road rage

[cacian]

do you drive a car wishing you did not?
I used to and I do not anymore. I feel much better for it. :)

[kev67]

I used to get bad road rage when I had a car, which was about eighteen years ago. 99% of the time I would drive like an old lady, but 1% of the time I would drive like a complete lunatic. It's a lot less frustrating riding a bicycle. Public transport is sometimes frustrating too, but at least you're not as much of a danger to others. Road rage is not the only reason I gave up owning a car, but one of them.

[Lokasenna]

I actually experienced my first act of road rage this morning, when I literally had to dive out of the road to avoid being run over by lunatic who, instead of slowing and stopping, actually accelerated at the zebra crossing I was on - and then screeched to a halt a few feet after the crossing to shout at me. The fact that I had right of way, that he was breaking the speed limit, and that he had plenty of time to see me and slow down apparently didn't matter - he told me that because I had earphones in it was all my fault, and thus I deserved to die.

I, in turn, called him several ungracious things and suggested that he read and review his Highway Code once he had extracted his head from an unfortunate orifice. I was gratified that several people on the pavement also joined in to tell him he was driving like a lunatic.

I never get road rage myself except, strangely enough, in the supermarket - where slow, meandering people who somehow manage to inhabit a whole aisle get my blood pressure up.

[Emil Miller]

I never get road rage myself except, strangely enough, in the supermarket - where slow, meandering people who somehow manage to inhabit a whole aisle get my blood pressure up.

You could leave the car in the car park.

I first experienced road rage as a pedestrian in Paris long before the expression had come into general use. I was crossing a road where the traffic had halted at some traffic lights, when a motorist got out of his car and began an altercation with the driver in front; when the man wound down his window to reply, his antagonist actually leaned through the window and tried to strangle him. Luckily a motorcycle cop came by at that moment and broke up the argument.

[cacian]

You could leave the car in the car park.
are you suggesting he was driving his car in the supermarket :sosp: lol


I first experienced road rage as a pedestrian in Paris long before the expression had come into general use. I was crossing a road where the traffic had halted at some traffic lights, when a motorist got out of his car and began an altercation with the driver in front; when the man wound down his window to reply, his antagonist actually leaned through the window and tried to strangle him. Luckily a motorcycle cop came by at that moment and broke up the argument.
oh my. anyhow a motorist? don't you say a driver? I tend to think a motorist drives a motorcar ..I mean a motorbike.

[Paulclem]

I actually experienced my first act of road rage this morning, when I literally had to dive out of the road to avoid being run over by lunatic who, instead of slowing and stopping, actually accelerated at the zebra crossing I was on - and then screeched to a halt a few feet after the crossing to shout at me. The fact that I had right of way, that he was breaking the speed limit, and that he had plenty of time to see me and slow down apparently didn't matter - he told me that because I had earphones in it was all my fault, and thus I deserved to die.

I, in turn, called him several ungracious things and suggested that he read and review his Highway Code once he had extracted his head from an unfortunate orifice. I was gratified that several people on the pavement also joined in to tell him he was driving like a lunatic.

I never get road rage myself except, strangely enough, in the supermarket - where slow, meandering people who somehow manage to inhabit a whole aisle get my blood pressure up.

Aisle rage - it's a growing problem with our ageing population.

[papayahed]

I may call people names and want to ram them off the road but I wouldn't consider it road rage.

[YesNo]

If one rams someone off the road, but does it calmly, without getting upset, is it still road "rage"?