Road Rage

[aps45819]

Do you ever do that and forget your windows are down when you curse folks out :shrug:

What would be the point if the windows are up?

 

[pvineswinger]

When someone does something to piss me off, I do something to piss them off and then I smile and wave like nothing happened. It pisses them off ten times worse then if you curse, or give them the "you're #1 salute."

 

[Petter Solberg]

The Stunna pose driver is driver leaned way back with one hand barely perched at the top of the steering wheel. This is not a good way to drive a car, especially while weaving in and out of traffic at 70+mph.

What is "the typical stunna posed driver"?

 

[dems4me]

What would be the point if the windows are up?

I should have excluded you - you prefer to keep yours down for hoisted jewlery flingn' action. :

 

[K_Jo]

I do a lot more swearing since I started driving route 4. I like to slam on my brakes when I'm being tailgated and I like to tailgate when I get cut off. Sometimes when I'm PMS'ing I think I'm going to yank the steering wheel clean off its stump!

 

[Mikeinsmd]

I speed up & do a pit manuver on the bastard. When he's done spinning, I ram his door with my truck. If he takes off, I chase him at high speeds, waving a gun at him. When I catch em, I force em off the road, through the woods and into a stream.

when I'm in a hurry to get to K_Jo's place too.

 

[Kizzy]

Once had a CB radio that had PA built in, just had to add a speaker under the hood. Very good for enlighting peeps about their driving errors and annoying youg ladies walking down the sidewalk.

You didn't have a big ugly antenna on your car did you?

I use to have a Plymouth Horizan and my father took the antenna off of his Dodge Ram pick up and put it on my fricken car. It looks stupid, like a remote controlled car. Everyone saw me coming a mile away.

But that sounds terrific, I would love to be able to do that.

 

[Pegster710]

I think we all experience some level of "road rage" at one time or another. The older I get, the more I realize that it just isn't worth it to get pizzed off, although it still happens. I have to make an effort to let the "idiots" go.

My "pet peeve" is when people (well meaning, I'm sure) try to create their own traffic laws. On Chancellors Run Road at Buck Hewitt and Norris - how many times has an IDIOT stopped to turn onto said side roads and held up traffic to let the cars out onto Chancellors? This is DANGEROUS! Neither of you controls traffic coming from the other direction. It also happens at the Elks Lodge and Hickory Hills - FREQUENTLY!

It also ticks me off when someone realizes you're in a hurry and they SLOW DOWN below the limit and watch for your reaction in their mirror. Then, when you pass them, they try to speed up! Sometimes, I try to pass fast enough to set them "spinning" in the road. One day, I'd like to pass one of them and then slow down to irratate them. But that would just be adding to the problem...

 

[Pegster710]

Once had a CB radio that had PA built in, just had to add a speaker under the hood. Very good for enlighting peeps about their driving errors and annoying youg ladies walking down the sidewalk.

I used to work for an ambulance company - we had a PA system installed in the unit. We got behind a little old lady on an exit ramp near Columbia, MD. We had been following her for quite a while, well below the speed limit. We had lights and sirens, but you cannot use them unless you're responding to a call. So, I picked up the PA and made "siren" noises. She heard them - AND PULLED OVER TO LET US GO! lol!! We were shocked, but we went by her! We were upset that we didn't think of it sooner!

 

[kom526]

I have tried to relax a little more when driving now. I have slipped up a couple of times and dropped the F bomb, then a few seconds later I hear my little co pilot in the back reinforce my F bomb with an f bomb of his own.

 

[MJ]

I blow the horn continuously and get within inches of their bumper and turn on my high beams. When they freak and get out of the way I get in front of them and throw a handfull of nickels or 1/4 inch ball bearings in the air. Sometimes I use the Roadrage 5000 rapid fire paint ball gun and I spray their car with neon lime green paintball splats.

You owe me a paint job!

 

[Pegster710]

I have tried to relax a little more when driving now. I have slipped up a couple of times and dropped the F bomb, then a few seconds later I hear my little co pilot in the back reinforce my F bomb with an f bomb of his own.

I used to tell my kids to holler "pig alert" when they saw a cop car - - - until one day I got pulled over in Spring Valley for "bogartin'" a stop sign... My 4 year old (at the time, she's 16 now) was yelling "pig alert, pig alert" as the officer approached the car from the rear. It was all I could do the quiet her down before he heard her! Needless to say, I cut that out right away! lol!!

 

[chaotic]

I don't do this as much as I should, but generally I just imagine that the person who is driving oddly near me is a good friend of mine. That way, it doesn't seem like they're doing it on purpose - it's more like "oh, that's Jane - she's a cute girl, just not a great driver." It works around here because I generally see lots of friends driving out on 235..

 

[Sassygirl]

Ok so here's my story on and I quote my son on this "Mommy why are you always so mad when you drive? You yell alot."
Now I try not to get upset when driving with my son.
Even the b/f said something to me about always saying nice things about other drivers! HA

 

[hamsterfang]

All you need to do to deal with idiot drivers is to give them a big crazy smile and a thumbs up. It generally causes them to at least keep their distance from you...

 

[Pam]

Lesson Learned

I was a road rage jerk for several years then one day while weaving around traffice doing 80 mph with another car following close behind-I got this really bad feeling so I got into the right lane and slowed down while the car behind me flew right past me and slammed into another car making a left turn. By the time the accident was over the car was a good 500 foot further down the road and you couldn't tell what kind of car it was. folks were airlifted out and I doubt the driver behind me survived it but never learned the outcome. I only know that it could have been me and the damage, injuries, & deaths would've been my fault. So now I get over and let those road ragers by because I figure the best place for someone like that is in front of me so I can keep an eye on them.
As far as throwing things out the window goes-well, what if you hit the wrong car or an innocent bystander?
When I'm tempted to speed to work or home-I just think about all the stuff I'll have to do when I reach my destination-that always slows me down

 

[renegadeslave]

It also ticks me off when someone realizes you're in a hurry and they SLOW DOWN below the limit and watch for your reaction in their mirror. Then, when you pass them, they try to speed up!

I'll admit I do this, but only when I'm already doing 65/70 in a 55 mph. Sorry, but I hate being tailgated. The other day I got a ticket for doing 68 when the lady behind me (in a minivan full of kids, by the way) had only been inches from my bumper the whole time.

 

[hamsterfang]

I'll admit I do this, but only when I'm already doing 65/70 in a 55 mph. Sorry, but I hate being tailgated. The other day I got a ticket for doing 68 when the lady behind me (in a minivan full of kids, by the way) had only been inches from my bumper the whole time.

I just try to stay in the right lane when someone behind me wants to go faster, but it is hard to avoid people who want to push you up the road on a one lane road. I was going a good deal over the speed limit on the Thomas Johnson bridge to St. Mary's when some jerk zoomed up behind me (he wasn't just tailgating, he was dangerously close) I got upset that they were only inches from my bumper and slowed down to a little over the speed limit. Then, they passed me. Yes-on the bridge, heading towards oncoming traffic, they passed me. I slowed down quickly so that they could hurry up and pass and get into my lane again before they ended up crashing into the little car headed right towards him (they looked pretty ticked off at him when they passed by)

HE better have been having a baby.

I once got stuck behind someone doing a little over 7 MPH on Solomon's Island. Bright day, no traffic or people around...they just felt like cruising. THAT was annoying...

 

[virgovictoria]

So now I get over and let those road ragers by because I figure the best place for someone like that is in front of me so I can keep an eye on them.

When I'm tempted to speed to work or home-I just think about all the stuff I'll have to do when I reach my destination-that always slows me down

Even on the side roads/local routes, ie - 245 and such, when I feel the pressure of someone clinging to my backside, I just pull over onto the shoulder.. Not worth my anger. I just don't want someone to have that kind of power over me. I don't want to play perception of what they might or might not be playing or even dealing with - not my problem. So, walk on by - or drive on by as the case may be.

As far as reaching my destination - it will still be there.

 

[aps45819]

when I feel the pressure of someone clinging to my backside, I just pull over onto the shoulder.. .