How do you handle road rage? do you start it?

Question

Driving can get annoying. And those a hole drivers who race around you speeding only to a red light ahead...
It is hard not to give in and flip the bird while peeling out.

Answer 1

Myself and Hoppy, above, are both professional drivers, it woud appear.
And i bet the majority of the country would be surprised at the stupidity and downright danger that wxists on our roads.
Yes, i too get 'royally' angry at some drivers' absolute disregard for other road users.
I'll be driving my lorry on the inside lane of a motorway, passing idiots that are cruising ta around 50mph in the middle lane. I give them the 'hand' gesture, and make damn sure they can see what i am doing, whilst blaring my airhorn.
I can't pass on the outside lane, because i am restricted to by law.
The dnager with these d1ckheads, is that they will not only kill or injure themselves, but they will take innocents along with them. I'm quite happy not to shed a tear for a bad drivers death on the road. In actual fact, i do a little dance when a muppet is killed on the roads.
Example, ....coming down the M6 one night, in the lashing rain, a car, a BMW, whizzed past in the outside lane, no doubt this guy would have said 'the fast lane'. With no lights on (in itself, crackers!), ithought the usual, 'What a d1ckhead'.
Further down the road, under the M62 flyover, there he was, stood by the side of the road, next to his now upside down BMW.
I wasso happy...!!! Not only because he's effed up his car, but that he had failed to take an innocent with him..!! Truly made my day.
But road-rage did get the better of me one day.
I was in Newark, patiently waiting at the lights. This idiot was coming up the inside of me, half-on, half-off the pavement. Ignoring pedestrians, he kept coming and bent my near-side mirror in, which meant i then had to climb out of the cab, before the lights changed to realign it.
I was furious, i climbed out of my cab and gave him the biggest load of 'F's' i could shout. Ionly just stopped short of dragging this muppet from his cab because of others that were around. Not that anyone would have said anything, because i am sure they would have done the same in my position. They also had seen what he had done.
I try to keep a little calmer these days.
But some road users need to be taken off the road and shot by the roadside, and left there as an example to others.

*That last bit may be an exaggeration*

Answer 2

I usually take a deep breath and know that if I respond back, I am also contributing to road rage....and I hate what it does to my day especially if I'm having a good one. That said, some drivers especially older ones are not even aware they're causing a problem, and if you try to push them to get out of their way, you'll only scare them to death and then watch them drive!!!

Answer 3

Its hard not to get pissed,remember what goes around comes around (karma)
Road rage can get you in trouble,be patient and win in the end.
I had a customer swear we put a scratch in the door of his one day old 350z, we didn't do it,and he was a complete a h---
about it,We had the scratch fixed,when he picked up the car and started to drive out of the dealership he smacked a curb and bent his rt front fender and bumper (bummer) Not ! They will get theres.

Answer 4

Bad drivers piss me off royally. I never start it but I sure would like to finish it. I mainly just sit in my truck and ***** out loud to myself. I hate tailgaters. What is the point? If an animal runs out in front of me I'm hitting the brakes.(luckily it has never happened when someone is riding my butt.) If the person behind me has to pull their face from the windshield it's their problem. Either back off or pass me. It never ceases to amaze me when someone can't do over 45 on the highway-and I can't pass-yet once they hit town they drive well over the limit. I could go on forever but I'll quit now.

Answer 5

It is very anoying and frustrating, however much as I would like to vent my anger...I have learned to live longer, I will control it. Too many road rage shootings and deliberate wrecks on the news.

Answer 6

and who is it that has the road rage here? you are not the decider on how everyone else drives. clean your own house first

Answer 7

I have a black greese squirter under my bumpers, if they tick me off, I just give em a squirt