Have you ever been a victim of road rage?

Question

Have you ever been a victim of road rage?

Answer 1

I was driving to a toll booth and I noticed that the car ahead of me was struggling to pay. He was by himself and he was driving a Toyota Camry. I recorded his license plate because I was getting suspecting that something was gonna go wrong.  

I was right! The guy stepped on the acceleration and tried to make a run for it. I didn't even need to get his plate numbers because the police were right there.

The story even made it to the news and supposedly the guy was trying to pay with a fake bill and when the person in the booth told him this, he got upset and tried to argue his way out of it.

it just goes to show you that drivers have to be really careful when driving. There are lots of possibilities where something can go wrong. My mom even tell me to wait a few minutes before the walk signal goes off and the cars come to a complete stop. I thought my mom was just too caring but now that I'm older I know what she means.

Answer 2

Yes. Incidentally, the first time I was, it was while I was sitting in a car on my first drive with my driver's ed instructor.

It really opened my eyes to the way some people behave in cars.

Answer 3

Yes, about a decade ago I got into a bit of a quarrel with an older gent in his Hummer H1.  He felt it necessary to maneuver into my lane....without signaling.  I was unable to avoid a collision.  A little shaken up as I exited my mangled Volvo, I was greeted by a barrage or slurs.  Next thing i knew I was laid into right on the jaw; knocking  back towards my car.  I regained me senses on my knees and noticed my tire iron that had ventured out of the car during the wreck.  I could hear the other driver getting closer so I clasped the tire iron and turned around and landing it right on his collarbone, I could hear the snap and so could the onlookers.  I caught the reflection of light off a revolver being pulled from his holster.  Seeing that he was already on the ground I followed up by demolishing his hand to the point of no return.  I neutralized the threat the awaited as the police arrived.  The kind pedestrians had told their stories and I was thankfully not charged, thats much more than I can say for my fellow driver.

Answer 4

no, actually yes, a guy in a s**+*T box was cutting people off left and right. I wouldn't let him pass me, so he got mad and tried to follow me, but he ended up ran into a pickup truck, with burly truckers in it, at intersection trying to get a look at me and i was laughing all the way home.  I wish this happened to me.  I would just wait until the driver gets out of his car first and then I would be ready to do harm.  Whoever gets out of the car first is wrong and you have the right to defend yourself. I'm prepared for road ragers all time.

Answer 5

Yes, unfortunately.  I was in a traffic jam and a person tried to infringe on my right of way from a side street overlooking her corner stop sign!  It was bad, she climbed her auto on the street parallel to the road and started insulting me. I ignored her for a few minutes, but since my car had no a/c it was difficult to overlook.  When I lost my patience on  of being insulted, I look at the driver and said "Man are you ugly!" That onset the most dramatic case of road rage I have ever had to endure.  Luckily, a policeman was assigned to alleviate the traffic situation and saw her and stopped her.  So the story ends.  Road rage is a problem we live with and is best not provoked and ignored.

Answer 6

I have been the target, never the victim. Being the victim is a decision. The decision is what we call a dichotomy. Black or white. Yes or no. Victim or not a victim. To be a victim requires that you react. If you react, you are being emotional. Emotional people tend to be victims. Poor me. Please feel sorry for me. Someone flipped me off. If you don't react, you deny the other person the very thing they want, which is to victimize you. You absolutely must drive like a robot. No emotion. Cold as ice. No mistakes. Situational awareness is critical. You must know where every other car around you is, what that car is doing, where it is going. If you distract yourself by becoming emotionally involved with the driver, such as by flipping them off, yelling at them, driving aggressively, or other things, you are setting yourself up to be a target, and you are distracted from safely operating your own car. Decisions made while aggressive, angry, or emotional will injure or kill you.

Answer 7

On Saturday night a car was blocking the exit from Maccas and we had to wait for ages while this guy spoke to his friends until he moved.

When we went past my friend stuck his finger up at him.

The guy in the car followed us, blocked off the highway, got out and punched my friend in the face.

Some people are ridiculous!!

I mean, he was blocking the exit, held up traffic and then blocked 2 lanes of traffic on the highway!!!!!!

Answer 8

I was driving along, behind a white car. I was not tailgaiting, but for some reason, the driver of the white car slammed on his breaks in the middle of the road. I stopped, thinking there was traffic up ahead. The driver of the white car got out and ran back to my car. He started screaming at me, telling me to get off of his tail. My windows were rolled down, so he leans into my car and screams some more. I was too freaked out to do anything, so I waited until he was done, then drove away. What a psycho!!!

Answer 9

Yes.

I was in the left lane of a tollway service ramp, which was optional turn or straight. As I made my left turn, the guy on my right made a left turn. I tried to ignore him, since I drove a pretty large truck at the time and keep him from forcing me into oncoming traffic.

After he nearly hit a bridge support, he followed me the remainder of the way to my office, trying to cut me off, force me to turn off or off the road. I called ahead to work. 6 big guys waiting for me in the parking lot definitely changed his attitude when I stopped and got out.

Fly The Friendly Skies,

Drive The Unfriendly Streets

JT

Answer 10

Road stupidity. I was on the highway when a truck with three guys started veering into other lanes to scare the other drivers. They were laughing their heads off. I slowed down to get behind them and get their license plate number. No need. A state trooper was sitting on the right and pulled them over! Ha, Ha!!