Dealing with road rage?

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Vic

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Jun 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: Vic
To the OP: while I don't condone such actions, if you don't like being tailgated or road raged on then quit blocking the passing lane. You were the one who thought he owned the road by being a rolling roadblock. You're not the police. You don't enforce the speed limits. If someone wants to pass you, let them by.

Wow, you really didn't read the thread or check out the awesome MSPaint diagram, did ya?

When the guy passed you, you said he was hanging halfway out his window. Unless he's stretch armstrong, that would be his driver's side window, meaning you were to the left, meaning you were in the left lane while he was passing you in the right.

If someone is passing you on the right, you're in the wrong lane.

Edit: Generally, that is. Unless traffic is heavy enough to fill both lanes.

Not why I told him he didn't read the thread. Someone was coming up behind me in the right lane, people in front of me in the right lane were at a standstill, I changed lanes. This all happened within seconds of getting on the road. He passed me in the middle of a fit of road rage, after his horn and highbeams got a 5 minute work out.

Perhaps you should work on your writing skills then? Or can you explain how his horn and highbeams got a 5 minute work out within seconds? What I read is that if he was honking and flashing you for 5 minutes, then you had 5 minutes to get over but wouldn't. No wonder he got pissed! The leading cause of road rage IMO is some innattentive passive aggressive ass, and you seem to fit that bill perfectly.
 

mrSHEiK124

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Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: Vic
To the OP: while I don't condone such actions, if you don't like being tailgated or road raged on then quit blocking the passing lane. You were the one who thought he owned the road by being a rolling roadblock. You're not the police. You don't enforce the speed limits. If someone wants to pass you, let them by.

Wow, you really didn't read the thread or check out the awesome MSPaint diagram, did ya?

When the guy passed you, you said he was hanging halfway out his window. Unless he's stretch armstrong, that would be his driver's side window, meaning you were to the left, meaning you were in the left lane while he was passing you in the right.

If someone is passing you on the right, you're in the wrong lane.

Edit: Generally, that is. Unless traffic is heavy enough to fill both lanes.

Not why I told him he didn't read the thread. Someone was coming up behind me in the right lane, people in front of me in the right lane were at a standstill, I changed lanes. This all happened within seconds of getting on the road. He passed me in the middle of a fit of road rage, after his horn and highbeams got a 5 minute work out.

Perhaps you should work on your writing skills then? Or can you explain how his horn and highbeams got a 5 minute work out within seconds? What I read is that if he was honking and flashing you for 5 minutes, then you had 5 minutes to get over but wouldn't. No wonder he got pissed! The leading cause of road rage IMO is some innattentive passive aggressive ass, and you seem to fit that bill perfectly.

It seems 99% of the ATOT population speaks "Cliffs" and no other fscking language!

a1. I get into right lane after exiting convenience store.
a2. I change lanes into the left.
a3. I gun it up to 55-60 MPH (45 MPH road).
This all takes place over the course of 10-15 seconds.

b1. Douche honks.
b2. Douche highbeams.
b3. Douche honks.
b4. See where this is going?
This happens for a couple of minutes; I'm already going fast enough for the passing lane, and I'm doing just that, PASSING PEOPLE. Again, he's pissed off because he managed to drive fast enough to get me to NOT notice him until I'm safe and happy in the left lane (compared to the Altima sandwich being in the right lane would've made me) and already going fast enough to please everyone else. I'm starting to think he wasn't paying attention at all (evidenced by the fact that he COMPLETELY took his eyes off the road and proceeded to flip the bird and just be, stupid; in retrospect, it would've been AWESOME to watch him rear end someone) and got pissed off that I was now in front of him.

c1. Douche pulls up next to me.
c2. Douche brings one limb out the car.
c3. Out comes the other hand.
c4. Douche proceeds to flail like a moron.
c5. Douche motions for me to pull over.
c6. Douche slowly starts to creep into my lane.
c7. I gun it, again. This time, he doesn't catch up.
c8. We get to a traffic light, I turn right and speed off before he realizes what hit him. Carbon monoxide, that's what :p
The excellent conclusion.
 

Vic

Elite Member
Jun 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: Vic
To the OP: while I don't condone such actions, if you don't like being tailgated or road raged on then quit blocking the passing lane. You were the one who thought he owned the road by being a rolling roadblock. You're not the police. You don't enforce the speed limits. If someone wants to pass you, let them by.

Wow, you really didn't read the thread or check out the awesome MSPaint diagram, did ya?

When the guy passed you, you said he was hanging halfway out his window. Unless he's stretch armstrong, that would be his driver's side window, meaning you were to the left, meaning you were in the left lane while he was passing you in the right.

If someone is passing you on the right, you're in the wrong lane.

Edit: Generally, that is. Unless traffic is heavy enough to fill both lanes.

Not why I told him he didn't read the thread. Someone was coming up behind me in the right lane, people in front of me in the right lane were at a standstill, I changed lanes. This all happened within seconds of getting on the road. He passed me in the middle of a fit of road rage, after his horn and highbeams got a 5 minute work out.

Perhaps you should work on your writing skills then? Or can you explain how his horn and highbeams got a 5 minute work out within seconds? What I read is that if he was honking and flashing you for 5 minutes, then you had 5 minutes to get over but wouldn't. No wonder he got pissed! The leading cause of road rage IMO is some innattentive passive aggressive ass, and you seem to fit that bill perfectly.

It seems 99% of the ATOT population speaks "Cliffs" and no other fscking language!

a1. I get into right lane after exiting convenience store.
a2. I change lanes into the left.
a3. I gun it up to 55-60 MPH (45 MPH road).
This all takes place over the course of 10-15 seconds.

b1. Douche honks.
b2. Douche highbeams.
b3. Douche honks.
b4. See where this is going?
This happens for a couple of minutes; I'm already going fast enough for the passing lane, and I'm doing just that, PASSING PEOPLE. Again, he's pissed off because he managed to drive fast enough to get me to NOT notice him until I'm safe and happy in the left lane (compared to the Altima sandwich being in the right lane would've made me) and already going fast enough to please everyone else. I'm starting to think he wasn't paying attention at all (evidenced by the fact that he COMPLETELY took his eyes off the road and proceeded to flip the bird and just be, stupid; in retrospect, it would've been AWESOME to watch him rear end someone) and got pissed off that I was now in front of him.

c1. Douche pulls up next to me.
c2. Douche brings one limb out the car.
c3. Out comes the other hand.
c4. Douche proceeds to flail like a moron.
c5. Douche motions for me to pull over.
c6. Douche slowly starts to creep into my lane.
c7. I gun it, again. This time, he doesn't catch up.
c8. We get to a traffic light, I turn right and speed off before he realizes what hit him. Carbon monoxide, that's what :p
The excellent conclusion.

Wow. I think you should do us all a favor and stay off the roads...