Road Rage

[birdy]

I am so sick of people and their immature driving habits and bad tempers. Tonight we were driving in the middle lane of a 4 lane highway, some idiot in a junky piece of crap car with this huge GPS screen in the front, was trying to get into the far left hand lane, we were minding our own business and the guy tries to pull into our lane, he sees us and freaks out pulls up next to my window (my husband was driving) and gives me the bird, then he pulls up and darts right in front of us barely missing our front bumper giving us the bird the whole time What an IDIOT, my husband of course does nothing, he just stayed driving the same speed and never reacted, I tell you what if he had caused and accident with my precious babies in the backseat, I would have knocked him out, watch out, here comes MAMA BEAR!! I just don't understand people, get over it already!

 

[reef_magic]

lol, i know! they just want to get in fornt of u so they will reach the stop light 2 seconds sooner:notsure:
i was stopped in the middle lane at a red light. and this guy in the left turning lane runs right in front of me......and this was when i was still learning to drive with my mom

 

[jkvjl]

did you want your husband to do something?

 

[tony detroit]

Call in their plate to the report litterer's hotline from your phone and another phone 5 minutes after your call, they'll get a nice fine in the mail for littering. Then you get the last laugh.:happy:

 

[lovethesea]

something similar happened to us. But he kept doing it. We backed off, he would get behind us and then pass and cut us off. This happend several times. I called 911 and said there was an erractic driver possible, drunk driver. Gave them description of car and license #. Next thing I knew MO highway patrol was chasing him down.
The ones that are making me nuts now are the ones who are watching a movie from the sun visor of the passenger seat.

 

[hattrick58]

We've been having a rash of road rage incidents lately. I'm talkin' people getting shot. You don't know who you share the road with these days. Alot of psychotic people out there.

 

[sammystingray]

Birdy's husband did the EXACT right thing......nothing.
With kids in the car, that is what a real MAN does. If there are no kids......who knows.

Never risk harm to your children because of your ego when you can walk away. I would think it is a blow to the ego, but seriously, that's what a real man would do.
A man that is weak and insecure might feel a need to "prove" something, and endanger his family, but this type of guy lowers himself and puts his family in harms way......not good.
Pick your fights wisely.

 

[birdy]

Sammy is right, my husband was totally right in not doing anything, he says it pisses them off more that he doesn't react at all. I was kinda laughing about it at the time because the kid was acting like such an idiot over nothing, but later I started getting mad because he endangered my kids.

 

[purity]

getting your license in anything simply means that you got lucky in memorizing enough useless facts & statistics.....none of which will pertain to the actual outcome of the performance WHILE doing the tasks that you're being licensed for.
that's why you'll always have morons on the road, shady business professionals, and appraisers who have about as much common sense as gomer pile, etc.

 

[flydan]

Hey,
I drive 500 per week on the interstate and I've seen everything, and I mean everything. wink wink, nudge nudge. I used to get really PO'd at the folks driving like frustrated NASCAR wanna be's. Now I just ignor them and my blood pressure is much lower. It doesn't pay to stoop to their level.
Dan'l

 

[daniel411]

Originally posted by sammystingray
Birdy's husband did the EXACT right thing......nothing.
With kids in the car, that is what a real MAN does. If there are no kids......who knows.....
:yes: I'm glad you and your family were alright.

 

[blackomne]

getting your license in anything simply means that you got lucky in memorizing enough useless facts & statistics.....none of which will pertain to the actual outcome of the performance WHILE doing the tasks that you're being licensed for.
Nor does the system retest these morons for their reckless driving. I have seen elderly whose vision is poor, reaction time horrid, and health pushing the edge; test and pass allowing them to keep driving.

 

[purity]

plus the whole common sense thing is kinda pushed to the side too...

 

[737mech]

Sounds like my daily drive home on 35E from Dallas to Denton!

 

[tony detroit]

Sammy-good call

 

[moraymike]

With kids in the car, that is what a real MAN does. If there are no kids......who knows.
Sammy, I'm with you.