Society On Our Roads

[dan_the_man]

enough with the talk about how you'd injure someone with your makeshift weapon.

[mickey]

tut tut...anyway I have had clients who have been charged with such dangerous offences for throwing bottles out the window general road rage which turn into assaults. Bottom line is, get as much detail you can about the person, car, incident and report it.

Sure, the police might not do anything but in my experience they sometimes do and it's better than nothing. Otherwise you'll need to see me for your road rage

[bubba]

Here's a good one, a mate of mine was on the receiving end of some road rage through the tunnel. They both got off at East Pde and when they pulled up at the lights my mate got out of his car and, without saying a word, reached in the guys windows, ripped the keys out of the ignition and pegged them down onto the train tracks, got back in his car and drove off. Never heard anything about it

[peterw]

We've got a fair few twats on the road down here in Victoria too. I usually get a pack of idiots in a commo yelling shit, or tailgating but haven't got anything thrown at me.

Saw someone throw a cheeseburger at another car at traffic lights once though - the windscreen wipers didn't help much at all.

[Passive]

Here's a good one, a mate of mine was on the receiving end of some road rage through the tunnel. They both got off at East Pde and when they pulled up at the lights my mate got out of his car and, without saying a word, reached in the guys windows, ripped the keys out of the ignition and pegged them down onto the train tracks, got back in his car and drove off. Never heard anything about it

Thats hilarious but pretty bold and cocky and a little stupid.

[08yannch]

i was on my way back home from toodyay and there was a bmw and then 2 road trains in front of me and we were going about 10km under so when there is the over taking lane i go in to it to over take and the bmw in front goes to do the same thing and that is cool and then just as i pass the last road train the bmw slams on the brakes for know no reason and i had to slams on the brakes coz im not cutting in front of the road train and then be4 i know it the bmw is back in front of the road train and the over taking lane just ended and the is another big truck coming the other way and lucky for me one of the road trains saw the hole thing happening and let me in but it was real tight.

hay come on ppl back of the young ppl im 18 and know heaps of other "young" ppl that dont do stupid things. granted that some of u have had problems with young ppl we are not all d**k heads (referring to first page)

"peterw > Saw someone throw a cheeseburger at another car at traffic lights once though - the windscreen wipers didn't help much at all." lol that reminds me about what happened to a guy i went to school with somebody shat on his windscreen when he was at a party. lol the wipers didn't work very good also

Edited June 25, 2009 by 08yannch

[Benzino33]

"peterw > Saw someone throw a cheeseburger at another car at traffic lights once though - the windscreen wipers didn't help much at all." lol that reminds me about what happened to a guy i went to school with somebody shat on his windscreen when he was at a party. lol the wipers didn't work very good also

That is farrked..wat kinda party was that?

[That_timothy]

Firstly, a guy my friend works with (already beginning with a most reliable and close source of knowledge, yes) sold his S13 to buy an old-school BMW. Pulled up at some lights, and the guys in a massive truck pulled up and asked if he'd got a light. He said he hadn't, because (as far as I know) his car doesn't actually have that capability. So, sitting in a convertible's a pretty vulnerable place to be, and this truck full of builder-types start abusing him and chasing him; by the time he'd gotten away he'd run 6-7 red lights and hit 160ks.

I've never really had any trouble like this to be honest, but what I can say is this; dickhead drivers annoy me to NO end, and when I see people doing this, quite often I just drop it behind them, chuck on the high beams, and chill out. I genuinely like being albe to see stuff, so I'm not fussed, and practically NOBODY has headlights as bright as me is seems.

That said, the constant calls for burnouts I get are insatiable, and just downright annoying. JUST BECAUSE YOU RIDE A PUSHBIKE IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I HAVE TO MAKE UP FOR IT BY DOING THE SKIDS YOU'RE INCAPABLE OF FOR YOU!

[Hank Scorpio]

You can only get away with a baseball bat if it's in the boot AND you have other baseball equipment to back it up.

I have a trusty 4 D-cell maglite

Well one night I did!

Was coming back from my mates place one night (was on my P's) in my Lexus (not even a hoon/import car!) and this Commodore thinks he was all that. Kept speeding up, tailgating me all that sh*t. Had my mate in the passenger seat with me. I just want them to leave so I go the speed limit, obey the road rules and decide to go into a residential area (I figure whos stupid enough to keep doing that shit around houses). They still follow and as I go to turn right the try and overtake me/hit my car/swerve me. So I say to my mate thats it! (After I gave him my phone and told him to call the police, yeah they were being really useful, he was on the phone for minutes.

Well the day before I had played baseball and remembered my bag was still in the boot. So I pulled over and they slowed down. I got out and then went to my open boot. They got the f*ck out of there before they even saw what I got out!

I guess some people can't live with the fact that other peoples stuff is cooler/nicer then theirs.

[Benzino33]

What the f**k dude, control yourself, pull your head in & don't mention that shit on here again.

He's right guys,lets pull our heads in. We need to stop saying stuff like that on this forum.. next thing you know, a current affair will have some incident involving a skyline driver and weapons linked back to this thread and further drumming in the "dangerous hoon" image middle aged Australia has of import drivers.

See, even if something happens and its not your fault, the media will try to turn it agaisnt you because they may see you as a hoon and thats coz of the cars we drive. so, as many guys have said here, if somthing happens to you, try to get as many details as possible and report it, dont get out of your car if ur harrassed and leave the scene fast

[Hanaldo]

A couple of months ago, before i got my Skyline, was in my Vectra, i was driving home from my gf's at about 10:30-11pm, something like that. Anyway im driving down this street, and i see a bunch of people standing by the side of the road infront of a house, so i just thought "ok, someones having a party". So i slowed down a bit, and as i get closer, a couple of people start crossing the road, so i slowed down more. Then this one guy starts walking towards me, looking like he is about to try and tackle the car. He was clearly smashed, and looked like he was about to pass out right infront of me, so i moved onto the other side of the road, and went past him. As i start to speed up again, i hear yelling and then two glass bottles hit my boot. I was so tempted to stop, i was so angry, but i thought i better not because it was a whole party vs me, i wasnt liking my odds. When i got home i checked, and i have two big dents in my boot from that f**ker.

What the hell makes people throw things at cars? It like they are trying to show how tough they are. Im more than happy for you to stand in front of my car and discover which one weighs more, you or the car; but im telling you now, its not an argument youre likely to win

[R32 Driver]

Dont really bother with random drivers anymore but i reliase half the time u start yelling back they gtfo (i think rage is transmittable)

what are the penalties for road rage?

[bubba]

Road rage is a hoon lawable offence.

[Dos]

Cant believe none of you used the 'Grand Torino' approach:

If they dont speed off

1 Slow down

2 Wind down your window while your next to there car driving or at the traffic lights (my favourite)

3 Extend your hand out while you glare at them in the eye with a mad dog look

4 Give em the old Handgun action at each there heads.

5 then if Im in a really pissed of mood i tailgate them as if im following them home

Normally scares the shit out of them

But tailgater get is worst neutral dump floor it, ive never see a car spit so much shit out the exhaust in my life, i guess thats why im get 260 to a tank.....

haha there cars covered in black shit haha

Edited June 26, 2009 by Dos

[Niksmo]

But tailgater get is worst neutral dump floor it, ive never see a car spit so much shit out the exhaust in my life, i guess thats why im get 260 to a tank.....

haha there cars covered in black shit haha

lol i did that at a set of lights, AND IT WORKS!! the guy stayed about 50 meters away after that

[bubba]

Bee*R rev limiter would be good for that..

[ecentrix]

Just ring up the hoon hotline and give them a record..

[bubba]

I've reported people for road rage in the hopes they would lose their car, police have never rung back

[ecentrix]

I work in security at a shopping center and if ever we someone hoon they get a record on police file when we report it.

[bubba]

I work in security at a shopping center and if ever we someone hoon they get a record on police file when we report it.

Can you describe what you would call "hooning"? what about your colleagues?

Just trying to gauge how subjective it all is