Road Rage

[Golich]

A little experience I had last week you might like to read. - Any good revenge ideas welcome.

I was involved in a serious case of road rage last week in my 2week owned RS4 not sure if this influenced the other drivers behaviour.

I usually don't do the accelerate-brake-accelerate-brake nose to tail burning the clutch thing that 98% of the traffic do. I don't get flustered and try to overtake/cut in cos there is generally so much traffic no matter what you do you just won't get there any quicker. The real solution is to get up half an hour earlier and come in then. Anyway, where practical I usually knock the car out of gear and where I can free-wheel or wait until there is a good three car gap between me and car in front and time it when the car in front pulls forward, Then I'll engage 1st and creep along. In doing this we (everyone behind me) all move along at a snails pace not having to keep braking and accelerating and thus minimising the wear on very expensive clutches twice a day every day and you feel like your actually going somewhere. Anyways, I'm going along at a snails pace and the guy behind me decides to pull out and overtake me to take up the three car gap.

So the tosser has pulled out and overtaken me giving me the dickhead sign. I respond with a flash of my lights a smile and give him the wanker sign and think, yeah you've really benefited in time and stress in getting to your work ya w#nk."

He continues to do this whole dickhead thing staring at me in his mirror. I let it go for a while cos we're still not going anywhere in a hurry. After a minute or so of this fecking dick head signs I leans forward in the car to make sure he can see me mouth wa#ker accompanied with the obligatory sign.

Well, he responded by getting out of his car and attempted to spit on the bonnet of my RS4. The wind was so strong he ended up spitting mostly on his own car (Vectra)- Stupid f#ck But that was it. Red rag to a bull. I flipped, got out of the car straight up to the guy nose to nose "You filthily f#cking scum bag what is your f#cking problem?"

He replies, "what is your problem - your in a queue holding us all up."

Me, "Yeah you fu#king idiot you've really gained in the queue haven't you? Your one car in front of where you were before all this and we've still got all the time in the world to get out and argue. F#ecking dickhead."

He replies, "right lets go round the corner and sort this out - away from prying eyes."

Me: Surprised and delighted, "Abso-f#cking-lutely"

So we both get back in our cars, and start to make our way up the street. I'm thinking this guy meant turn into the first left off the main road. He moves over to the right hand lane and continues on up the street. By this point I'm really wound up for a full on scrap and it appears he's giving me the run around. At this point I should tell you a little info about myself I'm a 1st Dan black belt trained under some of the UKs best for the best part of 10 years(not that that is gauranteed to make you a decent street fighter!) But I've retired from 5 years on the Scottish and British freestyle circuit to take up two years of Thia boxing full contact stuff but as 10.5 stone, 5 ft 10inch baldy heeded bloke I suppose I'm not much to look if you wanted me to be on your side but I've held my own with guys twice my weight! Anyway enough bragging. So figuring he's at it. I gets out at the next traffic lights and walks up to his car door and opens it. "Hey tosser I thought we were going round the corner?"

"Follow me round" he replied.

So I gets back in my car and begin to follow him. It doesn't take me very long to realise the pri#k has bottled it and has no intension of stopping. Now I'm really fecked off. I'm so fired up I really want to teach this pri#k a lesson. So I decides there's no way he's going to out run me in a Vectra....I've got full tank of petrol with no real rush to get to work I'm going to follow him for as long as it takes. So off we go driving round Aberdeen for at least 20 mins. we're going surprisingly slowly (30mph) and then he starts to get real desperate, he's pulling out in front of people at junctions and roundabouts we even went round one large roundabout three times in one go!! Then in a total act of desperation he crosses a central reservation and pulls out in front of another car to make his escape.

I'm fecked if I I was going to damage my new car and let him go, confident in the knowledge that I had his number plate and one way or another I'd get him. However, I was kicking myself that I didn't take the time to look for the company name on the security pass he had around his neck because when I went back to his car at the traffic lights he'd removed it. - Determined to teach this <beep> a lesson I took a spin round the street the confrontation first started but I didn't find him.

So I figure this street is his usual route to work and he'd be there the following morning approx the same time. So I waited for him in the BP petrol station and sure enough he went bombing past, weaving in and out of the two lanes. But by the time I got out after him he was well down the drive and I was caught up in the traffic lights so I missed where he went.

So I've decided no pri#k is going to spit at me then challenge me to a fight only to give me the run around - I'm going to teach this <beep> a lesson.

I've calmed down (a bit!) from turning up at his house and kicking the crap out of him if my mate ever finds out his name and address from the car reg. If I don't establish his name and address I'm going to wander down to the street to see where this <beep> heads in the morning. (I have a suspicion he is parking in the underground car park. Once I find his work which shouldn't be too difficult I'm going to let all his tyres down and leave him wee note saying next time I'll extract teeth from his head once I follow him home and kick ten shades of sh#t out of him when he least expects it.

"Don't get mad, get even" - I believe they say - Fu#k it part of me wishes I'd nailed the manky <beep> there and then!!!

Of course common sence is telling me to calm down a forget all about this tosser, but it's not easy. [img]images/graemlins/newsaw.gif[/img]

[JamesB]

So do I take it you were a little upset? [img]images/graemlins/grrr.gif[/img]

IMHO life is too short to worry about some pr*ck who is clearly a worse fighter (by the sound of things [img]images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]) and a worse driver in a MUCH worse car.

I too try to leave a gap in queues for the sake of both myself and other drivers and it constantly amazes me how upset some people get about a few feet of road.

[wazza]

One, two, three..... release, two, three.
:biggrouphug: [img]images/graemlins/pftroest.gif[/img]
There. That's better [img]images/graemlins/sloppy.gif[/img]

[jeffw]

1...What you where doing would have annoyed me if I'd been behind you...
2...He ain't worth it and you both need to 'grow up'
3...Life's too short for this nonsense, get over it and move on... [img]images/graemlins/gotmesome.gif[/img]
4...He could cause more damage to your RS4 than you can to his Company Vectra.

[johneroberts]

Quality [img]images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
superb
jr

[Thorney]

I hope to God I never meet either of you in traffic [img]images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[PhilT]

I hope to God I never meet either of you in traffic [img]images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

Couldn't agree more.... Once got forced into the hard shoulder by a Range Rover, who then proceeded to come at me with a baseball bat. Promptly left the scene and called the plod.

[martian]

I hope to God I never meet either of you in traffic [img]images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

Once got forced into the hard shoulder by a Range Rover, who then proceeded to come at me with a baseball bat.

Probably Kenneth Noye... now that WOULD have put an end to your trackdays [img]images/graemlins/033102bad_1_prv.gif[/img]

[JamesB]

I hope to God I never meet either of you in traffic [img]images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

Couldn't agree more.... Once got forced into the hard shoulder by a Range Rover, who then proceeded to come at me with a baseball bat. Promptly left the scene and called the plod.

Powerful mental image, a Range Rover carrying a baseball bat. [img]images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Was it a Rage Rover, in fact?

[Brooner]

[img]images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] Yes i would have reacted the same way probably wouldnt have managed to stop the red mist faling [img]images/graemlins/FIREdevil.gif[/img] at the first confromntation,having done judo since i was 12 you tend to react first and think later. but i think the guy been punished enough by haveing to drive in public in a vectra remember deep clensing breaths and find a happy place [img]images/graemlins/033102bigblink_1_prv.gif[/img]

[Riz_RS4]

Oh dear.... scary stuff people.
Ive not had anything like this happen but im sure buying a *bling bling* R32 wont help..... i will have to buy the GAP insurance for peace of mind. (See new post)

Riz [img]images/graemlins/s3addict.gif[/img]

[DuncS3]

I would leave it mate - dont need to be finding out his address and stuff. Sure he was a prick to start with but he may have a family and/or kids - best leave it as is - it sounds like you scared him now!

Dunc

[Ruical]

having done judo since i was 12 you tend to react first and think later.

Golich, I thought one of the teachings of the martial art's was to practise 'calmness and restraint'? [img]images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

However, if that fails and he is still the aggressor, then you kick the [email]cr@p[/email] out of him [img]images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Andy

[DavidT]

Golich,

The incident was with someone you have never met insulting you because he did not like your driving. You then (ultimately) responded in kind so in my view you are both as bad as each other to that point.

What followed did not end the way you expected i.e. a fight so you now feel there is unfinished business. Only you can decide if this is the case but however tough you are, a group of his friends, knives or even guns do not need to be in expert hands to be devastatingly effective do they ?

And what was the original disagreement ? - three car lengths and his view of your driving abilities I think.

Is it worth it ?

[Ruical]

but however tough you are, a group of his friends, knives or even guns do not need to be in expert hands to be devastatingly effective do they ?

Is it worth it ?

Too true David, although he 'bottled it' doesn't means his friends wouldn't go a few steps further [img]images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Golich, wouldn't want to see your [img]images/graemlins/greyrs4.gif[/img] getting damaged over this minor incident [img]images/graemlins/033102bad_1_prv.gif[/img]

Andy