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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Road rageousHere in the states pedestrians seem to rule the road (well in New Hampshire anyway, though you have to watch out for the occasional crazy Mass-hole from Boston). So if you even look like you want to cross the road cars will stop for you (for the most part) so much so that loads of people here DON’T EVEN LOOK as they cross the road or walk through car parks!!!! This causes me much vein throbbing white hot rage (amongst the many other transgressions of drivers here, thankfully I usually take the bus).
Anyway, this system works pretty well if you are a pedestrian, though it meant that I nearly got run over numerous times while on a recent trip to the UK and Spain (partially due to confusion after swapping from left to right to and back again) and also cause I was used to thinking that cars would actually stop for me to cross roads.
It also led me causing an accident and ensuing road rage. One day my boyfriend and I were dithering about crossing the road and a car that was turning into the street we were crossing stopped abruptly halfway through his turn to let us cross. The car behind him obviously wasn't expecting this and rear ended him, letting loose much angry bellowing. We scurried away from the scene leaving them to duke it out. Woops!
(, Wed 18 Oct 2006, 19:51, Reply)
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