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mrSHEiK124

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Tick
The only proper response is a thermonuclear warhead of at least 1 Gigaton rating.

Overkill, but I think I'll start looking for those at the local army surplus store.

Originally posted by: Tobolo
DUDE No redneck drives an accord. I do not appreciate that comment.

:laugh: I am certain the circumstances were dire.
 

I Saw OJ

Diamond Member
Dec 13, 2004
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It situations like that I'm glad my car can out brake, out accelerate, and out maneuver 95% of cars on the road.
 

Linflas

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Originally posted by: M2008S
well, if this were to happen to me.. i would laugh... then let him get behind me again. SLAM my brakes, let him hit me. if he tries to run--get tag hes nailed for hit and run. if he hits you, bam hes nailed for battery. many many things could turn out of this.. maybe a demolition durby!!

i have bad road rage and im only 16... 45 mph road doing 35 is highly unacceptable and deserves a pass right? RIGHT. i procede to pass. douce speeds up but i get around him with oncomming traffic close to smacking me. he turns on his brights.

in this situation i slam my brakes, he slams his. he doesnt hit me. i put it in park and get out. "whats the problem?"

answer?-- on the cell phone. didnt say a work. just talking to whoever on the cell phone. yeah. *beats*

And for the responsible 16 year old drivers here is why so many states are putting increased restrictions on your privilege to drive.
 

BigJ

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Originally posted by: M2008S
well, if this were to happen to me.. i would laugh... then let him get behind me again. SLAM my brakes, let him hit me. if he tries to run--get tag hes nailed for hit and run. if he hits you, bam hes nailed for battery. many many things could turn out of this.. maybe a demolition durby!!

i have bad road rage and im only 16... 45 mph road doing 35 is highly unacceptable and deserves a pass right? RIGHT. i procede to pass. douce speeds up but i get around him with oncomming traffic close to smacking me. he turns on his brights.

in this situation i slam my brakes, he slams his. he doesnt hit me. i put it in park and get out. "whats the problem?"

answer?-- on the cell phone. didnt say a work. just talking to whoever on the cell phone. yeah. *beats*

You're lucky the guy didn't put your ass in the hospital.

Grow up and learn how to drive. And yes, part of learning how to drive is the proper way to control and handle road rage.
 

MrChad

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Originally posted by: M2008S
well, if this were to happen to me.. i would laugh... then let him get behind me again. SLAM my brakes, let him hit me. if he tries to run--get tag hes nailed for hit and run. if he hits you, bam hes nailed for battery. many many things could turn out of this.. maybe a demolition durby!!

i have bad road rage and im only 16... 45 mph road doing 35 is highly unacceptable and deserves a pass right? RIGHT. i procede to pass. douce speeds up but i get around him with oncomming traffic close to smacking me. he turns on his brights.

in this situation i slam my brakes, he slams his. he doesnt hit me. i put it in park and get out. "whats the problem?"

answer?-- on the cell phone. didnt say a work. just talking to whoever on the cell phone. yeah. *beats*

Next time throw a brick at his truck.
 

dabuddha

Lifer
Apr 10, 2000
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Originally posted by: M2008S
well, if this were to happen to me.. i would laugh... then let him get behind me again. SLAM my brakes, let him hit me. if he tries to run--get tag hes nailed for hit and run. if he hits you, bam hes nailed for battery. many many things could turn out of this.. maybe a demolition durby!!

i have bad road rage and im only 16... 45 mph road doing 35 is highly unacceptable and deserves a pass right? RIGHT. i procede to pass. douce speeds up but i get around him with oncomming traffic close to smacking me. he turns on his brights.

in this situation i slam my brakes, he slams his. he doesnt hit me. i put it in park and get out. "whats the problem?"

answer?-- on the cell phone. didnt say a work. just talking to whoever on the cell phone. yeah. *beats*

Wow real bright :roll:
You need to have your license revoked.
 

Aikouka

Lifer
Nov 27, 2001
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Originally posted by: M2008S
answer?-- on the cell phone. didnt say a work. just talking to whoever on the cell phone. yeah. *beats*

Yes, but do you know who he was on the phone with? You might know them as the po-po, the pigs or simply the cops and you sitting there still gave him the perfect opportunity to give them your license plate :laugh:.
 
Jan 31, 2002
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Originally posted by: Aikouka
Originally posted by: M2008S
answer?-- on the cell phone. didnt say a work. just talking to whoever on the cell phone. yeah. *beats*

Yes, but do you know who he was on the phone with? You might know them as the po-po, the pigs, bacon, 5-0, uniforms, SS, Da Po-Leese, Old Bill, Riff Raff, Bear, Bizzies, Blue Meanies, Bluebottles, Bobbies, Boys in Blue, City's Finest, Flatfoot, Fuzz, Heat, Smokeys, or simply the cops and you sitting there still gave him the perfect opportunity to give them your license plate :laugh:.

Edited for hilarity. :p :D

Also, please veer off an embankment in something inexpensive ASAP before you kill someone important.

- M4H
 

Aikouka

Lifer
Nov 27, 2001
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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: Aikouka
Originally posted by: M2008S
answer?-- on the cell phone. didnt say a work. just talking to whoever on the cell phone. yeah. *beats*

Yes, but do you know who he was on the phone with? You might know them as the po-po, the pigs, bacon, 5-0, uniforms, SS, Da Po-Leese, Old Bill, Riff Raff, Bear, Bizzies, Blue Meanies, Bluebottles, Bobbies, Boys in Blue, City's Finest, Flatfoot, Fuzz, Heat, Smokeys, or simply the cops and you sitting there still gave him the perfect opportunity to give them your license plate :laugh:.

Edited for hilarity. :p :D

Also, please veer off an embankment in something inexpensive ASAP before you kill someone important.

- M4H

Gives me the sudden urge to want to drive a Trans-Am...
 

jhayx7

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Oct 1, 2005
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Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
After classes I left for a bookstore because the campus bookstore was packed, and on the way I encountered the weirdest fricken asshole driver ever.

I stopped at 7-11 on the way to grab a drink, and I wanted to get back on the road. See the MSPaint diagram for details, but the 7-11 is on a 3-way intersection, and apparently some fvcker in a beater Accord that couldn't be worth more than $1000 thinks he is above all and owns the road, doing at least 70 on a 40 MPH road. This was all after turning on the intersection and nearly riding right into my ass after I got back on the road (no, I did not cut him off).

Anyways, he honks and high beams for a little while then he pulls up next to me and literally gets half of his body out the window to flip me the bird. After asking me to pull over to no avail, either he just wasn't paying enough attention or he was willing to trash his car at the expense of mine, but he started to veer towards my car; at which point I just gunned it and left him and his XXXXXL tshirt in the dust.

WTF should you do when met with dumbass drivers that take everything on the road personally and are willing to not only fvck your car up, but possibly hurt or kill someone in the process?


Next time pull over on the side of the road. When he jumps out of his car, throw it in reverse and run over him.

Gene pool - 1
Rednecks - 0
 

sixone

Lifer
May 3, 2004
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First, you let them get in front of you, so that you can better see what dumbass thing they're gonna do next.

Then you call 911 from your cell phone, and report them and their tag number.
 

JulesMaximus

No Lifer
Jul 3, 2003
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Originally posted by: Tobolo
DUDE No redneck drives an accord. I do not appreciate that comment.

It was probably his Mom's car and he was pissed off because his chevy truck was in the shop again.
 

mrSHEiK124

Lifer
Mar 6, 2004
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Originally posted by: jhayx7
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
After classes I left for a bookstore because the campus bookstore was packed, and on the way I encountered the weirdest fricken asshole driver ever.

I stopped at 7-11 on the way to grab a drink, and I wanted to get back on the road. See the MSPaint diagram for details, but the 7-11 is on a 3-way intersection, and apparently some fvcker in a beater Accord that couldn't be worth more than $1000 thinks he is above all and owns the road, doing at least 70 on a 40 MPH road. This was all after turning on the intersection and nearly riding right into my ass after I got back on the road (no, I did not cut him off).

Anyways, he honks and high beams for a little while then he pulls up next to me and literally gets half of his body out the window to flip me the bird. After asking me to pull over to no avail, either he just wasn't paying enough attention or he was willing to trash his car at the expense of mine, but he started to veer towards my car; at which point I just gunned it and left him and his XXXXXL tshirt in the dust.

WTF should you do when met with dumbass drivers that take everything on the road personally and are willing to not only fvck your car up, but possibly hurt or kill someone in the process?


Next time pull over on the side of the road. When he jumps out of his car, throw it in reverse and run over him.

Gene pool - 1
Rednecks - 0

Isn't using your vehicle as a weapon a felony?
 
Jan 31, 2002
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Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: jhayx7
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
After classes I left for a bookstore because the campus bookstore was packed, and on the way I encountered the weirdest fricken asshole driver ever.

I stopped at 7-11 on the way to grab a drink, and I wanted to get back on the road. See the MSPaint diagram for details, but the 7-11 is on a 3-way intersection, and apparently some fvcker in a beater Accord that couldn't be worth more than $1000 thinks he is above all and owns the road, doing at least 70 on a 40 MPH road. This was all after turning on the intersection and nearly riding right into my ass after I got back on the road (no, I did not cut him off).

Anyways, he honks and high beams for a little while then he pulls up next to me and literally gets half of his body out the window to flip me the bird. After asking me to pull over to no avail, either he just wasn't paying enough attention or he was willing to trash his car at the expense of mine, but he started to veer towards my car; at which point I just gunned it and left him and his XXXXXL tshirt in the dust.

WTF should you do when met with dumbass drivers that take everything on the road personally and are willing to not only fvck your car up, but possibly hurt or kill someone in the process?


Next time pull over on the side of the road. When he jumps out of his car, throw it in reverse and run over him.

Gene pool - 1
Rednecks - 0

Isn't using your vehicle as a weapon a felony?

Check the batteries in your sarcasm detector. :p

- M4H
 

mrSHEiK124

Lifer
Mar 6, 2004
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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: jhayx7
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
After classes I left for a bookstore because the campus bookstore was packed, and on the way I encountered the weirdest fricken asshole driver ever.

I stopped at 7-11 on the way to grab a drink, and I wanted to get back on the road. See the MSPaint diagram for details, but the 7-11 is on a 3-way intersection, and apparently some fvcker in a beater Accord that couldn't be worth more than $1000 thinks he is above all and owns the road, doing at least 70 on a 40 MPH road. This was all after turning on the intersection and nearly riding right into my ass after I got back on the road (no, I did not cut him off).

Anyways, he honks and high beams for a little while then he pulls up next to me and literally gets half of his body out the window to flip me the bird. After asking me to pull over to no avail, either he just wasn't paying enough attention or he was willing to trash his car at the expense of mine, but he started to veer towards my car; at which point I just gunned it and left him and his XXXXXL tshirt in the dust.

WTF should you do when met with dumbass drivers that take everything on the road personally and are willing to not only fvck your car up, but possibly hurt or kill someone in the process?


Next time pull over on the side of the road. When he jumps out of his car, throw it in reverse and run over him.

Gene pool - 1
Rednecks - 0

Isn't using your vehicle as a weapon a felony?

Check the batteries in your sarcasm detector. :p

- M4H

Err, uhh, check the batteries in YOOOURS ;)
 

Vic

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Jun 12, 2001
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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.
 

mrSHEiK124

Lifer
Mar 6, 2004
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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?
 

mugs

Lifer
Apr 29, 2003
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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.
 

mrSHEiK124

Lifer
Mar 6, 2004
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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.
 

randay

Lifer
May 30, 2006
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you do what any red blooded/necked nascar fan would do, you get up under his rear bumper and put him into the wall. shake and bake!