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Ever experienced Road Rage?
Doc
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in 1976 I was driving south on Interstate 99 through Central California. It was very late at night or early morning depending on your point of view (about 3AM). A PU truck came up behind me and tailgated me for 1/2 mile. He finally changed lanes and went around. As he did, I foolishly gave him the one finger salute. (I was 21, what did you expect?)
Well, he cut in front of me and slammed on the brakes. I was barely able to get slowed quickly enough to avoid a collision. He slowed way down with me be hind him. I knew he wanted to stop me. I could either stop or have this clown continue driving at me like a manic. So I pulled over and stopped.
I opened my door and put one foot on the ground, standing with the other foot still in the car. He jumped from the cab of the truck cursing and screaming. He was full in my headlights so I could clearly see the tire tool he was swinging in his right hand. What he couldn't see was the S&W 44 Magnum I held behind my hip. I figured there was 30 feet between us. I said nothing. I just watched him slowly walk towards me screaming and swinging the tire tool back and forth. I decided that at 10 feet I would kill him. That meant he could take 10 steps before I would react.
He stopped after taking 9 steps. He stood there, in the glare of my headlights, cursing at me and calling me bad names for about 20 seconds. I remained silent and just waited. Finally he turned, went back to his truck and drove off never knowing how close he came.
I'm sure some folks would say shooting him would not be justified but if he came within 10 feet of me with that steel club I would definitely have felt my life was in danger.
Well, he cut in front of me and slammed on the brakes. I was barely able to get slowed quickly enough to avoid a collision. He slowed way down with me be hind him. I knew he wanted to stop me. I could either stop or have this clown continue driving at me like a manic. So I pulled over and stopped.
I opened my door and put one foot on the ground, standing with the other foot still in the car. He jumped from the cab of the truck cursing and screaming. He was full in my headlights so I could clearly see the tire tool he was swinging in his right hand. What he couldn't see was the S&W 44 Magnum I held behind my hip. I figured there was 30 feet between us. I said nothing. I just watched him slowly walk towards me screaming and swinging the tire tool back and forth. I decided that at 10 feet I would kill him. That meant he could take 10 steps before I would react.
He stopped after taking 9 steps. He stood there, in the glare of my headlights, cursing at me and calling me bad names for about 20 seconds. I remained silent and just waited. Finally he turned, went back to his truck and drove off never knowing how close he came.
I'm sure some folks would say shooting him would not be justified but if he came within 10 feet of me with that steel club I would definitely have felt my life was in danger.
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When I got next to him finally my Passenger window was down so I pull my 9MM Starter pistol and Unloaded.
I got out of there real quick.
Real Lucky he did not return fire Cause All I had were Blanks.
I predict this will be a very long thread BTW.
Hwy 58 right here in Oregon. Most of it is 2 lane with little passing area. Well there is a 45 MPH Zone and it is well watched by the state police. Those of us from the area Know it so do the speed limit.
I was driving my MGB, the guy behind me was driving a big Dually Pickup and was getting real pissed. So I hit the 55 Mph zone and run about 60 Mph and he keeps pulling up flashing his lights. So I finally just pull over as there is no Passing in the area.
Idiot stopped and jumped out of his truck and so did his two Buddies. Lucky for me the house I stopped in front of was a friends of Mine. He saw what was happening and was headed across the Field with His shotgun in his hands. They decided that is was not going to be a fair fight and left.
There was no way My MGB could have gotten away from them. That night on the way home I bought an Ax handle keep it in the Vehicle I drive just to even the odds.
But if ever it does get to out of hand I do have my CCW.
Have now found it is not worth getting pissed off about. There are just too many Idiots out there.
I'm sure some folks would say shooting him would not be justified but if he came within 10 feet of me with that steel club I would definitely have felt my life was in danger.
Well Doc, some folks would say any shooting is unjustified, regardless of the circumstances. If I believed them I wouldn't have to carry this Smith & Wesson all the time.
Did have one other, but I was not the one who was pissed.
Hwy 58 right here in Oregon. Most of it is 2 lane with little passing area. Well there is a 45 MPH Zone and it is well watched by the state police. Those of us from the area Know it so do the speed limit.
I was driving my MGB, the guy behind me was driving a big Dually Pickup and was getting real pissed. So I hit the 55 Mph zone and run about 60 Mph and he keeps pulling up flashing his lights. So I finally just pull over as there is no Passing in the area.
Idiot stopped and jumped out of his truck and so did his two Buddies. Lucky for me the house I stopped in front of was a friends of Mine. He saw what was happening and was headed across the Field with His shotgun in his hands. They decided that is was not going to be a fair fight and left.
There was no way My MGB could have gotten away from them. That night on the way home I bought an Ax handle keep it in the Vehicle I drive just to even the odds.
But if ever it does get to out of hand I do have my CCW.
Have now found it is not worth getting pissed off about. There are just too many Idiots out there.
Axe handle-worthless. Mattock handle useful.
Like an idiot I turned sideways in the fighting stance I used at tournaments and got ready to backfist 1 and sidekick the other as needed.
They backed away after a few words and got back in their truck.
Thinking back, they woulda probably stomped a mudhole in me, but by gosh I had supreme confidence in my ability. [:D]
Anyway, we were behind a line of cars/semis (at least 5-6 vehicles in front of me) on this 2 lane road, just about 3 miles north of a small town. Some joker (State rep of some sort) in a Jag was behind Tori trying to pass and she wouldn't let him. Finally he got around her only to come face to face with another vehicle in the oncoming lane, just as he reached my rear fender. I nailed the gas to take up the space in front of me and luckily my buddy hit the brakes. The guy just slid right on in, missing my rear tire by an inch.
When we get into town, we are stopped at the only red light. Suddenly I see him jump out of his car and head back towards Tori's car (she's on the phone with the Police). He starts pounding on her window and door telling her to get out of the car. My kickstand goes down, helmet comes off and I'm ready to annihilate this guy. I'm yelling, screaming ready to put my Kershaw through the hood of his Jag. He turns around and makes a B-line for his car. Apparently shortly before then, someone had gotten in a wreck and pelletized glass was all over the ground, he wiped out on it before scrambling back to his car.
I let him pass and the Police told Tori to continue following him. Apparently he raced a Vette shortly down the road. They called her back to make a statement (they had him pulled over) and when she arrived, they proceeded to rip her * about how he could have had a gun and "He had a Jag, he could have made it around everyone". She screams back "I have an F'n Permit, what if I had my gun?"
I swerved back in the right lane and am on the gas to get around this idiot and he is on the gas too. We get to the second car again and he just paces their speed so I can't pass.
This is when I did something real stupid and got close enough to pass him on the left hand shoulder and be done with it.
HWY18 is a 2 lane highway both directions that is divided by a 30' grass median and car width paved shoulders on each side of the highway.
well I was on the gas and going to pass him on the left paved shoulder at about 75mph and along side his car, this fool swerved his car over onto the shoulder trying to take me out, which I thought he was going to succeed in doing, but I rode down into the grass median which is a rought gabage filled wet grass at night in pouring rain and my bike was all over the place with the street tires. I was able to back off and some how make it back onto the pavement without going down. I followed the guy and memorized his license plate for all the good that did me but I was mad enough to have thoughts that wont be posted here.
Thats my last road rage episode. Usually I am a very calm driver/rider.
I accidently pulled out in front of a kid about two years ago. He slammed on the brakes and jumped out of his truck. I opologized to him to no avail. He then pulled a knife and said he was going to kill me and my wife. I think he finally came to his senses when he seen me draw down on him with my 40 S&W. He quitely turned around and got back in his truck and left, but not before I got a plate number. I called the police and told them what happened. Dont know what ever happened to him but never heard back from the police. Definitly scared the poop out of me though. Just the look in this kids eyes. I think he was trying to impress the girl he was with. Wonder how impressed he was when he saw my gun[;)]
Enough....evidently.
I was headed North on Delsea Drive from Millville to Vineland in stop and go traffic. Everybody who lived in Vineland worked in Millville and everybody who lived in Millville worked in Vineland. I heard a hell of a racket. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it scared me. If you've ever had a rock hit your windshield on the highway, that's about what it sounded like, only more so. I don't think I ever heard the shot, and never found the bullet.
I couldn't tell for sure, but I think it came from a billboard about a hundred yards to the left on a side road. There was nothing I could do about it, so I went home and called State Farm. They said I was covered but they wanted a police report number.
Next day I called the police and they said they would send a man out to look at the hole and take a report. When he got there he looked at the hole and got really angry at me. He wanted to know why I waited more than a day to report it. He said "There's nothing we can do about it now".
I waited for him to finish chewing my * and asked him, "What could you have done if I called you yesterday?"
He said "Well, nothing. BUT WE KEEP STATISTICS ON THIS KIND OF THING!" Then he gave me the report number, I got my windshield replaced and State Farm paid the bill.
I finally had enough was running in 3rd at 55 Mph he stomped on the brakes and I grabbed every Bit of throttle I had and just kept going. The front guy did try to catch me, but this Bike was fast and he could not keep up at 145 MPH.
My turn off was not far down the road so I just kept it hammered and made the turn. There was no way they could keep up on my road.
Sure wish the normal state trooper was in the area that night.
But thinking back on it I've hit two deer in that area on a Bike and I was going way slower.
I would like to expierience road rage once though, Should I be a *?
I never fly the bird. I think it's a chicken thing to do, mostly reserved for women and otherwise powerless men. I guess I was feeling powerless at the moment, because it just came out of nowhere. Honk, Honk, Honk, the bird has flown.
I don't care who passes me or where, except gravel roads, hills and double yellow lines, ain't gonna happen.
They usually fall back to the slow PITA speed they're used to driving in the fast lane they own.
Truck drivers who like to pull into your lane when they see you're passing cars, then slow down irk me pretty good.
Try it some time...if'n 'yer man enough!
Joe
The other time in Manchester, CT I must have pissed the guy off. He followed me with wife and two kids, I pulled into a strip mall, he beat my Volks Dasher and its driver window.
quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
Did have one other, but I was not the one who was pissed.
Hwy 58 right here in Oregon. Most of it is 2 lane with little passing area. Well there is a 45 MPH Zone and it is well watched by the state police. Those of us from the area Know it so do the speed limit.
I was driving my MGB, the guy behind me was driving a big Dually Pickup and was getting real pissed. So I hit the 55 Mph zone and run about 60 Mph and he keeps pulling up flashing his lights. So I finally just pull over as there is no Passing in the area.
Idiot stopped and jumped out of his truck and so did his two Buddies. Lucky for me the house I stopped in front of was a friends of Mine. He saw what was happening and was headed across the Field with His shotgun in his hands. They decided that is was not going to be a fair fight and left.
There was no way My MGB could have gotten away from them. That night on the way home I bought an Ax handle keep it in the Vehicle I drive just to even the odds.
But if ever it does get to out of hand I do have my CCW.
Have now found it is not worth getting pissed off about. There are just too many Idiots out there.
Axe handle-worthless. Mattock handle useful.
why?
I have learned as I have grown up to be more patient, and courteous and just let the agitator go past. Sometimes that doesn't work and you have to find other ways to distance yourself, and not let the trouble maker force a bad situation.
There was a loon that was so upset once that he was swerving at the side of my truck, speeding up and cutting in front of me and slamming on his brakes, then when I'd pass he'd tailgate, all at highways speed. At the time I thought it was amusing, because I was in a Dodge 2500 Diesel Quad cab on 35" tires with a 300 lb steel front replacement bumper. Had he actually hit me his lil POS would have bounced off. But when my wife got upset, and I looked at the guy and saw that his wife was screaming at him and the look on his face was pure insanity I decided cooler heads needed to prevail so I took the next exit and let him head on. After that I decided I needed to grow up and stop acting so foolishly. Its always funny until your wife is passed at you! [:D]
In my younger years on was on both ends of the road rage behavior, not to the extreme of some of these stories, but I've tail gated and brake checked a few folks in my day.
I have learned as I have grown up to be more patient, and courteous and just let the agitator go past. Sometimes that doesn't work and you have to find other ways to distance yourself, and not let the trouble maker force a bad situation.
There was a loon that was so upset once that he was swerving at the side of my truck, speeding up and cutting in front of me and slamming on his brakes, then when I'd pass he'd tailgate, all at highways speed. At the time I thought it was amusing, because I was in a Dodge 2500 Diesel Quad cab on 35" tires with a 300 lb steel front replacement bumper. Had he actually hit me his lil POS would have bounced off. But when my wife got upset, and I looked at the guy and saw that his wife was screaming at him and the look on his face was pure insanity I decided cooler heads needed to prevail so I took the next exit and let him head on. After that I decided I needed to grow up and stop acting so foolishly. Its always funny until your wife is passed at you! [:D]
I wrote an anonymous letter to the parents of a local teenybopper who tailgated me on the highway near Lubbock one day. I explain that there are people out there just looking for an easy-to-win lawsuit, and all one of them has to do is slam on the brake when their daughter is tailgating them. It might ruin them financially, and their daughter might get hurt.
As they pass me, all the while yelling 'F'You, 'F'You, 'F'You, I pucker my lips into a big kiss. Drives them crazy!
Try it some time...if'n 'yer man enough!
Joe
I like to shake my head no and lip "no thanks" as they flip me off, as though I'm rejectng their offer for sex. [:D]
I reduce my speed, being as I was there first, I am going 10 over the speed limit and minding my own business. This guy just will not move over. I'm stuck to his bumper like a booger.
Am I doing something wrong here? I mean this guy was going slow enough that I caught him like nothing. Why wouldn't the idiot pull over and allow me to pass?
When I was young, and single, I would have chrome horned him. It is not out of ordinary for me to do this. I sent a camaro to the ditch doing doughnuts one time doing this very same thing.
This goes on for several miles so I decide at this point it's time to get the away from this slow moving DB. I reluctantly pass him on the right, risking an improper passing citation. I gave the guy the finger on my way around, just to make sure he knows that he's #1.
WTH is wrong with people? Why is it these people with pure slime cars suddenly think they are king of the road and it is my job to get out of their way?
There was 2 more lanes and we were the only 2 cars for almost 8 miles. What gives? What has changed in this world to make people want to endanger others in such a manner?
I picked up one of those dash board cams today and installed it. I will be ready next time. If I can record this behavior and take it to the police will that do anything about it?
A couple of days ago I was rounding the George Bush Tollway @ 80 mph. I am in the left lane, cruise control is set, not a car in sight. A few minutes later, I come up on this car with some jacktard doing 73.5 mph in the left lane. Slower traffic is supposed to keep right.
I reduce my speed, being as I was there first, I am going 10 over the speed limit and minding my own business. This guy just will not move over. I'm stuck to his bumper like a booger.
Am I doing something wrong here? I mean this guy was going slow enough that I caught him like nothing. Why wouldn't the idiot pull over and allow me to pass?
When I was young, and single, I would have chrome horned him. It is not out of ordinary for me to do this. I sent a camaro to the ditch doing doughnuts one time doing this very same thing.
This goes on for several miles so I decide at this point it's time to get the away from this slow moving DB. I reluctantly pass him on the right, risking an improper passing citation. I gave the guy the finger on my way around, just to make sure he knows that he's #1.
WTH is wrong with people? Why is it these people with pure slime cars suddenly think they are king of the road and it is my job to get out of their way?
There was 2 more lanes and we were the only 2 cars for almost 8 miles. What gives? What has changed in this world to make people want to endanger others in such a manner?
I picked up one of those dash board cams today and installed it. I will be ready next time. If I can record this behavior and take it to the police will that do anything about it?
HAHAHA, sounds freakishly familiar
People are idiots.
I drive 60,000+ miles per year. Yes, many times. Not me but have seen it many times.
People are idiots.
This whole thread compacted into one short sentence.
My kickstand goes down, helmet comes off and I'm ready to annihilate this guy.
Leave the helmet on!
Watched a guy run out and stop a teenager on a dirt bike, who he thought was going too fast down an alley. Headhunter busted his hands up, before the kid pulled the helmet off and smacked him with it.
[;)]
Allen
I then pulled over into a Parking Lot and waited for Her to come in to try and give Me a hard time,Needless to say She just drove off.
With a large percentage of people their logic/reasoning ability drops by about half when they get behind the wheel of a car.
The best thing I did when this Woman was Tailgating Me and blowing Her Horn at Me was to put Both Feet on the Brake Pedal and pushed Hard,Boy did She ever stop fast.If your blinkers/emergency flashers are red, just hit the 4-ways to flash once.
Gets the message across and is much safer for you - plus a hell of a lot funnier - to see the tailgater slam down on the brakes without you altering your speed a bit. [:D]