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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My dadHe's actually quite easy-going, but while on the road he can be really quite aggressive. For example, if someone's tail-gating him he'll slam on the brakes, just enough to give said tail-gaitee a little to think about.
Anyway, the most famous incident was when he was driving up the side of a cliff near the old Geelong Cement Works.
Several kids were standing up the top and chucking water balloons at all the cars passing. Throwing things at cars is very dangerous and just plain stupid - especially if it's at my dad (I won't go into it but there's a horror story about how a guy was killed by kids chucking a stone at him as he drove under a bridge).
Anyhow, one hit the car and dad jumped out and sprinted after them. They scampered off as quickly as possible, leaving their bikes behind!!
He grabbed one of the bikes (very good bike, and bran new) and yelled at them, and then took it back to the car and drove off!
He actually tried to give it back by advertising in the paper but nothing came of it...
(, Mon 16 Oct 2006, 9:13, Reply)
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