Road Rage

[Doggiedog]

After taking in a show last night, I was going home around 11:30 and entering the Lincoln Tunnel in NYC when some jerk in a 2000 MB S500 comes barreling down the breakdown lane and cuts me off. I was forced to move into the lane next to me because the guy won't back off. Once I do that, he does the same thing and cuts me off again, forcing me out of my lane. Finally, right before I enter the tunnel he tries to do the same thing again. This time, I am pissed as hell and wasn't going to take that sh!t anymore and jam my car in 2nd gear and zoom around him. The guy then starts blasting his horn and leaves his high beams on. Once we're in the tunnel going about 50 mph, the guy is on my ass with his high beams on so I open up my sunroof and take a few things like loose change, half drunk soda bottles and garbage and just chuck it out. The guy backs off about 4 car lengths.

What's the matter with these people? I mean why mess with a guy in a POS car when you're driving an S500?

Any other stories?

 

[blurredvision]

Haaaahahhahahah....you did the right thing. I'd done the same thing. I can't stand people who think they own the road, and that they are above the law or something. Nothing gets me more upset than someone cutting me off or anything like that. That's when the finger's fly and a few pop bottles if I have any in the floor board.

 

[StageLeft]

HAHA you threw loose sh*t at him! Word of advice, thats kind of bad and I think a cop would really give you hell for that - although in this case it surely was funny.

I dunno what people's problems are ...I know that when somebody tailgates me I tap the brakes hard and I know that they have that little andrenaline rush a person has just before they get into an accident. Its funny. I tap, then they hit their's hard, but it wasn't needed because I only tapped..sometimes it takes 2-3 of these for them to realize, each of my taps harder and longer than the first. Morons!

 

[Dedpuhl]

People that drive like morons don't make me mad. If someone gets on my tail and there are cars coming in the other direction, I slow down....big time. I was on a 2 lane highway coming home from a long trip and some jerk got on my ass. The speed limit was 55 MPH. I slowed down to 40 MPH for about 2 miles. There was so much traffic coming the other way that he could not pass. I finally got back up to speed and the person stayed several car lengths behind....

 

[Doggiedog]

Hehe. I was in a tunnel so no cops plus the guy couldn't switch lanes.

I tried to be more subtle and tried to aim my mirror at him so it reflect the high beams back to him but it didn't work so I had to be more dramatic.

You have to love sunroofs though!

 

[StageLeft]

Man I should make a website about how to deal with a-holes on the road! I don't get so many in this city but I do get my fair pick of pricks who don't realize that with a 4-way stop you take it in turns! I swear one of these days I'm gonna be in a bad mood and somebody is going to barge and get t-boned by me for not waiting their turn. Grr.

 

[Doggiedog]

I wasn't mad at him the first 2 times he did that. I usually let people in because it just causes more trouble than its worth but each time he kept getting closer to my car and wouldn't back off despite the fact I had right of way. I was probably less than 3 inches from his car going about 20 mph when he tried to jam me the third time. That's when I said I wasn't going to take it anymore.

 

[Cable God]

hahahahahaha, that's why I have a red brick in the back floorboard! hahahahaha

 

[Gorgonzola]

hehe, funny story. just make sure you don't get seen by the cops when your emptying the trash

 

[Darksamie]

I suppose this isn't really road rage, just getting pissed at the guys who were meant to repair my car....

When I put my car in for a 'quick 3 day repair job', it ended up being around 2 weeks. They gave me a piece of crap car to drive around in which was really embarrassing (believe me, it was an absolute heap of junk). So we decided to play around in this car....we ended up taking it on to an old BMX track and doing a few laps, even going airborne on the jumps and everything.....needless to say I had a few calls back form the repairers after I picked up my car, but I ignored them

 

[Perce]

You are lucky he did not pull out a weapon or do some other act to increase the Road Rage "Fire fight" you two had. I'd recommend the next time, do like I do, get away from that idiot as fast as you can! Slow down, take different route, take the first exit, etc..... You never know what will happen in these Road Rage Fire Fights.

 

[Modeps]

"open the glove box, reach inside, gonna wreck that fuc***s ride, cuz ive got a BAD HABIT!! of Blowin away!" -The offspring, bad habit

I hate driving nowadays. Im flying down a 2-lane highway at 80+, this guy jumps up on my ass like im standing still... i slow down and pace the car in the other lane so he cant get by. hehe. then i tap my breaks and he backs way the hell off. Or if its yucky out (like it is nowadays) just allow your left (or right if your in that lane) to drift into the shoulder, theres all sorts of wet sand n crap over there that will spray up on the car behind you.

 

[TheDennis]

I have people riding my tail and stupid stuff like that all the time and I just wanna slow down or whatever it is I have to do, but I never do it because I have seen to much stuff on the news about people getting killed in road rage. About the only thing I will do is speed up when they are trying to pass me just to make it take them longer.