Road Rage

swokshooter

swokshooter

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Now I understand.

It's about 100 degrees here today, and I've been working my butt off in the hot sun all day. I go to town to fill up my truck and some gas cans for tomorrow's work, and some little punk cuts in front of me. There's barely enough room for a car between me and the vehicle ahead of me, and he cuts in front of me and starts tapping his brakes, like I'm supposed to back off. Now I understand the concept of road rage I guess. After several unsuccessful attempts to try to get the a-hole to pull over, I came to my senses and just drove home. I guess today wasn't the day to be a punk to ol' okshooter. I guess if their parents won't teach young people manners these days, I will if I have to. Anybody else ever have this problem? I thought road rage was a big city thing. Maybe I'd just better grow up some myself, I don't know.


Jerrod
 
Man it's awful here in the Dallas area! Between the ones that seem to have no clue where they're going or where they are, the speed demons, and the over-aggressive drivers, I'm really surprised we haven't had more shootings.

I have been guilty of inviting people to a roadside 'chat' a few times myself! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif I just keep telling myself 'it's not worth it'! Usually about the time I finally stop letting things in traffic bother me is when somebody will literally force thier way into my lane!! When I say that, I mean that if you don't brake, they'll run into you!! And guess what-about half the time that happens it's some Mexican driving a can o'bolts that is probably a)illegal and b)has no insurance..

And we have plenty of snot-nosed punks around here too that zip in and out traffic. I just knew I was gonna see teeth, hair and eyeballs all over the highway the other night when some kid on a superbike rode past us doing a wheelie at around 60mph! Made me think he would deserve whatever fate he met until I saw him bobble and almost lose it when he came down. Scared the crap outta my wife and I.

Just remember..'happy place','happy place','happy place','happy place'...
 
Last week I blew a tire. I had the spare (may pop) on. Next day (sat) I was on my way to get a new one. The may pop says DO NOT EXCEED 45. I was going 55 and the guy behind me did not like that at all. He had room to pass but thought he would try to push me. After a little bit he got closer, I couldn't even see his hood anymore. We went a few miles like this. Instead of speeding up I decided to show him how fast I can stop. I locked all four up.Luckily his reaction time was good and must have had anti locks because my car is not in the shop. He started to pull over so I did too, but then he got back on the road and was riding the next guys a**.
I am not one to get upset but this guy pushed my last button.

I was not remembering a happy place, but rather thinking of the bars I could be behind later.
 
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about half the time that happens it's some Mexican driving a can o'bolts that is probably a)illegal and b)has no insurance..

And we have plenty of snot-nosed punks around here too that zip in and out traffic.



Mexicans without insurance.......you think??? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Snot-nosed punks? Surely not!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Gotta tell you guys a good one.......Once I saw a elderly woman (read: 80+!) unintentionally cut off a young guy (read: 17) who was driving a jacked-up souped-up Suburban. It really pi$$$ed off the young kid, and he drove almost on top of her bumper (within a foot) and started "gooseing" the throttle, making the front end go up and down dramatically. All this was going on at around 35-40 mph. Just as I spoke outloud and asked my wife how in the world he was keeping from actually hitting the old lady, she slammed on the brakes! Guy in the Suburban parked his front bumper in the center of the lady's trunk!

Well.......I did the only thing that a self-respecting punk-driver-hater would have done. I picked up my cell phone, called the police, and then pulled off the road about 100 feet from where the "accident" happened. I was actually concerned for the elderly woman, seeing as how she was alone & at the mercy of the kids. Fortunately, the police arrived in less than a minute, and there was a real ruckus and argument between all the parties involved. About that time, the officer saw me standing beside my truck laughing, and motioned for me to join their conversation. I obediently obeyed, and then proceded to answer his inquiries about if I had seen the accident, etc. When I told him that I was an eye-witness and explained EXACTLY what had happened, the punk changed his story completely. They arrested him for Reckless driving, and put him in the patrol car. I was told that I might be asked to testify in court, and informed the officer that I would be glad to do whatever was necessary to get the kid off the street. I never was subpoenaed and have no idea of the outcome, but I assume that the kid saw that he was in trouble with a witness and fessed up to his stupidity.

It really ticks me off when I am cut-off in traffic, but what this guy was doing with the intimidation routine is asking for BIG trouble.
 
"Instead of speeding up I decided to show him how fast I can stop. I locked all four up."


I did that once .... his reaction time wasn't so quick , well except when he reached for the sex lights on top his car.... yeah you know the ones ... red & blue ...when ya see 'em behind ya , you know you R screwed !!!
My only answer to "what the "&)_(&*" I thought I was doing" was to tell him a cat ran out in front of me .... You mean you didn't see it ? His boss wasn't too happy when I got done tellin' my story ....dang jerk followed me up my exhaust system for 2 mile before the cat incident !!
 
Hello,

Let the obnoxios drivers go about there buisness. After cursing out punks, fat, old, pregnant, ethnic, etc. I saw an ironic accident: I was going through a construction zone, behind a old(85+) lady in a older buick doing 25 in the 55mph zone. A younger driver (17?) was behind me riding my a$$. About a mile into the construction the kid decided to pass on the shoulder near a exit ramp. The older lady was exiting and the kid never even saw her. He had to be doing at least 80(mom's new trans-am), right into her passanger door. I was pulling my work rig thats 48 feet long,I dont know how I didnt get hit in the crossfire.
Moral of the story: dont sweat the small stuff. The old and slow will eventually colide with the young and stupid, and no one will be the winner.

JA in SD
 
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The old and slow will eventually colide with the young and stupid, and no one will be the winner.
JA in SD



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Try being the passenger when the driver is driving like that. The last one, pulled out to pass and didn't even try to get back into the driving lane for at least 45 miles (it was heavy traffic in the driving lane; he averaged 87 mph on that trip with a full van [12 people]). Needless to say there have been complaints about his driving. Another spent so much time on his cell phone that he didn't always shift properly and transmission would pop out of gear; I refused to get in a truck with him driving if he had that cell phone with him after that (job wasn't worth dieing for).
 
when I had a bike I met a guy that had a bike the same caliber as mine. He seemed like a cool bike friend and we did good racing around till we came up on a car. An elderly couple driving and he pops a wheeley and sets his front wheel down on the trunk of the car at 40 mph.
IIIIIIIIII took a left turn and never saw him again!
Joe
 
Bonus is right! We should pretend like those people don't exist...IT'S JUST DANG HARD SOMETIMES!!

DT-no problem! We're more patient with y'all Okies than you think. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif I'll be happy to help you out with your DFW directions when you need 'em! Never know, I might get a hankerin' to do some fishin' or huntin' up your way sometime...
 
Only problem now is that in the DFW area, there's a good chance you will get shot if you tangle with another driver.

More than a few have been shot to death over nothing but a few words or "signs".

It's slowly sinking in to me, just ignore them. It's not worth getting shot over.
 
I all ways hate going into the city for that reason.
Many people from a certain geographical location between Europe and the east coast of China cannot drive for s**t.
Either they drive at 1 mph, swerving everywhere, or, in the case of those originating in a large sand box, they race off in some hotted up WRX that daddy bought for them, sounding like they have lost their muffler on an old stump in the paddock...
yelling at them releives tension, but could invite the lebs to come and fire bomb your place- thank god i live atleast two hours away
 
I am sitting here wearing a neck brace, healing from a spinal fusion that was done last Thursday. I have been rear-ended 5 times. Twice by Semis, before truckers complain: the first time I was stopped on the shoulder of I-5, 8 feet outside the fog line, Amber rotobeam flashing. My 69 GMC went 80 feet thru the air then rolled. 2. two lane highway, I stop behind cars waiting to turn left. log truck hits me, I hit 5 cars. Hurt bad both times.
3 other times with family in car.
MY point: If I had not thought things like: "It would be his fault. or I have a right to be here or I am going the speed limit heck with them" or etc... maybe none of them would have happened.

When you are in the hospital looking at your 10 and 12 year olds, your wife is on another floor, you wont care "whos fault it was."

My advice: Let them pass, pull over stop if you have to, DO NOT, flip them off, flash your lights, nail your brakes. When you do that you are making a bad situation even more dangerous. Go in to high alert, SAVE your family.
Get a license number!

If you can, safely, have an non driver call 911, follow them, giving directions to the dispatch, until the police show up, testify against them.
My opine and exp.
Carl
 
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I call the young guys on sport bikes with more horsepower than brains "future organ donors." /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-006.gif I've been riding bikes for almost 30 years and know the secret to staying alive on two wheels is knowing your limitations and the limitations of your machine. Get on the road with other drivers, act stupid, and anything can happen.

When I was a teenager, I was coming home one night very late (after midnight) and this car comes up behind me with all four candles burning and starts to tailgate me. I slowed down hoping they would pass to no avail. After about five or six miles I rolled down my window, stuck out my entire arm, and gave him a signal of my displeasure. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif The cars lights dimmed and he backed off. When I turned in my parents drive and the car went by, well, it was the county sheriff. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

A guy I work with told me just two weeks ago a guy pulled out in front of him so close he would have hit him, but the guy pulled off the road really quick. The this guy gets back on the road, tailgating, weaving, etc. obviously drunk or high. After a couple of miles the guy pulls out and passes my buddy and another car, giving them the finger and all. Not more than five miles up the road their new friend was in the ditch upside down. When I asked him if he stopped to help his reply was, "There was already one person stopped and I didn't really care."
 
I agree with most of what's been said. As I get older I realize that I don't want my wife and children growing old without me. It can be real hard, though, to maintain my temper when ignorant people irritate me. Reminds me of the time my father was being tailgated by a County Sheriff through a 45 zone. This particular stretch of road served as a speed trap frequently, so my Dad was driving 45 anyway. After about a mile of seeing nothing but windshield in his rear view mirror my Dad rolls down his driver's side window and violently motions his left hand towards the right side shoulder of the road. He and the cop both pull over immediately. The officer runs to Dad's car and asks how he can be of assistance. Dad replies "write me a ticket or get off my bumper". Cop replies that he is truly sorry, he was deep in thought and meant no harm! Todd
 
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