The funniest part was that afterwards, my girlfriend turns to me and says in all seriousness: "You see?! I told you, women suck at driving!"
I've done that before, I see a long line of cars leading to ramp on a freeway, I just pass up all the cars while still driving beside the lane leading to the ramp and pick a slow moving large vehicle to step in front of at the front of the line. In your instance last night, if I saw that car in my rearview with enough time, I would have just slid over my car enough to the closed lane so that she couldn't get through, then just laugh and smile at her in the rearview.
My worst, which isn't very bad at all: I was at a red light on Westheimer and the very instant it turns green, the guy in the pickup truck behind me lays on his horn. I was actually already moving, having anticipated the light. Nothing pisses me off more while driving than someone honking at me at a light. So, I did what I usually do in these situations and slowed down. The guy in the truck is really pissed now and just keeps laying on the horn as much as he can, but I'm crawling along at 15 miles an hour, giving him the finger through the back window. It was thick traffic, so he couldn't easily change lanes. Ultimately, he found a hole and switched lanes. At that point, I gun it and race out to 60 pretty quick, way ahead of the rest of the pack. He switches back to my lane and chases me. When I get to the next red, I manage to squeeze in with other cars so there's a couple between us. He's trying to cuss me from afar. The light turns green and we both race out again. I turn and he follows. But then I get to my office and pull into the parking lot. He stops on the street, thinks better of it, and drives off. I remember another time when I had to enter the freeway in thick but moving traffic and get over a bunch of lanes in a short span. I saw a car coming up that I decided to cut off -- not maliciously, but just because I needed to to get on the right ramp. So, I cut in front of that car and then got over to the next lane (and out of their way) as quickly as I could. I look over to wave apologies, and see the driver. It is a middle-aged woman, dressed very nicely with a silk shirt, suit jacket, pearls, hair done up, maybe she was a VP somewhere. And, her face is twisted into this ugly mask of hatred as she's cussing me out from behind the glass. It was a startling contrast to see a woman dressed so classy act so vulgar.
replying to an older post, but.. fade, if you weren't driving with your flashers on.. that's your fault. Driving 10 under the limit on a 2 lane is annoying as hell. All you need to do is turn the flashers on to say "hey i'm going slow, and i have a problem that's forcing it" (whether that's being lost, car problems, tire problems, whatever.. you could be getting a bj, i don't care. Just tell everyone there's a reason and you're not just stupid)
This is my favorite move of all time. Though I've had people drive on shoulders and do everything in their power to still get around me... Though it's sort of my objective - to force the issue - if you're going to be an *******, do it balls to the walls. Don't try to be an ass and then quit halfway through - that makes me mad; but if you're a complete and utter *******, those people make me laugh at their ridiculousness.
Its a funny thing; I'm rageless on the motorcycle, but can get a bit ragey in a car. I think it has something to do with me never being in a hurry on the bike.
Thank you! I hate when people do that, it's just willfully making that lane worse for everyone behind you. I'm late for work before I'll do that one.
Well i was driving my girlfriend home at the time, and we were running late. I knew we didn't have enough time to have sex, so i turn her and say "you wanna", and she says "yes, of course".... ... oh, you said road rage, I thought you said road head.
you were brave enough to throw a bottle of water at his car, accept his challenge to "throw down", but chickened out when you knew he was serious. weak.
LOL... not all of us are shaped like Bolo, macalu Driving westbound on I-10. RM95, others... ya'll are familiar with this. Past the exit to 610 on I-10, there's an exit to Silber. Right after, and just before merging to the entering traffic from 610 West, two lanes merge on the right side of I-10 under 610. Many people try to skip the entire left line of patient peeps and get to the merged lane as far as they can go. When I am on that merging lane, I stop at the place where the slowest car on the left side of me is, and keep watching for people trying to skip over me and all those people who have patiently been waiting on the left lane. If I see some douche driver like v3.0 waiting for a "slow car" ahead of me, I move my car slightly to the right, and block off this a-hole. They (usually a SHE) get pissed and start screaming. I look at the people who still wait on the left lane and let them go through, while the douche behind me has to wait... and they laugh at the douchebag while giving me OK's with their gestures. This gives me both a sense of helping people while having a slight sense of power. I slowly follow the person on the left side at the same speed, and because they see I waited like I should, they gladly let me enter on the left after there is no more space to go on my merged lane. I stay on BOTH LANES while the douchebag can't do a thing and has to wait until someone lets them in to the left lane. I should also note that I keep saying "wait your effin' turn like everyone else" to this driver with hand gestures and do NOT make eye contact. I try not to, at least. They keep getting pissed. I love it. I don't mind sacrificing a few seconds off my day to teach a douchebag a lesson. traffic going ^ | o | o | x | | o | o | m | | o | o | d | | o | o | o | o - regular cars m - me d - douchebag driver x - no more lane
When I was in high school and driving to school, I'd always get in horrific traffic on I-45. It was so bad, we'd have a few jerks who'd get on the right shoulder and speed on down ahead of of everyone. I was often driving a big van at the time (my Porsche was "in the shop"), and I'd watch my side-view for cheaters and come out to the shoulder to force them back in. (In retrospect, there could have been people in a legitimate hurry, trying to get to the hospital before the baby popped out in the backset, or whatever.) One day, I saw the city had erected a big temporary sign on the shoulder right past the crest of an overpass. It was made out of a lot of 2x4s and 4x4s. A couple of days later, I saw it all splintered up from getting hit by a car. That made me feel pretty good.
The worst thing about idiot drivers is that they are often ignorant to any wrongs they have done. They'll cut you off, pull out in front of you out or turn in a 4-way stop, make an illegal left, or any number of other things and then they'll get made at you for calling them out on it.
I don't try this move every time. Just when there is backed up lane with a long line to a ramp heading to another freeway and I'm in a lane that's still going highway speed. Unless you want to cause an accident, I don't suggest sticking out your car. Besides, since I'm still going at highway speed, you don't know I'm trying to cut in until you see me cut in front of a large semi who takes longer to accelerate from stopping and going at the front of the line, and you're left gnashing your teeth 5 or 6 cars back. I got it down to a science. Case in point, 610 south eastbound to the 45 south ramp. Don't worry, I give a perfunctory wave of my hand to the person behind me when I complete this move.
There was a nice road rage incident on the Fort Worth Loop 820 the other night. I will tell you about it. I guess some lady was in the fast lane or something at around 11 pm. I'm not clear on whether she was driving slow in the fast lane...but turns out this couple is tailgating her to the point that you can't see the tailgating car's headlights. The guy driver, with his b**** in the passenger seat, were riding her ass bigtime. So, the lady tapped her breaks. Well, this sent the dumbass tailgater into a rage. He pulls up next to her after she got over and his b**** throws something at her car. She pulls over to check the damage after the tailgater supposedly drove off. But, he pulled over up the road and reversed back to her. Both he and his b**** got out and pulled the lady out of her car beating on her. Little did they know that she got their license plate (duh!). The guy stole her cell phone so she couldn't call anyone to report it. But, she reported it soon after and he was arrested. Road rager got busted! Idiot! I also was witness to one of the worst road rage incidents I've ever seen in rush hour traffic. Basically, two cars slamming on their breaks and tailgating each other. They would keep pulling in front of each other and slamming on their brakes. It all started with one guy tailgating another driver in rush hour traffic. What's the point of tailgating someone in rush hour traffic? The car in front of this guy tapped their brakes...and this started the fiasco where they each would drive around each other, get in front of each other, and slam on their brakes. Finally, the guy who was tailgating and started it all tried to pull in front of the other car one last time. He got slammed sideways by the other rage driver, was being basically pushed along the freeway sideways at 60 mph, and spun out off the freeway into a grassy area (lucky b*stard). His car was pretty messed up. It was really crazy but it was funny at the same time. Hell if I was stopping to be a witness. Moral to story...be careful about tapping on your brakes when someone is tailgating you. For some reason, tailgaters think they are always right to tailgate someone and, if you brake, they lose their cool and want payback...even though their the ones riding your ass in the first place. It makes little sense to me. I made a quick lane change the other day from middle to fast lane...just to get around the slower middle traffic. Before I knew it, some idiot was crusing up my ass in the fast lane at 90 mph flashing his lights at me. I got over and gave him the bird. Boy, that made me mad! I can see why people kill people over road rage. I wanted to kill him. He was acting like he owned the road or something. He was nowhere near me when I made my move into the fast lane. He was clearly being a d*ck. If I were to carry a gun in my car, then I would probably end up shooting some a-hole. You don't need steroids to rage.
