Road Rage. Biggest Idiot met today!

[Jim Bell]

Women cyclists.

[Cavcraft]

Ethnic, lesbian, vegetarian, lentil munching women cyclists who put new tyres on the front.

[Lacquer Peel]

Militant cyclists.

[messerschmitt owner]

my dad tought me that idiots will always be on the roads and that you should take one of two options.

 

Keep as well behind them as possible or overtake and leave them behind. But don't let yourself be drawn into an accident-causing scenario by being too close.

 

I regularly see motorists inches from cyclists as they try and overtake on blind corners with cars coming the other way. Motorists do not realise just how close they are to an accident at times.

[fordperv]

I have to agree with the car your in equates to how your treated, a couple of days ago I was driving mrs fordperv mums Corsa (which is equipped with a powered by Fairtrust sticker on the rear window) a chap was tailgating and using bullying tactics to try and make me speed or get out of the way, I politely tapped the brakes just enough to put the brake lights on to give him the message and maintained my speed, we then entered a dual carriageway he then came around me he genuinely looked shocked at a bloke driving then stuck his thumb up as if to apologise so I returned the gesture laughing and enjoyed the rest of my journey.

[mk1_4dr]

 ......I politely tapped the brakes just enough to put the brake lights on to give him the message and maintained my speed....

 

 

I think brakechecking is pretty abhorent if I'm honest. Infact, it is, in my opinion, worse than a lot of the stuff mentioned in this thread.

 

I do agree that certain cars attract bother whilst others repel it. Nobody messed with the Whale or the Volvo, but the Golf and EscRot seemed to be cock-knocker flypaper.

 

[Junkman]

...weirdly [and this must be a Trafford thing] angry types in X-Trails and Qashqais.

 

Have you ever been to the place? About 37 Seconds in there make even me want to pull an UZI and create a bloody massacre.

These newfangled malls are the most barbarous, unnatural and unhuman environments imaginable. It's little wonder that there is rage among them who spent time in those.

[chaseracer]

I've seen them from the motorway.  That's close enough...

[Junkman]

I have no idea why people are attracted to such places, but I can imagine what kind of people are.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I reckon youse lot are all suffering too much road rage yourselves! You all sound like you’re all engaged in some sort of daily ‘road wars’ episode of your own, I have honestly never ever noticed other folks’ ‘roadside manner’ changing relative to whatever it is I’m driving. I must be too busy listening to radio 4 or something, or maybe just too busy actually driving to have time to analyse other folks ‘attitudes’. Yeah theres some knob heads out there, just ignore em and concentrate on getting there without being involved in an accident.

[Junkman]

You're not suffering from some form of autism or something?

[dollywobbler]

I notice a difference, but it has changed. Driving a 2CV, people used to treat you like a learner driver. They'd never let you out of junctions and would make desperate attempts to be in front - pulling out in front of you or overtaking in a ridiculously unsafe manner. Seems to have changed in recent years - people smile, let you out and I can't remember the last time someone pulled out in front of me. The worst car for people pulling out in front of me was a beige W123 Merc. That was a nightmare. Got to the stage that I'd always have one foot hovering over the brake as I approached junctions!

 

But trying to 'educate' other road users just isn't worth the bother. I learn my lesson after very stupidly brake testing a 7.5tonner that was tailgating me. It was an impressive skid... By being 'clever,' I'd actually created the potential for a very nasty accident. Just let it go people!

[Junkman]

Ethnic, lesbian, vegetarian, lentil munching women cyclists who put new tyres on the front.

 

You forgot to add the SEM bit.

[inconsistant]

You meet these folk everywhere, but on the roads it's more obvious because cars tend to bring out the worst in people.

I like to lower my expectations to the point that I'm never disappointed. Then I win no matter what.

 

They're cursed with having to prove themselves wherever they go, and whatever they do. Driving would be much more pleasant for all of us if their parents had told them they loved them a bit more often. Or even at all.

[Junkman]

Driving would be much more pleasant for all of us if their parents had told them they loved them a bit more often. Or even at all.

 

Or used condoms.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Admittedly I have not had any tests for Autism, but I defo don’t have any notable gifts for maths or whatever so it seems unlikely.

[RedSparrow]

What about epic welding skills?

[fordperv]

I think brakechecking is pretty abhorent if I'm honest. Infact, it is, in my opinion, worse than a lot of the stuff mentioned in this thread.

 

I do agree that certain cars attract bother whilst others repel it. Nobody messed with the Whale or the Volvo, but the Golf and EscRot seemed to be cock-knocker flypaper.

 

 

abhorrent is quite a strong word to use, but obviously everyone has an opinion, I class flicking brake lights on (don't confuse this with actually braking sharply in an attempt to scare the life out of the person behind) as an acceptable polite warning when you have someone riding the back bumper attempting to bully, so I will agree to disagree on this one but don't confuse it with keyboard rage lol

[Mr_Bo11ox]

abhorrent is quite a strong word to use, but obviously everyone has an opinion, I class flicking brake lights on (don't confuse this with actually braking sharply in an attempt to scare the life out of the person behind) as an acceptable polite warning when you have someone riding the back bumper attempting to bully, so I will agree to disagree on this one but don't confuse it with keyboard rage lol

We’ve all done that I have in the past, but lets face it, it does nowt for road safety does it. Don’t even try and tell us that it makes the other guy see the error of his ways, it doesn’t – being give a ‘gentle reminder’ by some random dude on the dual carriageway going into work is only going to wind him up, rightly or wrongly. That is a 100% unarguable fact. Therefore don’t bother is my tip. If you just can’t restrain yourself from doing it then that is almost as much of a problem as the tailgater himself.

[fordperv]

Nah I wouldn't try to argue saying it helps other side see error of ways because frankly it doesn't if he's doing it to me no doubt he does it most of the time anyway, tailgating is one thing that really really really pees me off

[meggersdog]

Just a little tip.If you are going to pull out infront of people on roundabouts (causing them to brake) then go speeding through villages flashing up the slow down signs it's probably not a good idea to do so in a car with a wanky private numberplate.Even more so if the plate in question is illegally spaced with the 1 and 3 close together and a black numberplate bolt below the 4 spelling out your name P BAKER .

[reanimation-films]

The car does make a difference but the driver or indeed rider attitude is more important. The ratty fiesta van for example attracted lots of attention judgement, and lack of respect. And any semi modern (old but rounded and tidy) silver family car on alloys, always holds its own on motorways and big enough to not get pushed around. The xantia looks faster than it is so just keep out of the way on motorways to avoid embarrassment! The MR2 was the opposite of a sleeper so it was fun but stood out and gutless against properly powerful cars.

 

Brake check trick is not ideal is it, I last did that on some daft woman who tried to undertake traffic and pushin on the inside, she didn't take well and I got pissed off of her properly relentless gesturing in my rear view mirror first thing in a morning I jammed on, stupid I realise hat but she was hateful, needless to say it didnt stop her but she shat herself a bit! LOLz. As I said earlier I'm trying not to react anymore where poss.

[MikeKnight]

I enjoyed driving the massive hired van we got for work one day, no one argues with you. Size seems important on the road.

 

Mind you, my GT6 is tiny and people still seem to give it a lot of respect. Probably because they know even if I stamp on the pedal I'll come to a full stop in.. around four years.

[warren t claim]

It always seems to be the same people every time who are victims of road rage. Either you're doing something wrong or you're escalating the problem.

[maxpower]

I would love one of those rear window "police stop" signs when being tailgated, just for the fun of seeing their jaw dropping when i look in the rear view mirror.