Road rage and general idiots out there: your experiences?

[Deactivated] on 10/09/2014 - 17:49

TL;DR: have you ever been on the receiving end of road rage? Or on the giving-end of it? lol

What are the most ridiculous, stupid or plain dangerous things you've witnessed on the roads?

Long version: So after a frustrating day of lengthy driving from one end of Sydney to the other, and back again twice today.. I'm seriously fed up with sharing a road with some of the people out there (in vehicles and pedestrians).

My day didn't involve road 'rage' as such, but the minor experiences have left me unsurprised that some people lose their cool on the roads.

Two incidents today in particular really pissed me off:

  1. In a small car park, wanting to turn right into an 'aisle'. Middle aged lady in a tiny hatchback is to my right in the aisle I'm turning into - I had the right of way. Anyway, as I'm turning, she starts beeping hysterically, throwing her hands up in the air, freaking out while I'm turning right and her car is past being perpendicular to mine. No-one is behind me, so I stop, wind down my window as we're driver-side to driver-side… and ask what's wrong. She points at the front corner of her car, as if to say my car is about to shear off the corner of her car. There was a 2 foot gap between the front corner of her car and the side of mine. I told her that, and she promptly stopped flailing her arms and shut up… and I continued on my merry way. The dude in a car behind her watched the whole scene and was having a good laugh. I'd hate to see that woman in a bigger car. Boggles the mind how people with no spatial awareness manage to obtain licences.

  2. I was on the North Shore, approaching a roundabout on a relatively busy street. No cars on or approaching the roundabout so I didn't plan to come to a stop. A young male wearing headphones was approaching the middle island just before the roundabout - wanting to cross the lane I'm in. He obviously wasn't paying any attention and nearly walked into the side of my car but caught himself before he made contact. He then walks behind my car, turns around and kicks the other side of my car. My blood instantly boiled. I turned left just to follow the twat down the street he was walking - pulled up to the kerb, wound down my window and yelled at him lol. Batshit crazy response, probably, but to freaking kick my car when he decides to cross a street like it's a pedestrian crossing when it's not… a part of me wishes he did get himself hit.

  3. Young driver hogging the outside lane of the M2 doing 60km/h (100km/h limit) because she's busy chatting away on her mobile phone.

aaaand breathe.

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Comments

  • Yummy on 11/09/2014 - 18:47

    Just a couple cats fighting…so I'll just leave this here. :p

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUIlQLrmRi4

  • [Deactivated] on 11/09/2014 - 23:06

    Why hello, thread about road rage, driver behaviour and driving laws. Let the sh*t-stirring, debates and anti-social rants begin….

  • Toph Beifong on 11/09/2014 - 23:15
    +5

    My pet hate is impatience. A few seconds of your time, be it waiting at the roundabout for another car to exit could actually save the fuss of taking it to the smash repairers.

    • [Deactivated] on 12/09/2014 - 01:17
      +1

      Or save a life. Most of the problems stem from impatience. I do get impatient sometimes (on single lane roads namely), but this does not translate into any action on my part. I just acknowledge that a spanner is in the works and just roll with it.

  • pitiek on 12/09/2014 - 00:27
    +2

    This makes my blood boil..

    Michael Lee McCulloch handed suspended term for causing the death of cyclist Craig Saunders by negligent driving

    "During sentencing today, Deputy Chief Magistrate Michael Daley noted the fact that McCulloch was unlicensed at the time of the crash and that he had four prior convictions for drink-driving were relevant to the sentence to be imposed"

    I think that must be a typo, it's obviously "Irrelevant"

    http://www.themercury.com.au/news/scales-of-justice/michael-…

  • Eeples on 12/09/2014 - 01:59
    +4

    I hate following someone in a 60km/hr zone who does 40km/hr when going up hills and 80km/hr when going down hills.

    Drives me crazy.

  • jemgaarenstroom on 12/09/2014 - 09:20
    +1

    The one that makes my blood boil (especially as a motorcyclist) is watching 'the businessman' in his BMW decide to cross 4 lanes of freeway is less than two seconds, to go from the far right lane to the exit lane, and nearly take me out on the way through. The things I would do to those people…

  • IIGnomeII on 12/09/2014 - 09:56

    Stuck in traffic and these scenarios happen:

    1) There are 3 lanes of traffic, the mid and right lanes are bumper to bumper but the left lane has the occasional parked car in it. A driver jumps in between the parked cars on the left lane to get further up and then cuts back into the middle lane. I'm not letting you in

    2) Similar scenario, 2 lanes of traffic bumper to bumper but there is a shoulder on the road for parked cars or for people to pull over. Cars fly down down there to get to the next turn off, but more than likely to cut back into the traffic further up. I'm definitely not letting you in

    On top of this the people that can get rogered:
    1) People who don't indicate
    2) People who jump between lanes constantly because one lane is moving faster than the other one
    3) People who sit on your arse I will intentionally slow down just to piss you off
    4) People who can't seem to stay in their lane
    5) People who run the red lights
    6) People who sit in the right lane (overtaking lane) doing the speed limit or less
    7) People who don't move over for ambulances or other emergency vehicles
    8) People who clearly don't know how to drive and shouldn't be on the roads in the first place… I am looking at you asian drivers who somehow got your licence from overseas changed to an Australian one
    9) People that take up more than one space in a car park by not lining up their car properly
    10) People who park their car 2 inches from the drivers side door
    11) People who open their doors into your car and not giving a shit

    PHEW!

    • giggles on 12/09/2014 - 10:10
      +1

      You got something wrong there - they aren't people. People are civilised. They are merely homosapien.

    • pitiek on 12/09/2014 - 11:02
      +3

      Yow, I have to pass practical driving test before I can get my QLD open licence even though I have an open licence from my "Asian" country.

      You must be hearing too much gos and news from news.com.au and believe all they say.

      3) People who sit on your arse I will intentionally slow down just to piss you off

      8) People who clearly don't know how to drive and shouldn't be on the roads in the first place…

      Seems like you are people number 8 if you normal response is number 3

      • IIGnomeII on 12/09/2014 - 11:33
        -3

        Apologies if you have taken offense to my comment of 'asian' drivers but I live in an area (Chatswood, Epping, Ryde area) that has a large mix of different asian cultures and I don't wish to single out one country.

        And no, this is from my first hand experience of growing up in this area for over 30 years that some (not all) asian drivers somehow passed their driving tests here.

        • Baghern on 12/09/2014 - 16:48
          +1

          You sure… before the current 5 year Ps issue, passing a license was a breeze.

          I expected to fail my first test(nervous), I passed. There is no way i would of passed under the current rules.

          What I actually notice over time, its not Asian drivers,its not female drivers… ITS people with no/little confidence in driving that's a problem.

    • raymond y on 12/09/2014 - 21:02
      +5

      I am looking at you asian drivers who somehow got your licence from overseas changed to an Australian one

      I also read your comment about the demographic of your area. Just because you live in an area where there is a significance of a particular nationality, means that your perception is also skewed. There are people who can't drive no matter where you. If you went somewhere where everyone was from Mars, you would claim that all people from Mars couldn't drive. Maybe drive a bit further from home and don't make wild racist claims based on what you see in a handful of suburbs.

    • [Deactivated] on 13/09/2014 - 17:51

      Agree with all comments except 6.

      What is the speed limit for the overtaking lane?

  • giggles on 12/09/2014 - 10:04
    +9

    Didn't you know the NEW 10 Road Commandments? (2014 version):

    1 - Everyone owns the road and has the right to rewrite the road laws
    2 - Everyone else is completely stupid and always wrong
    3 - It's perfectly safe to dial, text, eat, drink, smoke, wank and drive at the same time
    4a - Bluetooth and hands-free units are for losers. Just use your feet/elbow/knee/chin/knob to drive while texting/dialling.
    4b - Facebooking, Twittering, Instagramming etc etc are the best form of road awareness (you may need to know something unimportant)
    5 - You only need to look at the road for 5 seconds out of every 20. Even that is being generous.
    6a - Cars should always ignore pedestrians as they all deserve to die
    6b - Pedestrians have full rights at all times over cars as cars are all driven by Satan
    7a - Cyclists all deserve to die
    7b - Cyclists have full rights over cars all the time as cars are driven by Satan
    8 - Road signs, lights and signals are merely suggestions and can be safely ignored, and probably should be
    9 - The faster, the better.
    10 - Courtesy is for losers.

    • cim85 on 12/09/2014 - 17:13
      +3

      You forgot Commandment 10a - the driver of a white 1ton van on a freeway must speed and/or travel at or less than 1 meter from the vehicle in front of them….(headwobble) lol

  • Cheeper on 12/09/2014 - 10:21

    JERK driving…
    Jerk at take off and jerk with hard braking. :-)
    Not just anyone can push down an accelerator, it takes a high IQ, especially in a commodore with p plates.

  • nadan on 12/09/2014 - 10:39
    +1

    A frightening experiencing last weekend, I was in the middle lane on M1 in Melbourne and changed to the left lane.
    Further up the car in front was slow and I changed back to the middle lane. As I changed lane the car in front of me braked suddenly for no reason and there were no cars in front of him. I obviously had to brake suddenly and avoided running into the back of him.

    Further up doing more than 100kms/h whilst I was behind him leaving enough gap he did the same thing again and this time I braked hard again, and flashed my headlights at him. He did this twice again. I was very angry but managed to stay calm enough and left the freeway.

    What would happen if I run into the back of this idiot in front of me given that he is braking suddenly and deliberately?

    As a result I am looking at buying a dashcam, can you recommend one preferably under $100.

    • pitiek on 12/09/2014 - 11:11

      That must have been @IIGnomeII

      Since he must have thunk that you sat on his arse..

      "3) People who sit on your arse I will intentionally slow down just to piss you off"

      • nadan on 12/09/2014 - 11:48

        Like I said I changed lane and I had barely completed the change that he braked, meaning I was nowhere near him and believe me there was enough gap as otherwise I would have ran into his arse on the several occasions that he braked suddenly.

      • IIGnomeII on 12/09/2014 - 11:49

        Bit of a difference to what I am saying there champ.

        People that purposefully sit right on the tail of my car while I am driving I will slow down not brake suddenly to try and cause an accident.

        But you seem to have a chip on your shoulder now so whatever.

        • nadan on 12/09/2014 - 13:02
          +1

          I see what @pitiek was referring to and I read you post, don't you think your actions are more dangerous than the idiots who sit on people's arse? Also, don't you think for everyone's safety it would be better if you change lane and let them through?

        • IIGnomeII on 12/09/2014 - 13:27
          +1

          @nadan: I didn't specify this so I can understand why you came to that conclusion but I don't sit in the right lane unless I am overtaking.
          If I am on a 2 lane road I will always be in the left lane unless I am overtaking in which case I will overtake and merge back to the middle lane.

          If I am on a single lane street or even a dual lane street and some idiot wants to tailgate me for ages then I will slow down.

          And no I don't think my actions are more dangerous, keeping enough distance between you and the car in front is making it less dangerous.

    • Aneurism on 12/09/2014 - 23:36
      +4

      "What would happen if I run into the back of this idiot in front of me given that he is braking suddenly and deliberately?"

      You would still be the one at fault.

      People might break randomly for multiple reasons, such as having a big ass spider jump on their lap, car failure, something on the road that wasn't visible from a distance, notice a cop car with a radar, leg cramp, heart attack or sudden health problem etc etc…

    • Speckled Jim on 13/09/2014 - 18:42

      That brand of cvntery is called The Brake Check.

      It's quite likely he wanted to be rear-ended (hehe) in order to get a respray, or perhaps a replacement car.
      Because whatever the circumstances, if you hit him from behind, you're at fault.

  • MATTDAMON on 12/09/2014 - 11:07

    Its interesting that people on here have so many problems, i am a professional driver (read i drive for a living, earning a wage) in a b-double fuel tanker and i rarely have any problems with the traffic at all.

    I often drive in and around sydney, i just put on some music and just cruise along, if i need to take up more then 1 lane (which im legally entitled to since the vehicle is longer then 8.5m) i just indicate early and straddle, as for coming up to lights etc, yes i do occasionally get people who jump infront of me, i just brake.

    • [Deactivated] on 12/09/2014 - 13:25
      +6

      I have no doubt that truckies have rarely any problems with the traffic. Engage bulldoze mode, and everyone else just lets you do what you want, right?

      :P

      (I say that partially joking - as in, it may not apply to you, so don't take it as a personal attack - obviously I don't know you or your driving style. But the truckies I've seen on the M2 recently haven't done your community any favours lol)

      • donga100 on 12/09/2014 - 13:40
        +3

        I see that a bit but for the most part I would say that truckies are better drivers than most.

        • iampoor on 12/09/2014 - 16:42
          +1

          Definitely more courteous and considerate for the most part.

          Although I was driving on the Monash towards the CBD yesterday and there were 4 trucks/lorries across all 4 lanes behind me going around 80km/h in a 100km/h zone…

        • [Deactivated] on 12/09/2014 - 16:52

          @iampoor: Though that'd be annoying having 4 trucks take all 4 lanes, I'd rather them do it and be driving just under the limit than doing over (ie. driving like maniacs - the Coca Cola truckies out here in Sydney on Cumberland Hwy heading towards the factory in Northmead are mental… obviously too much caffiene for them lol)

        • [Deactivated] on 12/09/2014 - 16:56

          They are excellent drivers. Without a doubt. Watching them reverse B-doubles into freaking narrow spots (like supermarket loading docks in shopping centres) is pretty amazing.

          It's just that some can be pretty aggressive - which I suppose makes them no different to drivers of any other mode of transport lol. Perhaps I just tend to notice the crazy truckies more purely because it's much scarier them being in a much bigger potential 'weapon'.

    • cim85 on 12/09/2014 - 17:20

      Hey Copie you may be a good driver however some of your colleagues down here on the M1 in Melbourne think the right hand lane is for 'trucks only' especially those quarry truck and dog types - some of them are cowboys who like to tailgate well above the speed limit!

      • MATTDAMON on 13/09/2014 - 20:51
        -1

        Those arent truck drivers, they are bottom feeders who happen to have HC licenses.

        As the saying goes, pay peanuts you get monkeys, and mud carters are definitely scrapping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to skilled drivers (right along container truck drivers)

    • Banana on 12/09/2014 - 21:17

      Most of the truck drivers are nice! They tend to stay in the same lane ( say if there's two turning lanes) so they won't slow others down. They also stay on the left lane if they want to go below the speed limit or go fast if they are in the right.

  • skimp on 12/09/2014 - 11:12
    +2

    I used to be a hot-headed P-plater who thinks everyone on the road should drive like me, otherwise I label them as stupid. But over the years I realise people have varying abilities and life experiences. Imagine all the drivers around you stood in a room, they are probably just the same as your neighbour, colleague, friend, relative. Would you push them around and insult them if they make a small mistake or have a concentration lapse? It sounds like some of you would, and you need to take a good hard look at who you have become.

    • giggles on 12/09/2014 - 11:18
      -8

      I REALLY enjoy seeing hot-headed speeding p-platers wreck their souped up cars. There is a bend in the road near a friends house that gets serious hooning behavious everytime the road is wet. We have seen so many cars get written off (no fatalities yet). They always get out of their cars with a dumbass look of 'how did that happen' on their faces. Gives us enormous laughs, and they HATE being watched as they call their dad and wait for a tow truck. Hilarious. So is adding a bit of oil to the road when you know it's approaching hooning hour….

      • sempro on 22/09/2014 - 17:03
        +1

        adding oil onto a public road….. sounds like a trouble maker in the works…..

    • raymond y on 12/09/2014 - 21:12
      +2

      Would you push them around and insult them if they make a small mistake or have a concentration lapse?

      Sometimes it's not a matter of being rude to people who make a little mistake. Sometimes people don't see the light turn green and get a gentle beep and then wave to apologise. I've encountered this in traffic numerous times. Though if you're sitting at the lights texting you probably deserve to be blasted by someone.

      Little mistakes are forgivable, not everyone commenting on this post have anger problems. Sometimes, though, and this is the important bit, little mistakes have big consequences. Such as changing lanes without looking or indicating or both. In the last two weeks, I've nearly been crushed twice by delivery vans changing lanes, though one guy apologised to me when we pulled up at the lights.

  • bigticket on 12/09/2014 - 12:13
    +4

    What annoys me, amongst other things, is waiting behind someone turning right at the lights in heavy traffic. I find that most drivers do not know it is legal, in NSW anyway, to enter the middle of the intersection and wait for oncoming traffic to clear and complete your turn as the lights are turning to red or have turned red, that is on the proviso that you do not have a right turn red light then you must not enter the middle of the intersection and wait for the green right arrow.

    The usual scenario is the driver would then enter the intersection on amber or a red light once the oncoming traffic is clear or wait again behind the lights for another cycle. If its a red light camera intersection they will most likely get booked and deservedly so as their car is over the road sensors.

    • [Deactivated] on 12/09/2014 - 13:29
      +3

      +1 for drivers that don't enter the intersection while waiting to turn right on a green light. arghhhh

      Or drivers that are first in the queue at a red light, and don't notice the "turn left after red permitted after stopping" sign, and the cars behind them don't even beep them to alert them to the sign - and I'm sitting a few cars behind so can't do anything about it. I encounter this daily coming home. All cars are waiting to turn left, all of us can see it's clearly safe to turn as there's zero oncoming traffic… but no, Captain Oblivious-to-street-signs prefers to sit and wait for an unneeded green light.

      lol grr

    • Speckled Jim on 13/09/2014 - 18:47
      +1

      Yes, it's technically a minor offence of Obstructing Traffic.
      I failed my first driving test for doing exactly as you wrote.

  • lplau on 12/09/2014 - 15:26

    I've seen a cyclist almost get run over because they were too cocky.
    The situation was like this:
    Cyclist on left near curb
    Car on the lane next to cyclist.

    Car has already indicated that it was going to turn left into a street. The distance between car and cyclist was around 2 cars length, so the cyclist definatly would have seen the indicator.

    Cyclist decides he is superman and speeds up trying to overtake the car.

    Car luckily stops in time to miss the cyclist by around 1 inch.

    • pitiek on 12/09/2014 - 21:22

      That doesn't sound cocky, more leaning towards suicidal and also illegal…

      From TMR website

      Keeping left and overtaking (s129, s131, s141, s151)

      You must:

      ride as near as is safely possible to the far left side of the road — on a multi-lane road or a road with two or more lines of traffic travelling in the same direction as you, you can occupy a lane and travel in the right hand lane when necessary (for example, to make a right turn)

      ride to the left of any oncoming vehicle

      not overtake another vehicle on the left if that vehicle is turning left and giving a left change of direction signal

      not ride more than two abreast unless overtaking
      ride within 1.5 m of the other rider if riding two abreast.

      Bicycles can overtake to the left of a vehicle unless:

      the vehicle is signalling to turn left
      it is unsafe to do so.
      A cyclist must give way to a vehicle that is signalling to turn left and driving in front of the cyclist.

  • iampoor on 12/09/2014 - 16:37
    +4

    I drive out to the country for work, round trip of 270 km most days. Mostly 2 lane highway at 100km/h or 110km/h.

    1. Speeding up to prevent overtaking - They see you coming up on the right lane and decide to speed up to try and prevent you from getting ahead of them. I had a guy keep this up for nearly 30km before he gave up.

    2. Right lane hogs with a difference - Nearly everyone keeps to the left most days, this is the driver that speeds up on the right lane and slows down once he or she is close enough to you to prevent you from filtering right if the left lane slows down.

    3. Speeding - I have had drivers fly past me when I am cruising at 110 km/h, probably going at least 130km/h. Once in awhile I get to see flashing lights from a side road and a cop chasing after them. Extremely gratifying sight since I want to get home in one piece and maniacs like that don't increase my chances.

    Surprisingly short list for an average of 55,000 km per year of driving.

  • [Deactivated] on 12/09/2014 - 21:11
    +1

    I don't like road 'ragers'.

    I don't drive anymore (because public transport is good enough for now), but when on the receiving side, they just ruin your day. Especially when you are trying to be a good, courteous driver.

    People need to calm down… or maybe I need to move to Canada. Aussie drivers in general are very aggressive in my opinion.

  • Banana on 12/09/2014 - 21:28

    Things that annoy me :
    1- People that break on freeways for no apparent reason
    2- People who cut you off and dont drive, slow all the way from 80km-60km. I beeped at a lady once…
    3- People who walk on the road, at night, dressing in black, completely. (On Elgar Road. I had seen a lady running on Elgar Road at night, all the cars just slowed down and followed behind her, it was a strange sight….)
    4- People who day dream at the traffic light
    5- People who can't stay in their lane
    6- People who cut you off to merge onto the lane to go into a freeway, and stop completely
    7- People WHO CANT PARK IN THEIR BOX, I have started to leave notes on cars at my university

  • Kamsi on 12/09/2014 - 23:46

    I love this thread, for some reason I made a bogan so upset, he chase me around like a lap dog for a couple of street. In one stage he almost hits my car fortunately I manage get away. Till now I still don't know how did I make him so upset :)

    I had another time a motor cycle rider come along side of me and want to shot me, probably I didn't see him when I make a line change.

    There so many weirdo in NSW, you just have to have a bit of laugh about it…

    • StewBalls on 13/09/2014 - 00:22
      -1

      I had another time a motor cycle rider come along side of me and want to shot me…

      Let me preface this story by stating that I am always a very courteous & patient driver…that said, I also had a funny one with a motorbike one night…dick on a bike kept playing funny buggers & wouldn't let me merge, you know the type, speed-up-slow-down-repeat clearly just being a prick…so I got sick of it & cut in on him…he & his pillion start screaming about how they're gonna kill me & bash me (yes, in that order LOL)…so I turn down a dark street, they follow, I run them up the gutter for a nice spill at ~60km/h…then drive off laughing!

      Yes, I do admit to some psychopathic traits, but the moral of the story for bike riders here is to pick your battles; because despite what you see on action movies & TV shows, you will not get a win on a bike against some troppo dude in a car! ;)

  • shaybisc on 13/09/2014 - 12:00
    +1

    Doesn't really bother me but it does surprise me seeing how much difficulty people have maintaining a constant speed. I'll be behind someone in a 100k zone and their speed will yo yo between 80 and 110 in the space of a few kilometres for no apparent reason.

  • AndrooC on 13/09/2014 - 13:32

    People who don't let motorbikes lane filter pisses me off to no end.
    Was lane filtering between stopped cars with plenty of space on both sides of me about 2 weeks ago. Traffic moved slightly so I moved into the lane in front of some woman, she then runs her car up beside me then continues to force me between her and another car beside me. (Traffic moved a total of 4-5 car lengths.)

    Hope she learnt her lesson to not do that again.

    • StewBalls on 13/09/2014 - 16:11

      To be fair, legal lane filtering has only been in force for what, about 3mths now…like all new road rules, it's gonna take some time to properly disseminate & for both riders & drivers to become familiar with applying the new rules appropriately.

      • AndrooC on 13/09/2014 - 22:17
        +1

        Totally understand that. Don't mind if people block me, don't let me in, beep me or anything like that because they likely don't understand the law.

        This woman to actually tried run me off the road because her moving up a few car lengths is more important that someone else's life.

        • StewBalls on 13/09/2014 - 22:18
          +2

          Fair point, maybe we also need some bitch filtering legislation! ;)

  • Blue Suby on 13/09/2014 - 14:30

    I have just come back after a few weeks in UK/Europe. In a hire car in unfamiliar territory we may have made a few errors (due to crazy GPS) but only once we were honked at. All give ways (to drivers or bikes filtering merging) were acknowledged with a wave or a nod. The speed limits are much higher in UK-on a country lane so narrow one car HAS to give way, the limit was 60mph (not kmh!) and people just drove to the conditions and sensibly. On this unfamiliar road we would have wiped ourselves out at that speed-even though we were told because it's summer the hedges are at least a foot into the road before you hit the stone wall! Roundabouts were great as everyone knows the rules (unlike here where people stop for no reason and then nearly wipe you out when you are halfway round) and then honk at you because you are on their right. Some countries we went through where newly introduced roundabouts were, had so many accidents that insurance now won't pay damages claims regardless of right or wrong if it occurs on a roundabout!

    I don't mind travelling at the speed limit - but it does irritate me when the car in front wavers at everything between 15-20 below the limit and then speeds up as soon as it's safe to overtake it. Overseas you will get booked if travelling under the speed limit in the fast lane, (Undertaking is considered a broken road rule) or impeding traffic flow.

    The down side is that fuel is very expensive overseas and nowhere is free to park. Land's End in Cornwall is now privately owned and it cost £5 to park for our stay ($10) Most shopping centres charge for the first hour+ and there is very little free parking on the roads.
    White van man also exists over there but I didn't find it as much of a problem as here although we avoided driving in the major cities.

  • AuSlade on 13/09/2014 - 21:45

    I spend a lot of time on the road every weekday as a part of my job, so I'd probably have hundreds by now, but the one I recall most recently.

    I was picking my daughter up from school, and crossing at a designated school crossing, during school hours. This guy comes racing through the street and almost clips me. As he was going past, I flicked my car key out and thumped it into the side of his car and heard a beautiful scrape sound. He heard it to and hurled abuse out his window. I smiled and kept walking. It was such shiny paint too.

    • Kamsi on 13/09/2014 - 23:41
      +2

      Your lucky he didn't get out of his car and doing more damage to you and your daughter, imo it is a stupid thing to do.

  • hts on 14/09/2014 - 01:55

    Worst cases are found when riding the motorbike, especially at round-abouts. I can't count how many times I have been cut off, pushed into the gutter, forced to slow down/speed up all because drivers don't stay in their lane on a 2 lane round about. They normally get a long beep followed by the bird, and on one occasion, a dented fender where they got too close and my foot connected with their car. They were none to pleased with the damage to their vehicle, but a dent to your car is better than me hitting the tar…

    Worst road rage I have seen would be a bloke jump out of his car at a red light and smash another cars back windscreen with a skateboard.

  • bs0 on 14/09/2014 - 15:12

    Beverely Hills, there's one particularly zebra crossing where cars don't stop, or even slow down for pedestrians. Had a few close calls.

    • bs0 on 14/09/2014 - 15:19

      Another example, I was on a public bus that overtook a bicycle rider, (really closely). We could hear the bicycle rider hurl abuse as the bus continues along. Our bus stops a little further down at a stop, and the bike rider is pedaling fast on the right side swinging his lock/chain, just before he smashes off the bus's side mirror.

  • tonyjzx on 14/09/2014 - 18:24

    the only thing that gets my goat is middle aged women in tiny little pastel coloured noddy cars with frangipani stickers on their back window doing 90 in a 110 zone in the right lane and steadfastly holding it even when multiple cars pass them on the left… thank god i drive a car with serious horsepower so i see little in the way of road rage or whatever

  • Speckled Jim on 15/09/2014 - 12:29

    On the lane-hoggers subject…(a McMonte lunchtime thought bubble).

    What if multi-laned highways and freeways had multiple speed limits? Leftmost could be 90, middle 100 and right 110? Or something along those lines? I mean, there'd be no excuse for tailgating if the car in front was in the correct lane, yes?

    Some problems I can already foresee:
    - Is current speed camera technology able to cope with such a bold plan?
    - People (technically) speeding while changing lanes.
    - Right turn coming up? Not an issue on freeways, for highways perhaps signage could allay that one?

    Could such a thing work?

    • hellbound on 15/09/2014 - 18:28

      Bigger problem would be speedo accuracy. Sitting in the 110 lane, my speedo says 110, but I'm actually only going 98. Same problem we already have, but now you'd have no way to get past them without going 110 in the 100 lane.

  • superm86 on 16/09/2014 - 15:57
    +2

    Two lane road. Two cars waiting for light on left lane. Elderly lady at driving seat in 2nd car. Right lane empty.
    I want to go right - so I continue to be in right lane and just when my car's front is in line with old lady's car's back - she decided to turn to right lane without any indicator or even looking behind. I beep automatically with breaks. And she stops and gave a flip, turning back to her lane. Don't even know what she wanted to do. Get ahead one car?
    You need to ignore people who become aggressive on road.

  • Jimpower on 17/09/2014 - 15:24

    Not sure if this counts as a road rage or not but I was hit by a cyclist on my first week in Sydney many years ago. I was crossing an intersection at a greenlight and this bike sped from my right hand side (I presume the light was red because all the other cars have stopped.).

    Short story, he smashed into me, yelled at me, flipped me off, and sped away. That was a sad day (T_T).

  • Kempe on 22/09/2014 - 21:22
    +1

    Was driving to work one morning very early about 6:00am and stopped for petrol.
    Was leaving the petrol station admittedly a bit bleary eyed, looked to my right and there was one car away in the distance so entered the road.
    Next thing he is blaring his horn at me, he must have been doing 100km per hour in a 60 to get so close so quickly.
    So he overtakes me then tucks in front.
    When he stops at traffic lights he slowly starts reversing towards me.
    Lights turn to green and we move off but he sits on 10km/h so I overtake him, he speeds up and gets in front of me, next set of lights he starts reversing towards me again.
    Just an attempt at intimidating me and the funny thing he looked a silly wee boy about 18 that I would have punched all over the road if I wanted to.
    I tried to get away from him and he kept following me then eventually must have come to his turn and he took off to the left, I felt like following him and stalking him back, but meh he was just a stupid boy

    • Yummy on 23/09/2014 - 19:40

      This is where you need a dashcam & report his @ss off for a dangerous driving.

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