Thread: Road rage- What grips your sh*t?

Being driven into whilst in a big white estate car which is a mixture of Hi vis yellow, blue and white with massive blue strobe lights on the roof and displaying in all four directions can tickle your rage-o-meter.

Another indicator of incompetence is hat-wearing (particularly flat caps) in cars that have heating.Unless, of course, they're in an open topped job, in which case a blazer, flannels,cravat and pipe are also de rigeur.

What sort of idiot honks a horn at a copper in a police landrover when its obvious the driver is trying to have a word with a cyclist me .
when that does'nt work thinks swearing and threating said copper appopiate response
morone thinks when told to calm down by copper lets get out and start something
did'nt hang about to see the aftermarth bloke was on the bonnet and in cuffs.
tried not to laugh too much

people who put the roof down on there convertables at the first sign of a nice day even though its minus 3

Lorry Drivers. They are all cunts. For most of my twice weekly journey is spent on the dual laned car park which is commonly known as the A1. It is an endless scene of lorries attempting to overtake each other at crawling speed holding the traffic up for countless miles. I really just wish they'd die a horrible greasy spoon heart attack style death.

Twats who leave their cars at the pumps then go and do their weeks shopping in the garage when it's busy.

Lack of lane discipline on motorways, indicating and moving at the same time.

Anyone else who annoys me.

People from Northern Ireland as it seems its not what you know its who you know that gets you a licence.

Riding my motorbike smashed off it on a huge roundabout by a bloke coming from the airport who didnt give way.
Tractors on the roads over there are everywhere
Indicators are optional, we followed one of the civvie blokes to camp from Aldergrove and he never indicated once (I mean I accept we all forget occasionally) when asked about this his response was that "everyone knows where im going" and the worse part was he meant it.
The wife arrived at a roundabout last (a mini one at that) and the other 3 drivers sat at their entrance to it shrugging their shoulders not knowing who had right of way, so the wife took the inititive and did one
Tailgating,chavs,lorries and the self righteous are everywhere, im just glad we've left.

Tailgaters; I've seen it done at less than a car's length. Easily fixed by a spot of 'engine braking', i.e. simply take your foot off the accelerator.

Toowong Tractors; 4WD's that will never see dirt, i.e. no winch, roll cage, bull bar, spare tyres, pioneer tools, spare fuel/water jerries, private school stickers in the (clean) back window, undamaged paintwork etc. Why do you need a 4WD to take the kids 800m to school? Make the maggots walk!

Originally Posted by warrior8234mkIIIA2

people who put the roof down on there convertables at the first sign of a nice day even though its minus 3

That's what Airscarf (TM) and heated seats are for, loser.

Originally Posted by swansea84

Pr1cks who pull out of side roads, Roundabouts, Junctions making you slam on

Wasn't it the law in France , perhaps it still is , that traffic on a main road actually had to give way to traffic coming on from side roads .... Priorite a la droit .... or something similar . Now that always struck me as a bloody dangerous practice .... especially when French drivers come to this country

Originally Posted by auscam

Tailgaters; I've seen it done at less than a car's length. Easily fixed by a spot of 'engine braking', i.e. simply take your foot off the accelerator.

My brother had a Toyota Celica with which he could turn the reverse light on whilst driving forward.
Scared the shite out of many tailgaters! :D

Any of you driving round Brum.....Arrrgh!

Originally Posted by Cloggie

Originally Posted by auscam

Tailgaters; I've seen it done at less than a car's length. Easily fixed by a spot of 'engine braking', i.e. simply take your foot off the accelerator.

My brother had a Toyota Celica with which he could turn the reverse light on whilst driving forward.
Scared the shite out of many tailgaters! :D

Brilliant! If he can make that into an aftermarket drop-in kit, he'll make a fortune! I'd buy one just for the devilry! :D

HORSERIDERS!! No tax, no road insurance, no lights, no indicators and most of the time..... no fcuking clue. If the vehicle I am driving breaks down (and therefore I temporarily lose control of it), I guide it to the kerb/hard shoulder and telephone for assistance. I've seen other drivers give "skittish/nervous" horses over twenty feet of space because the riders/animals are out of their depth when in a busy (traffic) environment.

If you do find yourself behind one on a country lane, it's russian roulette to get past the bloody thing for fear of oncoming traffic. PUT IT IN A FIELD AND RIDE IT THERE.

How can a dog owner get a fixed penalty fine for their animal fouling a pathway yet I've never seen the same rule apply to horse riders?

21st century = Horses - Dogfood

People who on a green filter light still insist on stopping to give way to the now stationary traffic not coming from the other direction.

Or, my most hated thing, the 80% of drivers who enter the nations road system between the hours of 0900 and 1200 every Thursday. Pensioners. With their immaculately kept 1997 Nissan Micra, or clapped out Rover 214s (were they just built like that?) they potter around from house to post office to supermarket at 15 mph veering randomly and forgetting to indicate, brake, give way, and in ever increasing cases, stop, without first having something to stop into. Thursday mornings. If you had somewhere to be or something to do, either leave early or sack it until after lunch.