Road RageLast week I had to stop a guy attacking another one in the middle of the road - one had run the lights whilst on the phone and the other had objected. I actually had to take the attacker's car keys out of their car and tell him he wasn't getting them back till he calmed down.
Looking back on it, I was lucky I was feeling all parental and in control or the situation could have panned out very differently.
Have you lost it on the roads, or have you been on the recieving end of some nutter?
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chthonic, Thu 12 Oct 2006, 21:31)
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The old mans deadI have almost never even got irratated by bad drivers, there are so many of them, and i know they're s*** drivers, no need
But imagine the scene, sat in my little mk1 Astra (yup, it was 9-10yrs ago, only been driving a year then) just filled up on petrol at the left side of the pump. to the right side is an old boy at least 75+
there is a main road (2 lanes) on his side to his right, he goes to pull out, not straight ahead but in a 180 degrees U turn back the other way. very dooable, but you end up across both lanes and then off. I decide to pull out from the left side of the pump and turn right to do 180 back that way to, but sit 3-4 odd metres from the curb waiting for him to inch round and go off.
He misjudges the 'lock' on his steering (i.e. not enough) and ends up facing the house opposite, sticks it in reverse and shoots back across the other lane backwards straight into the front right side of my car, seems baffled by the obstruction to his reversing so has another go thudding back more, and then edges off down town.
during this im obviously effin and jeffin, but very stunned, look at the bangladeshy fella back at the counter who looks equally stunned.
But have to drive off after the old boy as he's gone. during this i can see and feel wobble in the wheel e.t.c. Catchup with him, pull out in front and stopped, caused a scene with my horn, which makes people stop e.t.c.
anyway, he had absolutely no idea what i was on about until he saw the damage to both cars and went 'oh!', i calmed down, took his details and so on, and then over time, my insurance company dropped the cost on his lap, i think he had some issue with insurance, 3rd party FT or something so was landed with the repair bill of £1800 odd
A week later someone showed me an obiturary with the same name as the old fella. Mmm...
Another time, same car, my fault this time (which killed the car) had an argument with the boss in a company i deeply loathed (them and the company) raced off and ended up in Basingstoke of all places. was speeding down from the M3 towards Brighton Hill.
Anyone from around there will know the Kempshot roundabout at the bottom of the hill from Sainsburys, the one with the really sharp left turn off towards Brighton Hill Roundabout (which has been recently surfaced with that red stuff for more grip)
Anyway, i took this turn at about 30-40 with near bald rear tyres. ended up sliding sideways into oncoming traffic in slow motion (it seemed) and then bolted into the direcion the car was facing suddenly (facing a small incline and tress)
shot up a 5-6 foot incline and was launched airbourne in to said trees, knocking 3 of them down
(, Fri 13 Oct 2006, 12:32, Reply)
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