Road Rage Stories

[foodpoison]

I've been driving 2 and a half years, never had an accident and would consider myself to be a moderately experienced, competent, aware and confident driver.

Anyway, to the point.

On my way to work yesterday, I was following the same BMW M3 (WITH personalised numberplate - vital to the story) for about 5 miles (never once was I driving up his bum - also vital to the story - I remained within the correct following distances and was aware of the car's manoeuvres). As we get to the roundabout (the one near Winkfield by the Mercedes Garage should you know it), there are 2 lanes to go straight on. I get in the right lane, the M3 gets in the left lane. A clearing comes up, so we both leave the roundabout at the same time. He is slightly faster, and so naturally I fall back to allow him to lead in front of me as I merge behind him.

The exit to the roundabout is a moderately steep, yet short, hill. You'd break a sweat walking up it. The BMW slows right down. At first I think that maybe the guy doesn't know the road and is in the wrong gear. Then I think that perhaps he's looking at road names.

I then notice the guy looking in his rear view mirror as his car continues to slow. I'm now right up his arse, unintentionally as I have no where to go - I am assuming he's going to speed up the hill but instead he slows right down to about 5mph.

I raise my hands :shrug: so he can see to say, "Mate, what are you doing?" he then speeds off as fast as possible for about 50m and then as I pull up behind him he slows RIGHT down again. I raise my hands again :shrug: and he's mouthing something in his rear view and then he speeds right off again. I give him the universal symbol for 'to$$er' out of the window, as the guy is being way out of line. He clearly sees it, and stops with a central reservation next to him so as to stop me over taking, and I see him open his door.

Brilliant. I take off my sunglasses, turn down my music and wait for him to come and read me the riot act. Over storms a 50 year old balding businessman clearly with a serious case of respecting your elders no matter how retarded they are.
In he leans to my window, finger pointing, and literally yells. Screaming, at the top of his voice, into my face, finger a foot away, his face a foot and a half, "THAT IS EXACTLY HOW ACCIDENTS HAPPEN!"

I'm a little taken aback by the sheer unexpectedness and enthusiasm that has gone into this accusation. I try and utter a few words, "I was simply waiting -"
and then round two comes.

"THAT IS EXACTLY HOW F****NG ACCIDENTS HAPPEN!"

I am starting to lose my temper. 20 years old and never been in a fight, deal with confrontation in a calm and mature manner, but this guy is pushing me.

I manage to slip in a sentence, louder this time, "What are you talking about?! I was simply waiting for you to go up the hill!"

He then brings out the mother of all accusations. Clearly a fisherman in a previous life: "YOU'VE BEEN DRIVING UP MY ARSE FOR THE PAST 10 MINUTES!"

My fuse is burning a lot quicker. He begins to walk away.

"Don't start accusing me of something I haven't been doing!" I exclaim, a tone of anger present in my voice.

He begins to come back, finger protruding in a phallic manner. He opens his mouth ready to empty his lungs once again and I simply say:

"Get back in your car, now."

He looked a little aghast, but I think he's realised the point. During this time, 2 cars have overtaken both me, him, and the central reservation, and a line of about 15 cars has come behind us, a lot of them beeping. I raise my hand out the window to apologise, and we're on our merry way. 100m down the road the BMW pulls over, the guy gets out and goes to his boot 'to get something out' as I drive off down the road.

I wish I had gotten out, too. The guy was totally out of line and he needed a taste of his own medicine.

I tell my parents, mum suggest I dealt with it in the correct manner and should never start something, but finish it, preferably with words.

My Dad says I should have got out of the car, and when he (as it was no doubt inevitable) went for me, open-palm slapped him in the face.

I think I dealt with it pretty well, but I kind of wish I had just screamed and slapped my forehead, suggesting I was a nutter so he'd have freaked out and left me to it.

Now for your stories

 

[Splog]

Good story!

I was driving my BMW M3 and as I came off this roundabout I noticed this spotty little oik driving up my arse, so I slowed allowing him to pass, but he didn't, he just hung behind me making strange gestures with his hands .... I moved off and the same thing happened again! I thought I've had enough of this... I pulled over to allow him to pass but he stopped behind me and blocked the road causing serious inconvenience to all those behind him :shake: I decided to have a chat ..

When I approached his car I see him removing his sunglasses in a seriously dangerous manner, I was concerned he may actually poke himself in the eye with his sunglasses and say in a perfectly reasonable manner .... Steady on, do you realize that is how accidents happen? at this point he gets all aggressive and starts telling me how good he is at controlling his sunglasses and tells me he's been doing this for two and a half years :shrug:

Okay I think! ... I've had enough of this oik and respectfully suggest he's been driving like an arse .......

 

[foggy4ever]

Bald man in his 50's in an M3......... I would have been laughing at him that hard he would have exploded

 

[sheddy]

You definately did the right thing. If you've managed 20 years without having a fight then now is no time to start.

Personally I would have forcefully put him back in his car....... and then got arresed. That's what normally happens.

 

[Gary]

my missus was 8 months pregnant and crossing a pedestrian crossing. Guy in Focus tries to drive through her and honks his horn. He had his window open so I punched him in the face.
Not the longest story in the world

 

[CT]

On my way to work yesterday, I was following the same BMW M3 (WITH personalised numberplate - vital to the story)

What am I missing - how is this vital to the story?

He is slightly faster, and so naturally I fall back to allow him to lead in front of me as I merge behind him.

You've omitted to tell us what you were driviing that was slightly slower than an M3?

...he then speeds off as fast as possible for about 50m and then as I pull up behind him he slows RIGHT down again.

"As fast as possible" in an M3 is pretty frickin fast, yet you say he only slows down as you pulled up behind him?

My Dad says I should have got out of the car, and when he (as it was no doubt inevitable) went for me, open-palm slapped him in the face.

LOL. Not exactly the best response I can think of in a knock-down drag-out sreet fight.

 

[stupar]

As I was driving to work one day a few years back I remember there being an incident with a young idiot in a punto.

I used to travel to work at 6 in the morning so the roads were always quiet apart from buses. This one morning I exited the roundabout near my work in the normal fashion (at this point there were no other cars around me). A few yards down the road a red punto is suddenly up my backside (obviously caining it).
At this point the bus in front of me pulled into a stop, so I indicated to overtake, as i overtook the bus the A*** in the punto thought he would take the two of us (between two islands). Not content with his action I put the foot down and forced him to pull in behind me (not my normal course of action - but I can't stand young drivers who think they can drive - more so at speed with total disregard to others).

I'm guessing this manouver angered him as about a mile down the road, I signalled to turn right for my work. The boy in the punto drew up alongside me on the left and proceeded to wind his window down. I dind't even get a chance to put my window down when a transit ran into the back of him.
At that point I tootled off to work happy in the fact that payback was well and trully served.

 

[Mike Jackson]

A few years ago I was with my father and some idiot decided to tailgate us. As my father was slightly exceeding the speed limit he slowed down a bit to try and force the idiot to overtake. This went on for about 1/2 mile with my father getting slowly slower and Mr idiot still didn't overtake so Dad pulled over expecting Mr idiot to go past. Mr idiot didn't go past, instead he stopped behind us and started to get out of his car looking very angry. Seeing this I unbelted and got out of the passenger door, Mr idiot took one look at me, leapt back in his car and sped off.

 

[mercmanuk]

Drive a Volvo nobody messes with a Volvo.Airbags on wheels


it gives me the authority to drive like a pee stained demented old fart. because it's expected. and if i am feeling really old i wear a Hat


Merc.

 

[Arkady]

Two and a half years and this is your first encounter with 'BMW-Man'?
You need to get out more...

 

[foodpoison]

my missus was 8 months pregnant and crossing a pedestrian crossing. Guy in Focus tries to drive through her and honks his horn. He had his window open so I punched him in the face.
Not the longest story in the world

Class story though, haha!

What am I missing - how is this vital to the story?

I'm of the opinion that personalised numberplates are for 2 kinds of people - show offs and suckers. Sorry if this offends anyone.

You've omitted to tell us what you were driviing that was slightly slower than an M3?

I'm driving a 1.4l ford focus.

"As fast as possible" in an M3 is pretty frickin fast, yet you say he only slows down as you pulled up behind him?

Let me rephrase - he boons it off extremely fast and then 50m later slows right down again, as I pull up behind him.

LOL. Not exactly the best response I can think of in a knock-down drag-out sreet fight.

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As I was driving to work one day a few years back I remember there being an incident with a young idiot in a punto.

I used to travel to work at 6 in the morning so the roads were always quiet apart from buses. This one morning I exited the roundabout near my work in the normal fashion (at this point there were no other cars around me). A few yards down the road a red punto is suddenly up my backside (obviously caining it).
At this point the bus in front of me pulled into a stop, so I indicated to overtake, as i overtook the bus the A.R.S.E in the punto thought he would take the two of us (between two islands). Not content with his action I put the foot down and forced him to pull in behind me (not my normal course of action - but I can't stand young drivers who think they can drive - more so at speed with total disregard to others).

I'm guessing this manouver angered him as about a mile down the road, I signalled to turn right for my work. The boy in the punto drew up alongside me on the left and proceeded to wind his window down. I dind't even get a chance to put my window down when a transit ran into the back of him.
At that point I tootled off to work happy in the fact that payback was well and trully served.

Amazing. Instant karma.

Two and a half years and this is your first encounter with 'BMW-Man'?
You need to get out more...

Haha it's my first out of car experience, I've had plenty of to-and-froing with gestures, unfortunately.

 

[retired]

I get in the right lane, the M3 gets in the left lane. This was your first mistake, why did you get into the BMW lane? :shrug:

Hand on heart, did you drive in the same manner as you did on your driving test? :rules:
Oh, and by the way, my wife bought me my personal plate for a birthday pressie, and we are not the kind of people as you describe.:shake:

Have a look around your local cemetery, it's full of people like you.

 

[Lynton]

so why is the fact its an M3 with private plates vital to the story? :shrug:

ah right read it now.. wonder if I am a show-off or sucker?

 

[hashcake]

so why is the fact its an M3 with private plates vital to the story? :shrug:

Because most are driven by pricks.

 

[hashcake]

I think you handled the situation very well all things considered.
There was a time when I suffered very badly from road rage and on more than one occasion I found myself getting out of my car and kicking another drivers car door when they've wound up the window and locked the doors.
I'm lucky I never got into any serious trouble.
Nowadays I just swear loudly in my head and ignore them.

One account that has always stuck in my mind is from my motorbike days.
A taxi driver braked suddenly and made a left turn without indicating, I wasn't riding closely behind him but it was enough to catch me out and caused me to brake quickly almost losing the front end of my GPZ550.
I followed him and kicked his offside brake light before accelerating past him.
When I got home I found a small piece of red plastic wedged into my boot

 

[Splog]

I think you handled the situation very well all things considered.
There was a time when I suffered very badly from road rage and on more than one occasion I found myself getting out of my car and kicking another drivers car door when they've wound up the window and locked the doors.
I'm lucky I never got into any serious trouble.
Nowadays I just swear loudly in my head and ignore them.

One account that has always stuck in my mind is from my motorbike days.
A taxi driver braked suddenly and made a left turn without indicating, I wasn't riding closely behind him but it was enough to catch me out and caused me to brake quickly almost losing the front end of my GPZ550.
I followed him and kicked his offside brake light before accelerating past him.
When I got home I found a small piece of red plastic wedged into my boot

You weren't driving closely behind him and yet you nearly lost the front of your bike ....................................

 

[foggy4ever]

You weren't driving closely behind him and yet you nearly lost the front of your bike ....................................

Loosing the front end while braking doesn't mean physically loosing the front end, it's when the front tyre skids and folds.

 

[Splog]

Loosing the front end while braking doesn't mean physically loosing the front end, it's when the front tyre skids and folds.

Because you either over react due to incompetent driving or you are too close to the vehicle in front causing hard uncontrolled breaking .... There is no excuse for blaming the vehicle in front! ..................... His fault 100%

 

[Harvey_nikon]

don't get me started! 80% of people on the road can't drive at all!

Lets not start on this 40mph syndrome no matter the speed limit!

 

[frank]

Road rage, you were first to show it by raing your hands and giving hime the to$$er sign, your lucky you never got nothing more than a verbal. So I have a personal numberplate and it makes me a sucker...Explain how, you don't even know me or the guy in the car.

 

[Jamesbuk]

In 2 years I've never had *that* sort of road rage, although of course I have called people ******s and every other word under the sun whilst driving..

I do have 1 short story though, and its not really a case of road rage but we was amazed at this drivers sheer stupidity.

My dad and I were driving back from the shopping centre, we decided to take the scenic route home because the other way was manic because of road works. Driving along, windows down, music blasting out and then we sniffed something.. smelt 'herbal'.

We caught up with the car which was in front and low and behold there was 3 teenage guys in it with the windows down, smoking. Doesn't take a genius to work out the 3 guys are smoking pot (inc the driver!!). We decided to have a bit of fun with them as we had nowt else to do that afternoon - so we followed the 3 boys round the country for a good 20 minutes.

They got more and more suspicious, to the point where the little twit in the back tried to 'stare' us out whilst driving. The driver was clearly ******** himself, thinking we were old bill or something - so he started taking unusual turns and eventually pulled over. Needless to say, we pulled up next to them and gave them the verbal *******ing of a lifetime.

That was quite fun

James

 

[hashcake]

You weren't driving closely behind him and yet you nearly lost the front of your bike ....................................

He slammed the brakes on and caught me out, I'd kept a reasonable distance behind him but my instant reaction was to brake hard.

 

[hashcake]

Because you either over react due to incompetent driving or you are too close to the vehicle in front causing hard uncontrolled breaking .... There is no excuse for blaming the vehicle in front! ..................... His fault 100%

I rode bikes from the age of 16 - 28 so I had a fair amount of experience and I was 26 when this happened.
Yes I did brake hard because if I hadn't, I would of hit the back of his car.
He slammed on the brakes as if he had almost missed the junction.
You would exactly the same in a car if you were caught out like that.
When I was a biker I never rode 300 feet behind a car but I kept a reasonable distance from them.

 

[PsiFox]

Not content with his action I put the foot down and forced him to pull in behind me (not my normal course of action - but I can't stand young drivers who think they can drive - more so at speed with total disregard to others).

I'm guessing this manouver angered him as about a mile down the road, I signalled to turn right for my work. The boy in the punto drew up alongside me on the left and proceeded to wind his window down. I dind't even get a chance to put my window down when a transit ran into the back of him.
At that point I tootled off to work happy in the fact that payback was well and trully served.

Did you not stop to think that if you hadn't sunk to his level (and you did), the accident would not have happened and the tranny driver would not have had to make a claim.

 

[hashcake]

Road rage, you were first to show it by raing your hands and giving hime the to$$er sign, your lucky you never got nothing more than a verbal. So I have a personal numberplate and it makes me a sucker...Explain how, you don't even know me or the guy in the car.

I raise my hands :shrug: so he can see to say, "Mate, what are you doing?" he then speeds off as fast as possible for about 50m and then as I pull up behind him he slows RIGHT down again. I raise my hands again :shrug: and he's mouthing something in his rear view and then he speeds right off again. I give him the universal symbol for 'to$$er' out of the window,

The M3 driver speeds up then as Sean gets closer to him the guy slows right down?
I've seen pricks like this pull this stunt loads of times and Sean giving him the ****** sign is something a lot of people do.
I've seen them cut a car up because the other car moved away quicker from a traffic light without revving the nuts out of the engine, being impatient on a motorway and constantly swapping lanes so they can try and get into the outside lane so they can boot it and constantly trying to change lanes when they are in a traffic queue thinking they will get to their destination quicker.
I'm not saying it applies to everyone but 95% of the pricks I see on the road acting like complete ***** are either driving an M3 or an AMG spec Merc.
They think they own the road and it's their god given right to do as they please.

 

[Byker28i]

My personal take.

I commute by motorbike everyday. Most 'accidents' are avoidable, they aren't accidents but usually poor driving by one or more people. If you're on a bike and lock up a wheel then generally it's poor observation skills. Yes there's always exceptions but there's always signs somethings going to happen.

As to incidents, yup they happen to me, frequently. People on mobiles not paying attention, I've had cups of coffee thrown over me, banana skins, apple cores, orange peel and cigarettes are the usual breakfast items that get thrown out of windows.

An interesting technique is to be very polite like a policeman would be, throw in a few Sir's whilst questioning his driving technique. It tends to completely throw people.

 

[david1701]

lol my brother just hits them

gotta love 5mm steel plate bumpers

 

[James306]

Funny enough, the car involved in an incident about 2 weeks ago, was a businessman around his 50's in a convertable M3!

Driving along a single carriageway road, BMW on my arse. I ignore him as this is far from un-common. Get to a split in the road, I go into the right lane as you take the right lane to go straight over the roundabout. He instantly boots it to try and beat me into the lane and almost rear ends me, this is where that universal sign comes out to show I'm not happy with how he is driving. He is now driving practically bumper to bumper with me mouthing off god knows what before undertaking me and pulling back into the right hand lane ahead of me at great speed.

This is the best bit, I then laugh my head off as he swerves infront of a car in the left lane when he realises he is in totally the wrong lane and the old lady he cut up honks and shouts WA**ER at the top of her lungs!

50 year old driving his M3 midlife chrisis mobile and a young lad driving a modified 'hot hatch' and who was the one driving like a prick?

I don't think the OP is trying to say all BMW drivers with personal plates drive like this, just about 95%

 

[Steep]

50 year old driving his M3 midlife chrisis mobile

I think they're called Clarksons.

 

[hashcake]

I think they're called Clarksons.

No they are not, Clarkson considers the drivers of these as cocks.

 

[Steep]

That's just him in denial.

 

[trencheel303]

Lets not start on this 40mph syndrome no matter the speed limit!

Or how about 'lets do 40 in a 30 and 30 in a 40' syndrome.

 

[MatBin]

Now if it had been me in the BM and you had been up my arse and I was doing the speed limit then I would have slowed so you could overtake and rush off to wherever you needed to be and I could go about my business of driving at the speed limit.
I'm not suggesting you were trying to hurry him along but if he felt you were (rightly or wrongly) then at 50+ yrs of age you would have thought he would have enough brains left to just de-fuse the situation by letting you trundle off at whatever speed you wanted to go at and he could have enjoyed the rest of his journey stress free, the blokes a berk and some day he'll get a slap from a 20 yr old.

Matt

 

[foodpoison]

I get in the right lane, the M3 gets in the left lane. This was your first mistake, why did you get into the BMW lane? :shrug:

Hand on heart, did you drive in the same manner as you did on your driving test? :rules:
Oh, and by the way, my wife bought me my personal plate for a birthday pressie, and we are not the kind of people as you describe.:shake:

Have a look around your local cemetery, it's full of people like you.

Hey, have a read again. I get in the right lane as the right lane goes straight on or right, he gets in the left lane as it goes straight on or left. I always get in the right lane, as if people don't know the roundabout, the lanes can be confusing, and getting in the right lane makes it a lot clearer to other drivers where you're going.

No, I don't. I drive 35mph in a 30mph zone, I drive with one hand on the steering wheel and one hand on the gear stick, I have my windows open, I wear my sunglasses, I check my mirrors a third less than I do. If I had to take my driving test today, I'd fail it, and most drivers would. Anyone who says they drive like they did on their test day is a liar.

And I love how you're putting the blame on me. Did you really not read the story? I wasn't driving up his arse, I was simply slowing as the car in front of me slowed, but he was slowing faster. Like on the motorway, when the car in front of you slows down, you leave off the gas, allow your car to reach the same speed as them and then drop back to a safe distance. You don't slam on the brakes and then pump on the gas, that's a lot more dangerous.

I've looked around my local cemetery, and I don't see anyone like me. I'm a safe, conscious and aware driver. I drive confidently, not wrecklessly. I'm completely aware of my car's capabilities and my capabilities as a driver. I recognise the signs you see when a car is about to manouevre. Please don't accuse me of being a dangerous driver, and suggest I'm probably going to die because of it.

I would also like to take this opportunity to say this:

The joke about people owning personalised number plates being show offs or suckers was exactly that - a joke. Lighten up people.

so why is the fact its an M3 with private plates vital to the story? :shrug:

ah right read it now.. wonder if I am a show-off or sucker?

See above.

Road rage, you were first to show it by raing your hands and giving hime the to$$er sign, your lucky you never got nothing more than a verbal. So I have a personal numberplate and it makes me a sucker...Explain how, you don't even know me or the guy in the car.

As far as the hand gesture, I know it was stupid, but it definitely wasn't being uncalled for. The guy was being exactly what I suggested he was being.

And I don't know the guy in the car, nor do I know you. But this guy had a chip on his shoulder double the size of the car he was driving.

As for the personalised numberplate, don't take everything so personally and chill out. It was simply a joke, I'm sorry I offended you.

50 year old driving his M3 midlife chrisis mobile and a young lad driving a modified 'hot hatch' and who was the one driving like a prick?

I don't think the OP is trying to say all BMW drivers with personal plates drive like this, just about 95%

I love it. I'm 20 years old, and so therefore anyone older than me is a better driver by default. It's ridiculous, isn't it.

Top Gear can say what they want about BMW drivers and it's funny. I make one tongue-in-cheek comment and they're grabbing their lighters and sharpening their pitchforks.

Now if it had been me in the BM and you had been up my arse and I was doing the speed limit then I would have slowed so you could overtake and rush off to wherever you needed to be and I could go about my business of driving at the speed limit.
I'm not suggesting you were trying to hurry him along but if he felt you were (rightly or wrongly) then at 50+ yrs of age you would have thought he would have enough brains left to just de-fuse the situation by letting you trundle off at whatever speed you wanted to go at and he could have enjoyed the rest of his journey stress free, the blokes a berk and some day he'll get a slap from a 20 yr old.

Matt

I appreciate this Matt, I'd just like to confirm that I wasn't hurrying him along, simply confused as to the actions he was taking (I'm about 3 metres from his car travelling at 15 miles an hour and slowing rapidly, in no danger but simply confused as what he was doing). It was then I realised he was trying to prove a point. That driving dangerously will cause an accident, and unnecessary and unexpected braking is one example of this. I think maybe he was just trying to teach me a very angry lesson - that braking hard and trying to get someone to drive into the back of you is dangerous.

 

[trencheel303]

No, I don't. I drive 35mph in a 30mph zone, I drive with one hand on the steering wheel and one hand on the gear stick, I have my windows open, I wear my sunglasses, I check my mirrors a third less than I do. If I had to take my driving test today, I'd fail it, and most drivers would. Anyone who says they drive like they did on their test day is a liar..

I admire your honesty man.

I think it's shocking the amount of people in this thread making accusations and jumping on the assumption bus just because you are the age you are. Not-so-ironically perhaps, one of them is also the same person who accused me of stealing and using forced entry because I do urbex.

Just ignore em, it ain't worth it... but I have to say you did set yourself up for a bit of a grilling posting this on here.

 

[seriousrikk]

There are many types of BMW driver, you have just encountered the type who got the car for the roundel on the bonnet. Although most people in that class drive a 320d provided by their company... From your description he sounded like he was a right nobber and your gesture was pretty accurate. Speeding up then slowing down is a classic sign of them... they want to 'teach you a lesson' and genuinely think they are doing the right thing. Muppets.

See, I've found that since I have owned a BMW that people on the road are more aggressive towards me - often urging me to speed up despite the fact I'm doing 60 on an A road. I have to admit my favourite response to a tailgaiter is to slow down a bit - and on one occasion I was being tailgated by a discovery...

This was my journey home from work, I had all the windows down on a road I love driving and I was doing approx 55mph. It is not often possible to overtake on this road and I don't drive it any faster because there are always cyclists and a lot of bends. this discovery was clearly doing in excess of 70 based on how fast he came up behind me, and then drove so close I could see nothing but grille and bonnet in my rear view mirror. Normally this is fine, you end up close then drop back, only he didn't and this wound me up.

So picture the scene, I know the road and we are on a section with two S bends which tighten up in sequence. This disco driver wasn't backing off (Well he did a couple of times, then just acellerated closer again) and I was getting thoughly fed up by now - 2 miles of it is enought to wind anyone up tbh.

Well, Bend 2 in this series of S bends I normally slow down to about 50 and drop to 40 for the third - but I also know that I can take all the bends except the last comfortably at just under 50 so I slow down to just under 50... I'm suprised the driver doesn't drop back...

As it turns out a land rover discovery cannot take bend 3 of that sequence at just under 50. He lost the back end and re-arranged the hawthorn hedge.

I carried on, turned round when it was safe and went back - and at this point I was bricking it a bit expecting him to be in a bit of a state. Fortunatly the guy was alreay out the vehicle by this time and when I asked if he was OK, he just muttered a 'yes thanks - i'm phoning for help now' and turned away.

Fair enough. His choice, I turned around again and went home. People who just behave like nobs on the road **** me off more than anything. We all have different standards of driving, we all make mistakes from time to time. But there is no excuse for being a to$$er on the road.

 

[Twentyten]

Hey, have a read again. I get in the right lane as the right lane goes straight on or right, he gets in the left lane as it goes straight on or left. I always get in the right lane, as if people don't know the roundabout, the lanes can be confusing, and getting in the right lane makes it a lot clearer to other drivers where you're going.

As you've said we don't know the roundabout your refering to, but unless the exit on said roundabout has 2 lanes, I'd fail to see why you elected to take the right hand lane unless you were turning right:shrug:. Personally I'd never take the righthand lane for fear of someone in the left running into the side of me, most people have shocking lane disipline(sp?) on roundabouts.

I love it. I'm 20 years old, and so therefore anyone older than me is a better driver by default. It's ridiculous, isn't it.

That's the rules

Joking aside, I've witnessed more than my fair share of reckless driving over the years, and you've guessed it, the majority were "young" drivers,now I could probably be described as old enough to know better, but I'm young enough to remember what I was like when I was late teens, early twenties and the things I used to do then make me cringe. So what I'm trying to say is, yes, the older and more expeirienced you become, the more aware of your own mortality and you have more respect for other road users.

Top Gear can say what they want about BMW drivers and it's funny. I make one tongue-in-cheek comment and they're grabbing their lighters and sharpening their pitchforks.

I'll be round with my pitchfork shortly.

I once came up behind a young lad in a Corsa, which had the mother of all bodykits on it Pram handle, flared arches, the works. And as we left a 40mph limit the road starts to go uphill and turns into a crawler lane, so I thought, young lad, he's spent all his money on tarting up the exterior of the car it'll just be a 1.2L engine under the bonnet, right up to the moment he dropped a gear(or switched on the nitros) disappered into the distance, and left me sitting in the overtaking lane looking like a right tit.

 

[trencheel303]

1.2L

No wonder it went like stink!

We all know how fast those 1.2Ls are

 

[Lynton]

this so reminds me of a quite funny story , well funny now looking back on it nigh on 20 years ago...........

I had a summer job driving for a large construction company.......... visiting sites, collecting soil samples etc, and this road sounds a similar layout to the OP thread.........

Roundabout Lane 1 - left
Roundabout Lane 2 - straight, or right..........

and I don't know why, but it always USED to bug me when people would bomb down the left hand lane, and go straight on......... #(layout has since changed)

So I am in a bright yellow Defender with "psycho Jim" in the passenger seat - yes, thats what everyone called him..... Rep in his repmobile Cavalier SRi comes down the inside lane - no way was I going to yield and let him go... I was 17 - in "my" Defender and I was "King of the road." No two ways about it, rep was going to back off, or be parked in the allotments.........at the worst, a defender should win if it came to metal on metal.........

So he backed off, and then spent the next mile on my bumper lights flashing before pulling up on the inside at the next traffic lights, (we were turning right.) and brandishes a 8" adjustable spanner through the window..........(why did he have one of these? Was he a spanner rep? Certainly a spanner!) "You ####### ####, etc etc. I'll f###ing hell have you with this.........." to which Psycho Jim, leans back into the landrover, and reappears with a 3ft pair of bolt croppers.......... "Yeah come on then, mate....whenever" " i er.... err I don't want no trouble mate..." windows up, door locked! Bizarre 20 yrs on.....:shrug:

 

[Byker28i]

...stuff about getting burnt off by a corsa