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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Bikes v CarsI'm a cyclist, seeing as how driving lessons/petrol/insurance etc cost a lot of money and I am but a por student.
In the ongoing cars v bikes debate, this means I am fit and healthy, not to mention that much richer, and can rationalise disliking energy efficient light-bulbs, as at least I'm not polluting on the road. These are all considerable plus points.
However, I'm more likely to die in a road accident, get everywhere sweaty and horrible, and if I do i for too long, I'll actually become infertile (NB, this is true, unlike that frankly bizarre urban legend about polo mints killing all your precious little sperm), and as such will buy a car the moment it becomes financially viable, at least for long/uphill journeys.
On the subject, though, it really pisses me off when those swanky car-driving arseparts don't thank me when I pull over to let them past. Much more than it really should. It just gets my goat something rotten.
(, Sun 15 Oct 2006, 18:37, Reply)
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