Road Rage!.

Submitted: Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:06
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So your stopped at a intersection, with 1ton or more on the back and patiently waiting for a big enough gap to safely pull out, then get blasted from some@##, from behind!!. What do you do??

Shove it in reverse & give them something to worry about?
Get out &get up them in no uncertain terms?
Arm out thumb up?
Wind windows up &sit there for a extra five minutes

Or go on your normal merry way & ignore, Safer bet these days , but JEEEEZ!! it makes ya mad with some of them!.


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Reply By: Mike Harding - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:10

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:10
Get out... walk back... and, very calmly, say to them "Hello, were you trying to attract my attention?"

Mike Harding
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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:29

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:29
" Hello , were you trying to attract my attention" Sir!! or maybe Madam!! :))))))).
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Reply By: Peter 2 - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:13

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:13
As I drive a school bus during the day I quite often put the handbrake on and wander down the back to see what all the fuss is about, that gets them going!
If I've got a load of little kids I quickly tell them all to wave at the man/lady in the XXXX colour car. Relieves the boredom!
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Follow Up By: AndrewX - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:35

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:35
I hope you don't ever leave the driving area, particularly the handbrake, unattended when you have children aboard Peter 2!
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Follow Up By: Peter 2 - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:59

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:59
No, only do that when I'm by myself, the kids waving really gets them going and is more fun.
Once a couple of yr9 kids decided to give three bike cops the finger, frightened teh bejesus out of them when they waved me down.
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Follow Up By: Marn - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 22:09

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 22:09
would'nt be a member of the pedestrian council or some other wowser group would you Andrewx???
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Reply By: Doggy Tease - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:15

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:15
Hehehehehehe...........
Axle that is sooooo funny i reckon,,,,
We all seem to get people who do that sort of thing now and again,,,,for the most part i just ignore them,,,but if one keeps it up and starts to get on my goat.......lets just say that my reversing beeper is really loud on the truck,,,,and the reverse lights are nice and bright as well......especially as they are on the back of my trailer,,,,,,semi tipper that is.........lol.
For some reason,,,,they go real quiet......:)

meow.

rick.
p.s.
i never take my foot of the brakes,,,,,,it just seems to put the wind up them for some reason that eludes me.....:)
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Follow Up By: AndrewX - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:40

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:40
It puts the wind up them because they're afraid of your typically truck driver bullying mentality Doggy. It is just so obvious that you are tough when you have a truck around you. I guess you sit on the tail of anyone who is not travelling at your speed too.
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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:41

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:41
Bloody truck drivers, :))) don't blame you!, You are a naughty pussy,...lol.

Meow.

Axle.,
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Follow Up By: Doggy Tease - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 22:07

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 22:07
Sheesh,,,,,the down fall of the written word is highlighted yet again. It is damn near impossible to convey a sense of humour or mirth that you think is running through your fingers to the keyboard.
Andrew......mate,,,,,take a chill pill and reread my post with the humour it was intended to convey.
I do actually do what i posted above,,,,but usually at the point where the twit,,,,usually in a fourby, has tapped my underrun bar on the back of the trailer ( yes i am serious), so read the first part of my p.s. mate,,,,,,i never take my foot of the brakes.... L.E.D tail lights are bloody bright, especially when you park on my clacker.
I am VERY concious of what my truck is capable of doing to the multitude of brain dead moronic idiots who drive on our roads, and make VERY sure i do my utmost best to NOT place myself or my family in a position that will end up with me balling my eyes out as you lay dead under my truck,,,,simply because you wanted to beat me to the single lane ahead,,or wanted to get home two seconds earlier, or you wanted to cut straight in front of me or you wanted to turn right from the left lane of a dual carriageway, or turn left from the right hand lane of a dual carriageway,,,or,,,or,,,,the list keeps going.
As for the tailgaiting you mention,,,,try it the other way around mate,,,,i had a tiny little Daewoo right up there today on the freeway,,,all i could see was the drivers side mirror, and i was sitting on the speed limit.
As for the typical truck driver bully,,,,,,,nah mate,,,,,,i'm a big puddy tat, all 135kg, 6'3 of me,,,,just ask my family.....:):):)

meow.

rick.
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Follow Up By: Muzzgit [WA] - Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 01:10

Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 01:10
ER YERS. Andrew, mate, you might have it just a little bit wrong there, buddy.

.... "typically truck driver bullying mentality. It is just so obvious that you are tough when you have a truck"....

Get off the grass mate. There are wankers that are bullies who drive holden barina's and go home and beat their wives and there are wankers who drive trucks and there are wankers who drive taxi's and there are wankers who drive 4WDrives and getting into a slinging match against truckies on here won't help you.
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Reply By: Pajman Pete (SA) - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:34

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:34
Start the tipper!

Worked for me once when I dropped the hydraulic platform at the back of the work van nearly onto the car behind me that was tail gaiting. They got out at the next set of lights to tell me it had come down.

"Has it, thanks for telling me, I must ask the boss (me!) to get that fixed."

Cheers

pete
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Reply By: DIO - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:43

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:43
Do nothing, the 'blast' from behind may not even be directed at you. If you were slow off the mark, day dreaming, on the phone, reading the paper, perving on the bird walking across the road or in the vehicle next to you and so on why would you want to respond. It is not unusual nor is it uncommon to sound the warning device, under such circumstances. Nothing illegal about it. The sounding of a warning device should not be taken as an 'invitation to fight' which is similar to the ringing of a bell often used to indicate 'the start of a fight'. Stay cool, why would you want to get mad. Road rage is for the idiots don't behave like one or become one. They are all born losers.
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Reply By: Hairy - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:47

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 21:47
Gday,
Yeh I know you mean!
I just sit there.....watch them in the mirror and smile (its hard I know).
When you drive off (slowly) let them get up next to you and look back and just shake your head. If your an ugly bastard they usually look the other way and pretend it wasnt them....thats when the fun starts.....try to get their atention to see what their problem was....LOL
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Reply By: Member - stefan P (NSW) - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 22:37

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 22:37
A young pretty lady once was giving me grief (blowing horn, waving arms)cause my patrol was not fast enough for her to travel behind, so at the next lights I explained to her "that I found her very attractive as well but unfortuantly I am married so it will have to remain a fantasy" Her percived anger turned to a broad smile and laughter....maybe next time she won't be so lucky

Cheers Stefan

P.S life is too short to stay mad
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Reply By: Motherhen - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 23:33

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 23:33
If it's a him, blow him a kiss, and in your best effeminate voice call "trying to chat me up Daarrling?". If it's a her, don't use that line!
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Reply By: Muzzgit [WA] - Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 01:19

Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 01:19
I usually ignore them unless I have been daydreaming have let a good chance go, in which I apologise and get on with my day.

Otherwise they don't even get an glance out of me.

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Reply By: Willem - Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 06:55

Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 06:55
Ooohhh Axle....calm down young fella, calm down.

Ahh the delights of city living...lol

Here in the country we only have to put up with indecisive, stupid tourists and their caravans, real oldies who drive at 25khm, even older oldies on their Gophers, stupid locals who park on the wrong side of the road and other locals who think that STOP is in a foreign language and take no notice.

Our local constabulary are very forgiving(the latest crew) and just explain the error of our ways to us. Occasionally someone gets booked for being REALLY stupid...lol

Apart from that we lie on the major trucking route between Sydney and Perth and all trucks drive down the main street. Sydney/Perth Railway Line also cuts through the middle of town and there is a passing line at the station. Invariably one of the crossings gets blocked off as trains meet and we are all brought down to earth again, waiting for the 1.5km long trains to slowly move out of the blocks.

Such is life in the country.

Cheers and Chill Out....hahahahaha
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Follow Up By: Des Lexic - Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 10:13

Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 10:13
Willie,
I hear Mr Gibson is missing you and wants to return back to the Borough.
I can understand why people get sooo worked up when driving in Peak Hour conditions. Why only this morning, I had to wait for 5 cars and a truck before I could pull out onto the highway. Now if I had only left home a minute earlier or a couple of minutes later, I could have missed the morning rush.
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 11:15

Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 11:15
Oh No. My worst nightmare. If Gibbo comes here again I will write to the Minister and get him posted to the Pitlands somewhere...lol

No doubt Garbutt will read this and pass my mesage on.

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Follow Up By: Des Lexic - Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 14:16

Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 14:16
Not only do you have to worry about Garbutt but we also have Scoey4 here as well.
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 14:38

Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 14:38
I had better watch what I say then,eh?....lol
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Follow Up By: Russ n Sue - Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 14:41

Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 14:41
Think yourself lucky Willem. I have, on several occassions, been required to stop at a rail crossing just as the first two locos of a six loco, 336 car, iron ore train crossed at Port Hedland. Nothing else for it but to get out of the car and go for a bit of a walk to stretch the legs.

Cheers,

Russ
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 14:50

Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 14:50
Russ

Why didn't you use the bridge at the Salt Mine....lol

Cheers
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Follow Up By: Russ n Sue - Saturday, Jun 16, 2007 at 09:32

Saturday, Jun 16, 2007 at 09:32
Willem,

I was on the wrong side of the tracks, so to speak. It definitely would have taken longer to go around via Marble Bar, Nullagine and Newman..although not much longer....lol...

Cheers
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Reply By: pedro the swift - Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 08:55

Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 08:55
Best response to some impatient person behind when stopped at lights etc. is to switch off ignition, pop the bonnet, jump out and start looking at the engine in a very worried manner.
Then wait till they try to go around, get back in and drive off.
Seen this done in busy street in Sydney. Causes the "honker" much annoyance but nought they can do about it. Don't worry they will aslo be in the sam eboat one day.
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Reply By: live4theweekends - Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 17:21

Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 17:21
When I was only 18 my little corolla conked out on me at a set of lights in town. Just wouldnt start as much as I tried. Being an 18 year old female I didnt have any idea what was wrong...my Dad took care of all that stuff! The car behind me started honking the horn so I got out and went back and said "Im really sorry but my car just wont start. If you could possibly have a look at it for me I will sit here and honk the horn for you!!! He soon apologised and helped me push it around the corner! :-)
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Follow Up By: Member - extfilm (NSW) - Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 20:33

Friday, Jun 15, 2007 at 20:33
well done
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