agent17 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Hello everyone, I would just like to share an experience I had while driving my girlfriend home tonight. I have always been a fairly responsible driver, I've never had any accidents or tickets and I am always extra careful when my girlfriend is in the car. But tonight was one of the worst situations I've ever been in. I was driving at a reasonable speed limit (around 60-65) in a 55 zone with minimal traffic. (it is hardly out of the ordinary to drive at these speeds around here, as the speed limits are hardly enforced.) But I looked in my rear-view and saw a small car gaining speed at an exponential rate. I found it hard to believe someone would have an issue with the speed I was going, but the guy was clearly drunk and/or drugged up, and how fast I was going was of little consequence to him. As soon as he caught up with me he turned his high-beams on and attempted to get closer. At this point I decided to break-check him in an attempt to make him back off. As a result, instead of slowing down he attempts to pass me. (In a no-passing zone no less.) Angrily I blew my horn, it was a harmless jester which almost anyone would have done, and normally it would have ended there. Unfortunately this was not normal, and this person was a lunatic. Instead of speeding off into the distance he pulls in front of me and reverses his direction in an attempt to ram/run me off the road. Of course this attempt failed and he ended up behind me again. This is when the real nightmare began. He then attempts in rear-end me, at this point I was forced to speed up well past the speed limit, pulling off or slowing down would have compromised our lives, as this driver was almost hell-bent on crashing into us, and I decided it was not worth risking it. While attempting to pass me again he ended up swerving far left, just barely missing the guard-rail on the opposite side of the road. (Luckily their was little traffic) he then passed me again after swerving back into the lane and failing to sideswipe me (I slowed down of course). After correcting his car after almost going over the bank on the right side, he again attempts to make another pass at me. Luckily I had an opening at this point, and turned away, thus ending the ordeal by losing him in the town. The entire situation infuriated me, and I feared for my girlfriend's life. I tried to keep as calm and as level-headed as possible during the ordeal, but of course my girlfriend was more calm than I was. I had to stop on the side of the road to calm down. I did not try to provoke this driver, and unfortunately pulling off the side of the road was not an option, due to the nature of the situation and the condition of the road. I did what most drivers would have done in this situation. I have little doubt that the driver would have attempted to impact my car in some way, his vehicle was fairly old and visibly beat up. At the very least he probably would have scraped my car a bit had I not reacted quicker. (He was not simply teasing me off the road, he was intentionally attempting to cause an accident.) Reporting the incident to the police would have been pointless, getting his plate number was virtually impossible at his speeds, and identifying the car proved difficult at night. Not to mention I may have unintentionally provoked him. I don't think I could have handled the situation any better, however it was hard to be sure. Has anyone else ever been in a situation like this? What kind of horrible driving experiences have you had? Also please excuse any grammatical mistakes it is late, and I am tired as hell. I will probably get some negative comments from this topic, but so be-it. Not to mention Someone will probably mention an alternative to this situation that I was too ignorant to see. Or something better I could have done... Also, I was unsure to put this in the Vehicle Talk section or the gen chat section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mister Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Thats f*cking weird of him to try and drive you off the road. Here, we have some of the wrost drivers in the country. Im driving down the highway towards the airport and some guy is in my blind spot. He changes to my lane and I have to slow the f*ck down and drive off the road. I honk at him for about 5 seconds, he just f*ckin speeds off! What the hell man... So did your evasive manuevers win your girl over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agent17 Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 Thats f*cking weird of him to try and drive you off the road. Here, we have some of the wrost drivers in the country. Im driving down the highway towards the airport and some guy is in my blind spot. He changes to my lane and I have to slow the f*ck down and drive off the road. I honk at him for about 5 seconds, he just f*ckin speeds off! What the hell man... So did your evasive manuevers win your girl over? Of course they did! (you are talking about in bed right?) But in all seriousness for this driver to lose his mind was the last thing I expected. There was obviously something wrong with him, or his senses/perception were in some way impaired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrisboy Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 (edited) Not to come across as some sort of big man, but I remember once I came off a roundabout and someone pulled out on me, but it didn't really matter because I easily went into the other lane, but once I came off the roundabout he just cut me up in my lane for absolutely no reason. So I put my highbeams on and undertook him, and he then put his high beams on and sped up right behind me. I braked and came to a stop and he was there revving up his engine. I got out of the car and put my arms out and walked towards him, he looked at me and just pulled around mumbling something under his breath and drove off. f*cking pussy. Edit: I should also add that once I was in a McDonalds drive-thru, and I was ordering my food and a van came wheelspinning around the drive thru (at like 3 in the morning) and as soon as they got behind me they started beeping and shouting and sh*t. I shouted "shut up you f*cking mug" or something like that, and the guy actually got out of his van with a hammer in his hand and told me to park up in the car park. I just laughed it off and thought to myself I didn't have anything in the car to protect myself, neither did my friend I was with at the time, and they were in a works van. So I thought f*ck it, and as we drove off we just went to get out of there, but my friend decided to shout of the window something at them, and I noticed they didn't even get their food or anything cos they chased straight after us.. and at these times I was driving a Pug 307 1.4 with the worst clutch you will have ever experienced. So I got chased down the A13 between 90-100mph, and I quickly realised they must have had atleast a 1.9 turbo diesel because they undertook us easily and started throwing glass bottles and sh*t out of the window and I had to dodge it.. when we got to the blackwall tunnel it was closed, so i had to drive towards the rotherhithe tunnel which was a couple miles down the road. after a few red lights and driving on the wrong side of the road, they crashed into my passenger side and it made my left wheel face all the way to the left, and the other wheel was facing forwards. I didn't realise this and they got out of their van with a hammer in each hand, and all i thought to do was put it in first gear and run him over.. but the car just juddered sideways in a very weird manner and the guy smashed my windowscreen and tried getting at me and my friend. they smashed my friends window and tried to get to him but police started coming and they jumped back into their van and got out of there. Edited October 29, 2010 by Harrisboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 This is my story, happened not too long ago; I was just getting done with a coke line, and of course to top it off, some whiskey. Anyway, I'm driving like fifty five miles down a highway, and some asshole ahead of me was like mocking me. Driving ten miles ahead of me and sh*t. So, I did what any reasonable man on drugs and piss drunk would do, I sped up. No cars were around when I got behind him, so I flashed my high-beams and really stuck it to him then. I thought this guy flipped the bird in his rear view mirror, so I sped past him and tried to slow down and make him hit me. Naturally, this asswiper goes into town before we can duke it out like men, so I went and killed some shop owner to compensate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.A.B. Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 This is my story, happened not too long ago; I was just getting done with a coke line, and of course to top it off, some whiskey. Anyway, I'm driving like fifty five miles down a highway, and some asshole ahead of me was like mocking me. Driving ten miles ahead of me and sh*t. So, I did what any reasonable man on drugs and piss drunk would do, I sped up. No cars were around when I got behind him, so I flashed my high-beams and really stuck it to him then. I thought this guy flipped the bird in his rear view mirror, so I sped past him and tried to slow down and make him hit me. Naturally, this asswiper goes into town before we can duke it out like men, so I went and killed some shop owner to compensate. WAIT A SECOND OH MY GOD! OHMIGODOHMIGODOHMIGOD!!!!!!!!! OP THIS IS THE GUY! Also; I don't drive. But I hate those drivers that appear out of nowhere at 12AM and onwards. They speed past everyone else. DAMN IT I HOPE YOU CRASH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinski Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 If you identified so early on that the guy was " clearly drunk and/or drugged up" why did you do anything to antagonise him (e.g. flashing your brakes, beeping at him)? If you were that worried about safety and not pissing this guy off you would have just pulled over/turned off as soon as the guy showed signs of being trouble. Would this have made you look like a bit of a pussy? Sure it would, but its avoiding an encounter with someone you thought was drunk and/or drugged. As for lunatic drivers, one memory that really sticks with me is a mate of mine. This was earlier this year and none of us had had a licence for longer than 7 or 8 months so that's probably the reason he did it. Anyway we'd been at a park and decided it was boring and we should go to the beach instead. Cue the convoy of 6 or 7 crappy cars driven by 17/18 year old lads, with some fulfilling the boy racer stereotype and others (me) being pussies and not even going more than 5 over the limit. So we're on a single carriageway back lane (60mph limit) and there's this car in front that's doing about 45. So the first car overtakes it fine, the second does fine too as does the third. Then it's our hero's turn; we're approaching a bend but it's pretty far off and he goes for it anyway without dropping a gear for some godawful reason. Next thing I know there's a car coming round the bend at about 60 (perfectly legal) and because my friend didn't drop a gear he's taking ages to pass the slow guy. He missed the oncoming car by about 15 metres. As soon as I saw that oncoming car come round the bend I was ready to stop and call an ambulance, just one of those moments of "Oh god, the sh*t's about to hit the fan" clarity. Thankfully he and his passenger were fine, and we all chewed him out for being an idiot. He's usually not a bad driver either, certainly not a boy racer. Well apart from the time he slid off a farm backlane in the snow and was inches away from impaling my skull on a roadsign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeshyft Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Here's the problem: you break-checked a guy (not criticising; I've done that many times), then blew your horn at him as he tried to pass (something else I am guilty of). There's two things right there which would have set him off even further, and that's not counting anything you did which you may have omitted. He was clearly unstable, so the best thing to do would have been to let him pass and swallow your pride. You never know who's on the road with you. He could have been trying to get himself killed, with the possibility of taking others with him. Now, he was clearly the instigator, I'm not denying that, but you could have done more (or less, depending on how you look at it) to have resolved this more quickly and safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Trooper. Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I was in my mates car (Passenger ofc) and we were on the moterway driving up north somewhere, anyway there was a sh*tload of traffic, and at one point it was at standstill. So my mate see's a rather large gap on the inside lane between a truck and some car, so he pulls up into it and as soon as the traffic starts to move (Pretty quickly) the car that was behind us sped up, and came up right next to us on the dirt-track next to the inside lane.. We started to laugh because it was pretty unexpected, and the guy looked pretty pissed with his wife in the passenger seat yelling at him. We tryed to ignore him as he failed to get infront of us, but then he started to try and ram us out of the lane.. My friend just got pissed off and went to ram the guy off the moterway, and to our surprise he swerved left and his car went down a small ditch/hill thing.. We were kinda like wondering if he crashed or something.. But we just drove off. Another time it was like 4am, me and 2 other friends were driving up to Dover, headed to France. Again on the moterway, it was pretty much empty, and the moterway lights were out, so it was like, pitch black. Anyway we were driving, and we see full-beam headlights upahead. At first it looked on the other side, but as we got a lil' closer we realised it was on our lane, a car driving full speed towards us. We were just like.. Wow wtf. So my mate slowed down a bit, as did the car infront, who was still directly infront of us. Eventually we were at a stop, with this car infront of us. I told my mate to reverse and keep on going, and as he does so two other cars put their lights on, almost directly behind us.. So we were like.. f*ck. One guy got out of the 2nd car behind us and was walking towards us, we couldn't make him out well or see if he was carrying anything, but my mate got spooked, and randomly went straight towards the car infront and rammed him, then made a break for it and went full speed ahead, we stopped at the first service station since we were sitting in silence like (We still went to France when we saw the damage, it wasn't much ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pac. Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Thats a heavy story man, what do you think now you lived, are fine and look back at it? would you say it was a awesome experience now or are you still trembling, ive never been in a situation like that exactly so i woudn't really know what to feel. Worst place i have been to where driving is appauling ia Italy (Sardinia mainly), they don't indicate when they pull into lanes, they stay mega close to the care infront of them, if the car infront was to brake drivers behind would certainly without a dought crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinski Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Thats a heavy story man, what do you think now you lived, are fine and look back at it? would you say it was a awesome experience now or are you still trembling, ive never been in a situation like that exactly so i woudn't really know what to feel. Worst place i have been to where driving is appauling ia Italy (Sardinia mainly), they don't indicate when they pull into lanes, they stay mega close to the care infront of them, if the car infront was to brake drivers behind would certainly without a dought crash. Indeed some parts of Italy are mental. When I stayed in Sorrento/Naples the amount of near-death experiences I'd witness daily from the locals on scooters was horrifying. Cutting off buses, riding in just shorts and flip flops (no shirt), weaving in an out of moving traffic at 40+ and the like we're all common occurrences. My favourite though was a guy who riding with his feet just kicked out into the air either side of the scooter, because his Labrador was riding passenger on the footplate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agent17 Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 If you identified so early on that the guy was " clearly drunk and/or drugged up" why did you do anything to antagonise him (e.g. flashing your brakes, beeping at him)? If you were that worried about safety and not pissing this guy off you would have just pulled over/turned off as soon as the guy showed signs of being trouble. Would this have made you look like a bit of a pussy? Sure it would, but its avoiding an encounter with someone you thought was drunk and/or drugged. To be honest, I didn't really realize it until he started to pass me, which by then it was too late of course. Pulling off to the side is very difficult around here, the roads are not well maintained (even the main-highway). Not to mention he came upon me so fast that I barely had any time to plan. I probably could have reacted a little bit quicker, but I've come across countless drivers speeding behind me, and the situation always ended the same way. Of course, if I knew the driver would have gone sh*t-crazy to begin with, I would have pulled off as soon as he got behind me, before I got to the bad section of road. In any case, I am going to be a lot more careful now, if I see anyone gaining substantial speed behind me, I will do my best to turn off someplace, depending on where I am. Also, those are some insane stories people, I'm sure some of you have to deal with drivers like this much more frequently in the cities/more populated areas, it was not something I expected in a rural area, on a late Thursday night. But I guess it could have happened to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeshyft Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 To be honest, I didn't really realize it until he started to pass me, which by then it was too late of course. Pulling off to the side is very difficult around here, the roads are not well maintained (even the main-highway). Not to mention he came upon me so fast that I barely had any time to plan. I probably could have reacted a little bit quicker, but I've come across countless drivers speeding behind me, and the situation always ended the same way. Of course, if I knew the driver would have gone sh*t-crazy to begin with, I would have pulled off as soon as he got behind me, before I got to the bad section of road. In any case, I am going to be a lot more careful now, if I see anyone gaining substantial speed behind me, I will do my best to turn off someplace, depending on where I am. Yeah, you're right. You didn't really have much time to process the whole thing. It's easy for us to sit here and say, "ya shoulda done this, man," but that's with the luxury of hindsight. In situations like that, you're lucky if you have seconds to figure out what's going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Am I the only one thinking you shouldn't of been going over the speed limit to begin with? Granted I've gone 5-15 over the limit on some occasions but other than that I stick to the limit. They are there for a reason. Then again when it comes to the motorway speed limit I go way over it. You shouldn't of provoked the guy after he over took you, like you said there was hardly any traffic why make a big deal out of it? Sure him putting his beamers on for no other reason but to piss you off was retarded and I'd of slowed down myself since he'd of been paying the bill if he went into the back of you. But didn't you flick down your rear view mirror? So that the lights wouldn't actually be coming into your line of sight enough to blind you. I don't think there was anything you could of really done in that situation to really stop it. Maybe pulling off onto the side would of helped but who knows. Next time you should get your girlfriend to do something useful like take down the number plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthypants Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Am I the only one thinking you shouldn't of been going over the speed limit to begin with? Granted I've gone 5-15 over the limit on some occasions but other than that I stick to the limit. They are there for a reason. Then again when it comes to the motorway speed limit I go way over it. Not really the issue, is it? It's not like the guy was so enraged because OP was breaking the speed limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agent17 Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 Am I the only one thinking you shouldn't of been going over the speed limit to begin with? Granted I've gone 5-15 over the limit on some occasions but other than that I stick to the limit. They are there for a reason. Then again when it comes to the motorway speed limit I go way over it. Not really the issue, is it? It's not like the guy was so enraged because OP was breaking the speed limit. Going 5 to 10 MPH over the speed limit is hardly unusual anyway, although drivers in my area could be a lot different than where some of you come from. The local police officers and state troops won't bother to pull anyone over unless they have out-of-state license plates or are going 15-20+ MPH over the limit. It seems ridiculous, but most people around here are redneck degenerates, including much of the police force. There have actually been times where troopers have tried to provoke me by speeding up and driving close to me, but the police here are notorious for their drinking / drug habits. Not all of them, but a few. It is sad but true.... @$RebelG, adjusting the rear-view was one of the first things I did, of course. I just didn't bother saying that because it seemed unimportant. Also, I'm not in the habit of making a big deal out of situations like this, I just figured my decisions would have been harmless, but unfortunately the other driver had to take it a step further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrisboy Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Am I the only one thinking you shouldn't of been going over the speed limit to begin with? Granted I've gone 5-15 over the limit on some occasions but other than that I stick to the limit. They are there for a reason. Then again when it comes to the motorway speed limit I go way over it. You shouldn't of provoked the guy after he over took you, like you said there was hardly any traffic why make a big deal out of it? Sure him putting his beamers on for no other reason but to piss you off was retarded and I'd of slowed down myself since he'd of been paying the bill if he went into the back of you. But didn't you flick down your rear view mirror? So that the lights wouldn't actually be coming into your line of sight enough to blind you. I don't think there was anything you could of really done in that situation to really stop it. Maybe pulling off onto the side would of helped but who knows. Next time you should get your girlfriend to do something useful like take down the number plate. Nah man, some roads definately in London you can go over the speed limit without causing death nor injury to anyone. Some 30mph roads are ridiculous.. Long straight roads, with a barrier in the middle so noone can cross anywhere but traffic lights.. You can go down some of these roads at 50 and the police won't even look at you because they know the deal. I remember once on the motorway, I was doing like 120mph and in the fast lane, and some dickhead in the middle lane was doing about 80 and for no reason whatsoever, as I came past him he started trying to move into my lane, as I passed him I looked and he was incredibly close, and I looked in the rear view mirror and saw him swerving all over the place and ended up smashing into a lorry, and then into the central reservation. Mirrors are so important.. I smashed up my favourite car that I ever had because I didn't look in the mirror Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epoxi Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 agentboy17 and Harrisboy's stories are intense. I wouldn't blame you (agentboy17) for what you did since no one should be put in that position in the first place, I feel for you. I think you obviously were in the right state of mind if you pulled over after the whole ordeal. Cool story if nothing else. @Harrisboy: Those idiots, I hope you got their number plate from the drive-through CCTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinski Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 At the whole going over the speed limit talking point: It is both legally and morally wrong to go over the speed limit by any noticeable degree. We all know it. I'll admit I do it even though I know it's wrong, just like downloading music. I hate to be a drag, but those limits are actually there for a reason. That reason generally being: you aren't as great as a driver as you think you are. Also Harrisboy you're a dickhead for doing 120, even on the motorway. Plus don't you realise that if the guy was doing 80 he was doing over 110% of the legal speed? And you still have a go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrisboy Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 His speed wasn't what bothered me. It was the fact he decided to merge lanes without looking in his mirror, or indicating. Speeding isn't exactly good, but on the motorway people speed all the time, and if I'm not in a hurry and I'm doing 70, if someone is coming up fast behind me and I'm in the fast lane, I will move over into the left lane. And I would expect other people to do the same. When it's an empty road at 4am, why would you sit in the fast lane? It's ridiculous.. Speeding may be illegal, but we all know that everyone does it. Even if we don't do it ourselves, we should still be conscious of the fact lots of other people do, so f*cking get out of the way. Sitting there in the way to prove your stupid f*cking point is more dangerous than the person speeding. If I am speeding, I know that all my concentration is going on driving. It's not like people speed and not think about it. You look further ahead when judging manouevres, you are more careful with your lane changes and you look in your mirrors way more often. If everyone could speed the way I do, all roads wouldn't need a speed limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runey Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 I laugh at the idea that young drivers are more dangerous. Every time you see a car drive through a building or going the wrong way on the freeway, who's driving? An old lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agent17 Posted October 30, 2010 Author Share Posted October 30, 2010 His speed wasn't what bothered me. It was the fact he decided to merge lanes without looking in his mirror, or indicating. Speeding isn't exactly good, but on the motorway people speed all the time, and if I'm not in a hurry and I'm doing 70, if someone is coming up fast behind me and I'm in the fast lane, I will move over into the left lane. And I would expect other people to do the same. When it's an empty road at 4am, why would you sit in the fast lane? It's ridiculous.. Speeding may be illegal, but we all know that everyone does it. Even if we don't do it ourselves, we should still be conscious of the fact lots of other people do, so f*cking get out of the way. Sitting there in the way to prove your stupid f*cking point is more dangerous than the person speeding. If I am speeding, I know that all my concentration is going on driving. It's not like people speed and not think about it. You look further ahead when judging manouevres, you are more careful with your lane changes and you look in your mirrors way more often. If everyone could speed the way I do, all roads wouldn't need a speed limit. This my be true in Urban areas / suburban areas. However there are only two lanes on the roads around here, with almost no shoulders in some locations. Driving in rural areas is much different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macorules94 Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 I laugh at the idea that young drivers are more dangerous. Every time you see a car drive through a building or going the wrong way on the freeway, who's driving? An old lady. I lol'd because this is so true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pac. Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 I laugh at the idea that young drivers are more dangerous. Every time you see a car drive through a building or going the wrong way on the freeway, who's driving? An old lady. I lol'd because this is so true! I hate the sexism about the woman drivers too, I mean my gran is such as sexist, prejudice you name it. When she drives she either balmes it on a young person, a woman or a different race, i really try to help her their and correct her, i mean she even calls afro-britanians coloured people, gettin' old i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 About 18 months ago now I was driving home from a party with a friend, I was the passenger and we were in his battered old KA, we came across a round-about, our right of way, it was maybe 2am? Anyway, a Peugeot that must have been coming across the round-about to the left, we'd turned onto a deserted stretch of road with a park on either side and this car pulls up alongside, 4 or 5 big chavvy looking f*ckers wind down their windows and tell us to pull over. They then pull in-front of us and slow to a stop. Max (also the drivers name) slows down says 'Shall we swing a U-turn?' I agree and we turn round thinking that would be the end of it. The other car also turned and came right up our arse, full beams on. The other car was clearly more powerful and they had no trouble touching our bumper and getting along-side us. At this point we were racing through London dodging buses and running red lights at around 70mph trying to get away from these f*cking maniacs. It was terrifying we'd done nothing to these guys and they were clearly looking for something, god knows what. Luckily Max hadn't had a drink and he drove really well. I was on the phone to the Police who were being f*cking unhelpful, they promised to have 3 police stations on the route either open for us to duck into or get cars towards the location. They did nothing, we didn't see anything of the Old Bill. Anyway, eventually we get near a bridge, dodge in-front of a double decker that the other c*nts nearly crash into and we're across the river and lose them. It was very unsettling, driving that fast through a built up area with God knows who chasing us and for whatever reason. We'd belted up and were considering slamming on the brakes, taking the hit and hoping it f*cked them up worse as the KA would be knocked forward and the impact would probably wreck them and their car more as its head on for them. It was these sort of calculations in such a dangerous and high risk situation that seem normal. We were actually looking for a place with few walls and barriers to basically crash when we managed to lose them thankfully. If we'd taken the crash people would have been hurt and possibly killed. Some people are just f*cking ridiculous. Scary stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pac. Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Especially London mate that sounds intense. I just don't know how to describe people like that who provoke you for no reason, people who look for trouble, endangering the general public but also scaring the living daylight out of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrisboy Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 @Max.: I'm not sure about the Ka's, but I know certain cars, especially newer models have fuel-cut-off sensors at the back, and if they get a big smash in the rear the car will cut out and you won't get it started again. I know from first hand experience There is "looking for a fight", then there are just unprovoked situations. When someone goes out looking for a fight, they usually have someone else instigate it.. After nights rowing with my bird I've done it before.. Go out to a bar somewhere and try and get someone to say something.. But pulling over random people and just starting on them? Ridiculous. They can't be that much of a f*cking hard man if they decided to pull over a pair of guys that were willing to call the police driving around in a Ka.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WedgeAntilles Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 I'd consider myself a lunatic driver, I suffer from mental road rage and have tried to ram other peoples cars off the roads. I drive waaaay to fast but I've only totally written one car off.. that said I've only felt the need to actually get out my car and intimidate once (the other dude was smaller than me). I'm usually at my worst in urban areas as I'm used to wee windy back roads where you can tavel 60mph plus. Actually I'm at my worst everywhere, if you see a black Toyota corolla with a massive dent in the passenger door coming up behind you at ridiculously unsafe speed, get the f*ck out the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pac. Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 At least you admit it, actually somtimes, i'm not driving but am the passenger, bad drivers actually make the boring road trips alot of fun providing it doesn't go wrong of course, it stirs up the adrenaline, and i love it for some reason, unless it gets way out of hand. Italy's the worst place i have been when it comes to bad drivers, i mean i'm sure other countries are worse like places in south africa, latin america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WedgeAntilles Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Italy's the worst place i have been when it comes to bad drivers, i mean i'm sure other countries are worse like places in south africa, latin america. I have to say that when I have other people in the car with me I'm alot better! Mind you I once gave some Lithuanian girl a lift and she got really quite 'over excited' you might say when she made me race a train! (I won!) and amen to foreign drivers, I've driven in South America and Southern Africa and that sh*t is pure f*cking mental! You just have to brake and hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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