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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When sitting at a junction....usually waiting to turn right, I'll be sat there, a constant stream of cars coming from the left blocking my way, and someone coming from the right stops and flashes for me to pull out.
Do they expect me to just drive blindly into a load of cars?
Fair enough they are trying to do the nice thing, but my only option then is to stay where I am or drive into the middle of the road blocking their way.
Normally I would just sit where I am and wait for them to realise the error of their ways, however there have been occasions when you can see the idiot getting all irate about it, flashing and waving for me to drive out in front of them. On these occasions I tend to drive as far as I can without hitting the cars coming from the left, which means entirely blocking lane I'm crossing, turning to the person who enticed me out who is now stuck, and offering them a shrug and a vacant expression.
This makes people mad.
Am I the only one that this happens to?
To forestall comments: yes I know that if I pull out people will likely feel obliged to stop and let me in, but I dislike forcing my way in amongst cars as I dislike people doing it to me.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 16 Oct 2006, 13:19,
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