver it was, I did fill out a report

The Parapram pigs have bigger fish to fry than your complaint.

It's up to you to take some kind of lynch mob round there to right this awful wrong!

[Katman]

This thread reminds me so much of this video.

[Gremlin]

Overtake was legal, 2 lanes blah blah.

Since you also contributed (giving him the finger) it's unlikely much will be done.

If you'd had his number I would have simply rung the number and asked him to explain himself. ie, before any cops are involved, give you the opportunity to explain. He goes off pop, clearly got anger issues then

[BigAl]

Just got this e-mail back from them........Hi,

Yeah I sent some choice comments in too, maybe they'll pick up a trend.

[unstuck]

Yeah I sent some choice comments in too, maybe they'll pick up a trend.

I find the old saying "you catch more flies with honey, than vinegar" very helpful. No abuse or rudeness in my e-mails.

[jonbuoy]

This thread reminds me so much of this video.

Another angry man with erectile disfunction issues?

[Mike.Gayner]

So you undertook him?

I didnt know it was a motorway champ.

Then maybe you should shut the fuck up for a change.

[willytheekid]

DID SOMEONE MENTION POP TARTS!!

...friggin LOVE pop tarts!

wait...what where we pop tarting about?

[nzspokes]

Then maybe you should shut the fuck up for a change.

CSB.

[R650R]

[QUOTE=Katman;1130696303]This thread reminds me so much of this video.

[QUOTE]

That was awesome and sums up the whole road rage cycle. Its one thing to be cut off but if you then engage in words or fisticuffs expect it to go south from there.
Was walking through town yesterday, metres from police station. A cyclist is wobbling along so slow she is nearly stopped, a young lady in mini behind her indicates then pulls into space about a bike length in front of cyclist.
Rude but not dangerous as cyclist so slow she couldn't possibly hit her. Cyclist proceeds to nut off, women in car doesn't even register either event lol. Cyclist looks at me and smiles in an effort for some kind of sympathy vindication, give her the yeah right look and resist the urge to tell her to harden up.

As for original poster, nothing wrong with overtaking in a separate lane as this is NZ not the UK.
The other guy did use his car as a weapon though and they should prosecute, it might mean you get done for an offensive gesture perhaps...

[jonbuoy]

You shouldn't really expect anything in a civilised society to end in violence. Unless it's now ok to just punch someone in the face for having a different point of view? Someone over/undertook you - put your tiny penis away and get over it - no need to swerve or try to
Kill someone for wanting to go faster than you think they should is there?

[george formby]

Happens to everybody.

Billy Connolly

[MarkH]

I read this thread and can't help but think - some people need a dictionary!

Overtake: to pass another vehicle
Undertake: to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.

You can overtake on the left, you can overtake on the right, you can overtake legally and you can overtake illegally.
Passing a car on its left illegally would be correctly described as overtaking.

From what I read on the first post the OP described a legal overtake on the left (legal because he was in a separate lane).
To be fair he did undertake the task of passing the other vehicle, but that doesn't mean that he was undertaking the other vehicle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_mDTLphIVY

[DrDarkMatter]

Overtake was legal, 2 lanes blah blah.

Since you also contributed (giving him the finger) it's unlikely much will be done.

If you'd had his number I would have simply rung the number and asked him to explain himself. ie, before any cops are involved, give you the opportunity to explain. He goes off pop, clearly got anger issues then

yup you are mostly likely right, I said in the report I gave him the finger and it was not my brightest moment so I fessed up even in the police report. but I also suspect that ( like was mentioned before) the cops got better things to do.

[jonbuoy]

I read this thread and can't help but think - some people need a dictionary!

Overtake: to pass another vehicle
Undertake: to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.

You can overtake on the left, you can overtake on the right, you can overtake legally and you can overtake illegally.
Passing a car on its left illegally would be correctly described as overtaking.

From what I read on the first post the OP described a legal overtake on the left (legal because he was in a separate lane).
To be fair he did undertake the task of passing the other vehicle, but that doesn't mean that he was undertaking the other vehicle.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undertaking_(driving)

It's a legal term in a lot of countries - you can be charged with undertaking another vehicle. Overtaking on the inside is different to undertaking a vehicle.