Thread: Road Rage

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My personal opinion is that alot of people feel so "out-of-control" in their lives that they go nuts when the are "in-control" of a 4000 lb weapon....

I drive 40 miles one way to work each day and fortunately have not experienced as much road rage from my fellow man lately. Several years ago it seem like everybody had a bad case of it. I think alot of it is driven by either their uncontrolled ego or their depression about their lot in life. In either case I usually just let them go past me and hope they don't stop.

Had a guy riding my ass several years ago in the evening, when he passed me he slowed down and shouted something (not nice I am sure) and then waved is single finger indicating his IQ level. He then proceded to pull in front of me and slow to a craw or to hit his brakes and then speed up. He did this for about 5 miles. Somewhere he lost sight of the fact that I was no longer behind him when he slammed on his brakes. He got his rear clipped by a dump truck that spun him off the road and into a ravine. I understand that a number of witness stopped to tell the attending officer of the guy's a**hole antics.

In another instance, on a major interstate near me, a guy driving an 18 wheeler got pissed off with a guy in front of him who was driving the speed limit. The 18 wheeler nudged up against the guy's rear bumper and proceeded to push the guys car down the road at over 65 mph, before the cops got there. The truck driver is still serving his 10 year sentence and rightfully so. He was just one freaking idiot we don't need out there.

Originally Posted by allengator

My personal opinion is that alot of people feel so "out-of-control" in their lives that they go nuts when the are "in-control" of a 4000 lb weapon....

Yeah, this is probably pretty close to the truth. I read an article one time about how people who would never think of being rude or pushy when out of the car, turn into a different person when inside the car. The metal cocoon gives the person a feeling of anonymity that they are somehow detached from everyone around them.

Here in Florida driving is a real experience, because everybody is from someplace else, and different States have different rules. Evidently, in some States it is not a law to pass and get over into the slow lane, because so many drivers just loaf along in the fast lane, oblivious to a line of cars trying to pass. Of all my pet peaves, that ranks right up there. Another is the idiots who toss lighted cigarettes out the window. (Florida is a tinderbox in the dry months)


Don

I just love left lane driver. For some reason thier seems to be more on the Indiana toll road than any where else. I just got back from a trip to Grand Island NE. took 80 both ways not much trouble till IN. There was one woman who refused to get over and driving about 5 under limit. I looked in my review and there was a car coming at a high rate of speed. I was in the left behind her and some others. I moved over to see what this guy was going to do that no one else could. I soon found out. Unmarked cop. turned on his lights and she just kept going like nothing was wrong. He had his siren on lights going and she just kept going in the left lane. We all slowed so he could pass her on the right. He then got in front of her and slowed down. Then she decided to move over and tried to pass him on the right. I don't know what he finely did but she did pull off the road. Wish I could have heard her reason for all this.
I think that was the first time "Wheres a cop when you need one" didn't need saying.