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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ChortleA long time ago I was off on a long-weekend-holiday with a pillion passenger on my motorbike. We were fair zipping along, full of youthful exuberance/foolishness. Most drivers are pretty good and will let a bike pass without causing any drama, but one car just was not about to let us through.
This guy (I forget what sort of car it was but it had a distinctive paint job) was fair zooming along, and as he saw us coming up he obviously decided a race was on and gave it full throttle to try and stay in front of us. He was no speed match for a bike but every time we went to overtake he would pull out to block our route. I tried a few times but decided his aggressive antics were making the situation too dangerous so I buttoned off and let him do his thing. He zoomed away and I went back into cruise mode.
About 10 mins later we got to a place where we had arranged to meet some friends. We sat outside a takeaway eating and carrying on, waiting for some other people to turn up. The wait for the stragglers turned out to be a long one but it was worth it because about an hour later a tow truck came past. No need to tell you what was on the back of it... front stoved in. No ambulances so I assume (hope) no one got hurt. But it did make me smile :)
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enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Mon 16 Oct 2006, 10:34,
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