Road Rage!

[Simmo1985]

^^ That's a pretty good idea haha.

[Stinky Rooster]

+1 for being the bigger man.

The roads really need more people to do that.

*edit. No sarcasm intended here.

[sh@un]

it's prolly illegal to change lanes mid-turn, too

[GTR32GUS]

its a security apartments, maybe i should just leave a note on his car...?

somebody left a note on my car once i was so pissed that they couldn`t knock on the door and discuss the problem , i think leaving a note is a what a coward would do , knock on his door ask what is his problem is. My guess is that he is gutless F*ck who uses there car as a weapon

[Simmo1985]

edit.

Edited September 10, 2007 by Simmo1985

[silver gts-t]

it's prolly illegal to change lanes mid-turn, too

lol i was thinking the same thing..

regardless just ignore him and hope he'll cool off.

Unfortunately "calm words" arnt a cure for stupidity. He scratches 1 of your panels u scratch 5 of his.

[frozenwaffles]

just to clarify...there was one right turn lane at the intersection and as you turn you can turn into either of the two lanes on the new road. either way you are not allowed to overtake on the lefthand side of someone...

either way i'm just gonna let it slide... tahnk you all for your ideas and advice... good to see what others think...

[Freddy Kruger]

2nd reporting him to the EPA... he'll have fun clearing it since 1 phonecall can bloody get you one...

[Tangles]

Ive never flipped the bird on the road, never shaken my fist, never yelled obcenities. Yelled (at myself) for getting behind a slow furker but thats as far as my road rage goes after 13+yrs of driving.

What you should do is knock on his door, say you are his neighbour with the white van, explain that you were obviously pulling to the left for him to go around, but he never realized this, and apologize for the finger. Then ask about the mods to his car, how it goes and all that, and let him know about your beast of a 'Line. Plus definately mention to him tha slamming on the brakes was a particularly dangerous thing for him to do.......... extend hand for a handshake, then move on.

[R31 Gagz]

there was one right turn lane at the intersection and as you turn you can turn into either of the two lanes on the new road

Your actually supposed to keep to the inside lane as the other one is for the people coming the other way turning left and you only move over when its safe to do so...I do it most of the time in just trying to keep good driving habits for that time your not concentrating and there IS a car there....but in your situation it was obviously clear and safe to move over straight away and yes your not supposed to overtake on the left....he's just an impatient prick who thinks everyone should get out of his way which isn't the way to make friends on the road

Hope it all works out for the better and no keyed guards.

Cheers!

Gagz

Edited September 11, 2007 by R31 Gagz

[B. J.]

Well, where do I start... I'll share my experience I had last Thursday.

I was headed to soccer-training, and after filling up I pulled onto one of the more main roads in town (Orange, isnt THAT big, but its a well used road) and proceeded to be slowed to 30kph by a new, dark blue lancer. The lights ahead (200m) are green, and I'm thinking 'shit i could over-take and get those' but i was smart, thinking 'no if i do that I'll surly be spotted by the local cop.'

I sit approx 1/2 a car length (R31 car length at that) behind the Lancer, not wanting to get too close, but kinda close enough to say 'you're going too slow' we stop at the lights to turn right. The road, very similar to what the first story involves, turns into a dual lane. I figure that he'll limp off the lights and I can go my merry way around him.

Lights go green, the lancer guns it off the lights, thinking 'good, he's worken up' I follow at normal distance, Mid way thru the corner he slams on his brakes and sits in the middle of the lanes so I cant over-take. By this stage I'm thinkin 'dubyah tee eff mate' and when he moves over enough I go around, (only to have the next set of lights turn red) So I slow down, (slower than usual) and tap the brakes right at the line to stop a bit hard (prolly not the best move, but hey).

As I move off, he hangs back and then comes screaming up the outside lane, I dont want to have a bar of this (you never know what an idiot in a car will do once they're infront of you) so I planted the old RB30 as well. 2 lanes merged into 1 and he had to squeeze around the inside of a car to stay behind - going over the speed limit i will admit.

Now i've realised 'our' speed, I slow down with the Lancer still on my date, I can see him flashing his high beams, swerving left & right, with his indicator on, obviously wanting me to pull over so he can have a go, the other thing I noticed in my mirror was that he had a disabled sticker on his lower RHS of the windscreen... (yeah thats how close he was)... he feigns pulling over, and then comes again with the high beams and the rest... after which he stops on the side of the road & I keep on going.

it was freaky shit, bit hard to tell in type, but it give you a good idea I hope. I feel like I didnt over-react, although I probably could have done less (like letting him overtake, but then you run the risk of goodness knows what... at least I had the situation under my control. I did nothing to provoke this bloke I'm not an aggro driver, I get pissed off at people who do the wrong thing, and I'm not afraid to use my horn when people do stupid things (like cutting lanes mid round-about while you're on the inside) but I never provoke. This crazy shit was out of the blue.... Scared the shit out of me!

Edited September 11, 2007 by B. J.

[adam-__-]

If you're not going to do anything now, don't do anything at all. It's been a while now and he probably already forgot all about what happened.

[Simmo1985]

@BJ: that's pretty crazy man. That's the only problem with road rage, you don't know how crazy the other person is and how far they're willing to take it. Sorta scary really.. There are some absolute hot headed maniacs out there that will pull out a club lock and smash the crap out of you and your car without thinking twice.

[m3gtr]

yeah, hot headed, "disabled" maniacs to boot...

[dnbutts]

hahaha same thing happened to me yesterday!

some moron in some BM was in a line of traffic infront of me, light goes green and hes going through his glove box, not moving. I beeped and he slamms reverse in and stopps inches away from my car. then takes off in a hurry giving me the finger n all sorts of nonsence.

wtfs his problem? got beeped by some young punk in a skyline? who knows?

[Simmo1985]

Should have got his rego and reported him. Usually don't think of that sorta stuff until after it's all happened though, easy to get distracted in the heat of the moment when the adrenaline is running.

[Kinks]

The finger is just a reflex reaction. It's hard to not flip the bird at a wanker when they're being their wanker'ish selves.

Yep.. but like daveo says 99% of the time it only makes things worse. Probably because if you're struggling to rub 2 brain cells together you drive like a f**ktard and you're also too stupid to understand why people get upset with you, so you assume the problem is with them.

Leave it be. He was the one who got pissed and was driving like a twit, you were trying to do the right thing so don't lose sleep over it!

[B. J.]

Should have got his rego and reported him. Usually don't think of that sorta stuff until after it's all happened though, easy to get distracted in the heat of the moment when the adrenaline is running.

Yeah, I was behind them, but at that stage 30kph was nothing to report a driver about (although i recon he'd been down to the local for a few - hence why so slow, then so aggro) by the time he started acting like a tool I decided to be infront, and he sat that close on my date that I couldn't see his numberplate!

[dilmah]

actually, to clarify, the road rules actually say that you can overtake in the left lane, but only if the following are true:

1. Speed limit is 80km/h or less

2. There is no "keep left unless overtaking" sign

3. There are lane markings

4. It is safe to do so.

On roads with speed limits above 80km/h it is implicit that you keep left unless overtaking

On roads with no lane markings, you must overtake on the right

Regardless, when turning right at an intersection you should always turn into the right-hand most lane unless the road markings indicate different

I'm not commenting on what happened, just stating the facts as I read them in the vicroads handbook so we can all be better informed drivers.

end of lesson

[R33GOD]

just let it be this time. If he's ever a smartass next time punch him in the mouth