Road RageLast week I had to stop a guy attacking another one in the middle of the road - one had run the lights whilst on the phone and the other had objected. I actually had to take the attacker's car keys out of their car and tell him he wasn't getting them back till he calmed down.
Looking back on it, I was lucky I was feeling all parental and in control or the situation could have panned out very differently.
Have you lost it on the roads, or have you been on the recieving end of some nutter?
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chthonic, Thu 12 Oct 2006, 21:31)
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I am a meek and mild road userWhen I was a young recently fledged driver, I always drove without due care and attention and was involved in a fair few crashes, some my fault, others not. I used to get bad road rage, but I packed it all in when I met a work colleagues brother. He was 6'6'' and built like the proverbial brick khasi. He was also a bouncer, a breed of people not noted for their peaceful zen-like qualities. I found out that he kept a kosh made of 6 HP2 batteries, bound together with insulating tape, under his drivers seat. He told me that he regularly "twatted cunts" who he perceived to have caused him trouble on the road. I suddenly thought that it would be better if I didn't give a reason for this ape (or any other for that matter) to give me a clobbering.
Another reason I calmed down was because of an incident driving to work one day. I got cut up on a roundabout by a builders lorry. I blasted my horn at him, but I got a reply of "Fuck off you fat cunt". I could think of no witty retort, and in fact spent the rest of the day in a sulk. (Mainly because I am fat)
Nowadays, I ride motorcycles, pushbikes and drive a car, and I have been in many near misses with each. Mostly due to others being severely un-roadwise. Chavved up Nova's are no match for a 900cc Sportsbike, and I'm not about to race anyone on my pushbike or the family bus (people carrier).
Chill out guys, you only get to die once..
(, Tue 17 Oct 2006, 14:59, Reply)
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