Road Rage

[Mixolydian]

OP is probably a horrible driver.

 

[IEC]

"at a stop light got out of his vehicle and started yelling at me to get out of mine"

I hope next time he does that and approaches some scared person's driver-side door, he is shot and killed. Some people are a waste of oxygen and a detriment to the human race.

 

[Aikouka]

I think me bad-talking the drivers around here in this thread jinxed me. I had some bastard in a Cadillac brake check me when coming home a few minutes ago. It's not like he's hiding it well when he brakes all of a sudden and then accelerates away! :|

Of course, the only reason I got close to him was because he randomly slowed down to 45 in a 55. If you're used to driving a manual, you know what "engine braking" is, and while I don't drive a manual, I do drive an auto with a CVT. The CVT is fairly similar to a manual in that regard because they both have a physical connection from the wheels to the engine unlike the viscous torque converter found with typical planetary-based automatic transmissions. Well, because of that, I tend to just let the car roll a lot rather than brake. I usually keep my foot hovered over the brake and just watch the gap between the cars to judge whether braking is necessary.

Now, if only the Cadillac would have taken this obvious ( ) reasoning into account! I actually remembered to use the horn this time... and it felt kind of good.

Speaking of the horn... I hate it when people use it on me for an incorrect reason. I was sitting at a red light in an elongated turn lane. This turn lane has three right turns and the first two are marked with a straight+right arrow (on the third you obviously have to turn). Well, I was stopped at the first turn with no signal on, and the guy behind me just starts honking at me. He's obviously telling me to make a right on red. Idiot... do you see my goddamn turn signal on? When the light changed, I went straight as I intended. :|

 

[Schfifty Five]

I think me bad-talking the drivers around here in this thread jinxed me. I had some bastard in a Cadillac brake check me when coming home a few minutes ago. It's not like he's hiding it well when he brakes all of a sudden and then accelerates away! :|

Of course, the only reason I got close to him was because he randomly slowed down to 45 in a 55. If you're used to driving a manual, you know what "engine braking" is, and while I don't drive a manual, I do drive an auto with a CVT. The CVT is fairly similar to a manual in that regard because they both have a physical connection from the wheels to the engine unlike the viscous torque converter found with typical planetary-based automatic transmissions. Well, because of that, I tend to just let the car roll a lot rather than brake. I usually keep my foot hovered over the brake and just watch the gap between the cars to judge whether braking is necessary.

Now, if only the Cadillac would have taken this obvious ( ) reasoning into account! I actually remembered to use the horn this time... and it felt kind of good.

Speaking of the horn... I hate it when people use it on me for an incorrect reason. I was sitting at a red light in an elongated turn lane. This turn lane has three right turns and the first two are marked with a straight+right arrow (on the third you obviously have to turn). Well, I was stopped at the first turn with no signal on, and the guy behind me just starts honking at me. He's obviously telling me to make a right on red. Idiot... do you see my goddamn turn signal on? When the light changed, I went straight as I intended. :|

This doesn't make sense.

If there are 3 right turn lanes and the first two are straight + right arrow, what if you are in the second "straight+right arrow" and go straight with the first "straight+right arrow" turns right. They'd collide.

Maybe I'm not understanding your description.

 

[chin311]

"at a stop light got out of his vehicle and started yelling at me to get out of mine"

I hope next time he does that and approaches some scared person's driver-side door, he is shot and killed. Some people are a waste of oxygen and a detriment to the human race.

Is someone coming up to your window at an intersection grounds to shoot him ded?

 

[SwiftWind]

The thread crapping in this thread is unbelievable. This place is turning into a cesspool...

OP, you did the right thing. As soon as you engage him, you can be found as equally guilty. Besides, he may have been armed or kept a weapon in his car. Next time just call the police when this happens. First and foremost think about staying alive and out of danger.

Something similar happened to me a long time ago. As soon as I got on the phone with the police, the guy drove off. My first goal was to be safe as well.

 

[shortylickens]

The thread crapping in this thread is unbelievable. This place is turning into a cesspool...

You've been here HOW long?

 

[chin311]

Had someone follow me several miles just today after I honked at him for a sudden turn with no signal etc. tried to get out of his car at two different intersections, the last one he gave up after he knocked on my rear window the light changed and I sped off with him standing holding up traffic lol, was kinda creepy tho, didn't feel like some fat guy trying to beat on my car for him driving like a clown. Next time I'll try to avoid the situation entirely and not give encouragement to the loonies.

 

[akahoovy]

You could've beckoned him over to your door and slammed it into him when he got close, and driven around his car with him lying on the pavement.

 

[Aikouka]

This doesn't make sense.

If there are 3 right turn lanes and the first two are straight + right arrow, what if you are in the second "straight+right arrow" and go straight with the first "straight+right arrow" turns right. They'd collide.

Maybe I'm not understanding your description.

I probably didn't explain it well. It's really one long turn right turn lane that has three points where you can turn (including the end). I was at a red light at the first point when the person honked at me. I was going for the third/final turn.

 

[Imp]

Is someone coming up to your window at an intersection grounds to shoot him ded?

No... but some people kill others because they looked at them funny, so...

Worst road rage I've been in was caused by me. Totally shot the gap between a left-lane bandit following way too close to a car in the right lane (2 lane per direction road) doing the same speed. Middleaged overweight white women followed me for a while. Think I learned to let things go no matter what since then.

 

[Baked]

Should've pulled out your AR15, rolled down your window and empty the mag in his face, then spit on his bullet ridden face.

 

[Ichinisan]

Brakes.

 

[deanx0r]

How did he spit on you doing 50mph? That just doesnt compute unless he was far ahead of you.

Something really similar happened to me ages ago when I was trying to overtake someone on the highway with my geo metro... Yes it was a dick move to do with a metro, specially a 3-cylinder, but it was my first car and I didnt know any better than being an asshole on the road.

Anyways, I was trying to overtake on the left lane with an 89 xfi metro when I realized someone I cut off was going balls to the wall. I then made that hand gesture that looks like I am trying to be apologetic, but he kept honking at me and and was yelling incoherent things I could not understand. Eventually that hand gesture became a finger, and it was enough to enrage the driver so he would pull next to me and try to throw a beer bottle at me.

That was at this very moment that I thought everyone should take a course of calculus and physics. Because that very beer bottle flew back to hit a driver who called the cops on that asshole.

So again, how did he spit on you OP?

 

[Tim_Derr]

The thread crapping in this thread is unbelievable. This place is turning into a cesspool...

OP, you did the right thing. As soon as you engage him, you can be found as equally guilty. Besides, he may have been armed or kept a weapon in his car. Next time just call the police when this happens. First and foremost think about staying alive and out of danger.

Something similar happened to me a long time ago. As soon as I got on the phone with the police, the guy drove off. My first goal was to be safe as well.

agree

 

[dank69]

OP is probably a horrible driver.

There is no 'probably' anymore. He can't merge onto a highway with only one other car on it without coming to a complete stop. Fucking awful.

 

[xanis]

Teen driver here.

Get your road rage on

Surprisingly, I would say that most of the bad drivers I see aren't teenagers, but middle-aged men and women.

 

[DrPizza]

How did he spit on you doing 50mph? That just doesnt compute unless he was far ahead of you.

Something really similar happened to me ages ago when I was trying to overtake someone on the highway with my geo metro... Yes it was a dick move to do with a metro, specially a 3-cylinder, but it was my first car and I didnt know any better than being an asshole on the road.

Anyways, I was trying to overtake on the left lane with an 89 xfi metro when I realized someone I cut off was going balls to the wall. I then made that hand gesture that looks like I am trying to be apologetic, but he kept honking at me and and was yelling incoherent things I could not understand. Eventually that hand gesture became a finger, and it was enough to enrage the driver so he would pull next to me and try to throw a beer bottle at me.

That was at this very moment that I thought everyone should take a course of calculus and physics. Because that very beer bottle flew back to hit a driver who called the cops on that asshole.

So again, how did he spit on you OP?

I *teach* calculus and physics. If someone threw a beer bottle at you, while adjacent to you, going about 50 mph, it would NOT fly "back" and hit the car behind you. YOU need to take calculus and physics. I do agree about the spit though - it would be more affected by the drag forces.

edit: wait a second, how the hell do you know that the guy in the car behind you called the cops?

 

[DrPizza]

Eventually that hand gesture became a finger, and it was enough to enrage the driver so he would pull next to me and try to throw a beer bottle at me.

That was at this very moment that I thought everyone should take a course of calculus and physics. Because that very beer bottle flew back to hit a driver who called the cops on that asshole.

So again, how did he spit on you OP?

To make this portion of OT a little bit educational are you saying that this portion of the video of a B52 dropping bombs is fake because the bombs aren't flying "back"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGLgZ8htLI4&t=1m35s

 

[Capt Caveman]

Surprisingly, I would say that most of the bad drivers I see aren't teenagers, but middle-aged men and women.

And statistics would prove you incorrect.

 

[Mixolydian]

Surprisingly, I would say that most of the bad drivers I see aren't teenagers, but middle-aged men and women.

I agree. From my experience, teens are actually some of the better drivers on the road.

 

[deanx0r]

I *teach* calculus and physics. If someone threw a beer bottle at you, while adjacent to you, going about 50 mph, it would NOT fly "back" and hit the car behind you. YOU need to take calculus and physics. I do agree about the spit though - it would be more affected by the drag forces.

edit: wait a second, how the hell do you know that the guy in the car behind you called the cops?

Jeez, you really are a buzzkill Pizza. If you want to enter a contest measuring drag forces vs momentum of the beer bottle, please, be my guest.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I agree. From my experience, teens are actually some of the better drivers on the road.

Not sure if serious.

http://www.cdc.gov/Motorvehiclesafety/Teen_Drivers/teendrivers_factsheet.html

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens, accounting for more than one in three deaths in this age group.1 In 2009, eight teens ages 16 to 19 died every day from motor vehicle injuries. Per mile driven, teen drivers ages 16 to 19 are four times more likely than older drivers to crash.

 

[NoCreativity]

Road Rage is getting worse, much worse.

Just yesterday I pulled out of my driveway. There was a car coming fairly slowly, and there was plenty of space and time to pull out (that's what she said). I live two houses down from a stop sign so traffic has to slow down anyway.

After he gets through the stop sign he races up behind me and tailgates my for a few blocks, mouthing expletives I can see in my rear view mirrror.

I guess he figured I needed to wait an extra ten seconds so he could poke by in complete comfort. lol

I witness these kinds of "rage-lite" things almost daily now.

My guess is that there wasn't as much space as you thought. I would also wager that you drove along at 10 under after the stop sign. I only say this becuase it's almost a certainty that people who rush to pull out of their driveway drive extra slow. If not, the guy was a dick.

One odd thing that I notice here is how people leave excessive amounts of room between the car in front of them when stopped at stop lights. I'm talking enough room to fit at least two of their own vehicles in there. I saw one guy the other day that had a gap of three or more cars in front of him!

I've noticed this too. In fact, these people are coming to a near panic stop only to leave 3-5+ car lengths and then idle up to the person. They also do it during stop and go rush hour traffic.

 

[soulcougher73]

Just carry a gun under your seat and get out of the car next time holding it. Dont point it or anything. He will see it and back down like the wuss he is.