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Your driving pet peeves...
pudding:
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I actually got out of my car and took someone to task for it after they barged in front of me......and guess what. Doors were locked. Windows wound up. Wouldn't look at or acknowledge me. Stared straight ahead. Spineless cluckin runt, as well as an arrogant cluckin runt. Would they do that in a Post office queue and risk a beating? On reflection I shouldn't have done that, but it's just the bare faced arrogance of just pushing in with no "thanks" hand gesture, nothing.....grrrrrr. Utter gusset stain.
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Had one like this two days ago. Here we were, a situation where the outside lane closes off - I'm on the inside lane, queuing along with others, when this car comes alongside trying to jump the queue, and had the cheek to blast their horn when I wouldn't let them in. Blasted my horn back and looked in the mirror and surprised to see there's this stupid b1tch in the drivers seat, hand gestures and the like...... Her passenger / boyfriend/ partner/ whatever looking very sheepish though. Such arrogance.
I used to think that women were much better drivers than men, but seems there's now a general 'attitude' generation coming on all about me; me; me....
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You raise a good point there because I'm finding more and more it's the women who are the aggressors these days!! Well, apart from the typical shaven headed, middle aged Essex builder type in a big black X5 who took exception to some assertive driving on my part the other day. 'Assertive' meaning I got into a gap before he did, and it made his penis shrivel up apparently. He threatened to shoot me, and stab me (for good measure), in front of my girlfriend etc blah blah.....all the biggest threats in the world.....and then he drove off after having his near coronary explosion.......but anyway, yeah, women!! Maybe they aren't getting any from their boyfs/husbands? :grin:
And yep, the people like her getting angry because their attempts at queue barging failed is on the rise. Self important arrogant fckwits. Who knows where all this hostile combat driving will end, but I predict road rage is only going to increase the more crowded the roads get.
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I shouldn't laugh. Obviously having a bother-boy threaten you with death isn't a lighthearted matter, but the way you put it really made me chuckle.
Do you write, or have you even written professionally? Serious question. I get the impression you're not shy of that kind of thing.
Anyway, post of the day for me
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:smiley: It was surreal really.....whilst he was yelling out of his window, all I could focus on was the copious amounts of spit flickering out of his mouth like a sparkler, huge pulsing veins in his neck, and his face turning into a football sized beetroot! Threatened to be shot at and/or stabbed (which ever took his fancy from the weapons arsenal in his boot) was secondary on my mind :grin:
With men I find it's 95% intimidation, 5% intention to harm. It's the women who are more likely to dish out a portion of b1tch slaps!
Classic case in point: I remember this chap in a Range Rover chasing me down for no apparent reason on a quiet 50mph limit DC. Aggressive tailgating, hand gestures, all of it. Eventually I was getting too close to home for comfort (I never let road rage stalkers know where I live - I drive them to the police station if it gets bad enough), so against my better judgment, I stopped the car, got out and stood calmly by the door. He screeched to a halt in front and came sprinting over over to me (again, big ol Beetroot head + foaming rabid dog mouth) yelling something about me crossing a white line to over take the dawdler in front of, miles back.
I stood my ground, looked him in the eye and said "Are you serious mate? You broke the speed limit, drove without due care and attention and incited road rage just to tell me about a very minor motoring infraction?". And then all of a sudden, it was like a light switch was pressed and he was a completely different bloke. Friendly, complimentary of what I was wearing and my car (I think he ended up fancying me) and we had a quick chat and went about our ways.
Weird surreal moments eh? A lot of pent up anger out there these days and people just need to vent..... it doesn't always have to end with a stabbing, although that is a real danger and I need to stop getting out of my car!!
Funny you should say that, my Mum keeps mentioning creative writing courses to me, and nope, never done it as a profession. Wouldn't know where to start or if it even interests me tbh. I suppose it must if I spend most of my day on forums :thinking:
Pesky jones:
To be honest, I quite enjoy shouting my head off and going mad in the car when I see someone do something stupid
pudding:
I think most of us do :grin:
Funny thing is, every time we go out and I'm driving, my gf's eyes droop like a sad puppys, followed by "Please can you drive normally! No speeding, no road rage, no bullying, I just want a relaxed journey". Oh the irony and double standards!! When she drives, it's like Apocalypse now. I need to buy her a Range Rover I think, and rearrange the letters to Road Rager or something.
P3T3R:
People who think I'm in the wrong for using a bus lane outside of its operational hours.
My Mrs is terrible for road rage, but she'd never say anything to them although it builds up and then affects her driving for the rest of the journey, she can't let the little things go. I know I drive too fast at times, but in queuing and town environments I'm generally courteous and let people get away with small mistakes we all make them. Plus we forget about our local little quirks or weird road layouts as we are used to them, and a visiting driver may not realise.
Kai96:
I'm pretty relaxed about everything to be honest. As long as I get from A to B safely I dont mind what others
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