Road Rage

[eelgrass]

I've only been involved in one in my life. It ended well but could have turned deadly in a matter of seconds.
I was going home one night after attending a local boxing match where a friend of mine was on the card. I had a few beers.....lol
Two guys behind me didn't like my driving and honked their horn at me. Being of sound mind, I flipped them off.

They pulled up along side of me, rolled the window down and said "Pull over MFer". Being of sound mind, I flipped them off again.

They started following me home! I didn't want my wife involved, so at the next stop light I yelled "Follow me, MFers!"

I picked a road that dead ended down by the bay and drove to the end and stopped. They stopped behind me and sat there for a couple minutes then decided I wasn't worth it and turned around and left. They made the right choice for all of us.

I don't flip people off any more. Just let it go.

Any road rage stories out there?

 

[Stillwater165]

Oh ya lots of stories as I pull a bullrack around the country when I’m not tending to my own cows. Latest was near Topeka Ks on a gravel road. Right away situation , broad daylight , can see for miles. Approaching an intersection which I clearly had the right away I had some sort of stoned and or drunk long haired tattooed idiot try to lodge his pkup into the side of my loaded cow wagon. Then he proceeds to chase me for miles swerving around behind me waving and hollering. Next he rolls up beside me swerved at me screaming and ends up passing me. Next he throws what looked like a pair of pliers at my semi. Next he locks up the brakes , I’m weighing 90,000 full of calves so I barely miss him as I swerve around ! Meanwhile the rancher I was hauling for calls me and I let him know what’s going on , he tells me if this nut job follows me into the ranch drive do what I have to do ! So I pull in and sure enough here he comes but I made it very clear of what was in my hand ..... lucky for him he backed out in a hurry ! The rancher called the local sheriff and they got him a couple hours later. He paid dearly , for whatever he threw at my semi as I have a dash cam. Didn’t ask what all else they nailed him with but he did go to jail that afternoon.

 

[feddoc]

Yup, I was working at the bus station late at night during my college days. One night some guy comes in looking for a package he had shipped in. He was likely drunk and most definitely carrying an open container of bud in his hand. That open container is against federal law (ICC rules). I told him that his package was in, but, he had to take the open container outside before I could give it to him.
He started cursing and threatening me. I told him that IF the cops showed up, he may do federal time due to his violation of Interstate Commerce Commission regulations. More cursing. And threats. He told me he would be back and left, or so I thought. A Pueblo cop showed up just before closing and asked for a package he was waiting for. (no open container, so I gave it to him ). I told him about the guy, gave him a description of him and his vehicle and left.

Here comes the guy about 2 minutes after I left, tailgating, flashing high beams, ....and right behind him was the cop who came to get his package.

 

[RELH]

Stillwater, here in CA. hurling a "missile", which is any object, at a moving vehicle is a felony. I once arrested a local doper for hurling a coffee cup at a vehicle in a road rage incident. Boy! was he p!ssed off when he found out he was getting booked for a felony instead of a misdemeanor.
Eel you bluffed those macho guys big time. They probably thought you might have a gun and was preparing to blow their butts to kingdom come. Might of cured them from future bad behavior.

RELH

 

[desperatehills]

I was on my way home from work when a kid in a honda weaved his way through traffic and got in front of me. I didn't care but at the next red light he got behind a guy in a suburban that wasn't going near fast enough for him. He tail gated him tight and the guy in the suburban started brake checking him. I was kinda enjoying to show. The kid in the honda passed him and made a turn and left the highway. Now the suburban is slowing down so I move over to the left lane to pass him and he guns it. Still not really caring I move back to the right lane and he starts slowing down. Now I realize he is treating me like the kid that was tailgating him. I move left and get passed him. A mile later I need to turn right on my road and I see he is following me. Not wanting to lead him to my house I stop before turning down my road. Well he couldn't get stopped quick enough and he rear ended me. I was half out of the truck when he hit me. When I got to his window he was white as a sheet and completely glossed over. He was in such a fit of rage that he had no idea what he was doing. Rear ending me apparently woke him up. I asked him why he was mad at me, he should be chasing the kid in the honda. He became very apologetic, more concerned that I was ok and my truck wasn't hurt. My trailer hitch did a number on his grill and bumper but my truck was not hurt. He was a little older than me, maybe in his mid fifties. Dragging him out of his truck wasn't going to prove or fix anything. With a open hand I reached through his window and patted him on the chest. I told him there are a lot of crazy people out there and he should be more careful. I got in my truck and drove off, I never saw that guy again. I often think of how that day could have gone a whole lot worse for both of us.

 

[Captain_coues]

I’m pretty chill. I have had my buttons pushed for sure, but you will have to do a lot to push me over the edge. A few times I can think of where the other driver was asking for a fight and I just ignored them and it was over in minutes.

There was a time once when I was young, where I was in a car and we were the ones asking for a fight. It was during my sophomore year in High School. I was with a friend during lunch break, and back then you would go to lunch real quick and then cruise up and down the streets in front of the school until it was time to go to class. We were cruising in his early 80s Escort wagon with a 4 cylinder and the muffler cut off. He was a motor head and had a different vehicle about every month and this pos fell in his lap. We thought it would be cool to drive as slow as possible and piss off the people behind us. We were driving so slowly, it literally was faster to walk. There was a row of about 30 cars behind us and then one from the back lost patience and was passing the whole bunch. My friend saw this and hit the gas. It was like a drag race, him going through the gears, and this woman not backing down. She was finally forced to back off and get behind us, then he went back to a crawl. It was one of those few times in my life where I was laughing so hard, I was crying. If she were to have pulled us out of that car and whipped our ass, we would have stood there and took it. It was that funny.

 

[elkassassin]

Always Some JOKER in their Mama;s Buick thinking they are BAD-ASS!

This Punk-Ass thought He was Bad!

He come Winging in 6" off Your Rear Bumper!

Whip it Out & Pass when it wasn't even Close to being Safe!

I Figured Sooner or Later I'd Get the Chance to Show Him He wasn't as Bad as He Thought He Was!

Took a few Months!

A White Dodge Dually behind Me & The Little Punk-Ass Passes Him on a Double Yellow!

Then He Was Drafting on My Rear Bumper!

I looked down the Road & Couldn't See anybody for as far as I Could see!

He Whipped it Out Hard Left & WOT!

I Was Ready!

He Didn't Inhale until He Hit His Speed Limiter!

You Shouldn't Drive Your Work Truck up around 130 MPH!

Figured I'd Back Off & Let Him Breathe!

This Little BASTARD Was Double Mad!

Pulls up to the Side of Me Swinging His Fist!

Then He gets in Front of Me & Locks His Brakes up trying to get me to Hit Him in the Rear Bumper!

He Done that 25 Times!

Then He gets to the Side of Me (windows Down!) And Yells;I'm Calling the F'N Cops!

I Said:GIT-R-DONE!

Kept His BS up for about another 10 Miles!

I Finally Waved Him Over!

Gave Him a little Twist of the Neck!

He Kept Yelling:

You was F'N With Me!

You Were F'N With Me!

I've Never seen anybody Shaking like this JACK-ASS was!

One Nervous SOB!

He Kept Screaming: I've Got Lots of Friends!

Well,I've got a few too!

Then I Asked Him:

You Calling the Cops?

He Said He was going to!

I Asked Him:

So Who's in More Trouble here,You or Me?

All Because He Got His Ass Spanked by a Truck that Out-weighs His Grocery Getter by more than Double!

 

[Homer]

you guys must live in the ghetto...

 

[elkassassin]

Hey Eel?

You're Telling Me when you Run Amongst the Mormon 500 You Don't even dare take either Hand off the Wheel long enough for a Hand Signal?

I've only been involved in one in my life. It ended well but could have turned deadly in a matter of seconds.
I was going home one night after attending a local boxing match where a friend of mine was on the card. I had a few beers.....lol
Two guys behind me didn't like my driving and honked their horn at me. Being of sound mind, I flipped them off.

They pulled up along side of me, rolled the window down and said "Pull over MFer". Being of sound mind, I flipped them off again.

They started following me home! I didn't want my wife involved, so at the next stop light I yelled "Follow me, MFers!"

I picked a road that dead ended down by the bay and drove to the end and stopped. They stopped behind me and sat there for a couple minutes then decided I wasn't worth it and turned around and left. They made the right choice for all of us.

I don't flip people off any more. Just let it go.

Any road rage stories out there?

 

[eelgrass]

Bob ?

I don't take my hands off the wheel out of fear.?

It was a long time ago and the friend I went to see fight eventually went to the Olympics trials in boxing and he lost to Leon Spinks. That was clear back in 1976. He died a few years later in a motorcycle accident. He lived hard and died young. We worked together in a plywood mill.

 

[feddoc]

Bob ?

I don't take my hands off the wheel out of fear.?

It was a long time ago and the friend I went to see fight eventually went to the Olympics trials in boxing and he lost to Leon Spinks. That was clear back in 1976. He died a few years later in a motorcycle accident. He lived hard and died young. We worked together in a plywood mill.

Oddly enough....if I had won my last fight, I too would have had the honor of Leon Spinks whupping my ass. Lonnnnnnng time ago.

 

[Homer]

won.....

 

[feddoc]

won.....

Yea, I caught that, but cant edit from phone. It takes some finer motor skills than my fat, arthritic fingers possess. I kept getting hit with some cirque de sol.....whatever add.

 

[Ropinfool]

road rage is a daily thing on I-40 with the amount of semi truck traffic. especially going through NM.