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Why is it that every mother****ing **** arsed **** ****er bastard ****er is out to get me? First it was my bike, now it's the car - no no don't worry, no impact, but how I missed the **** I really do not know - but I'm now sure there is a God.
So I'm coming round this corner not particularly quickly, but there was a huge line of on coming traffic, and a junction right on the apex of the corner with a yellow box on the junction. It's a bit of a blind corner with all the cars coming round - just as I get to the junction, to my left a car is waiting to pull out, to my right along the line of the traffic a car pulls out RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!!!!! The middle of this blue corsa is right in front of me - i.e. he was well and truly in front of me. :/
I somehow manage to swerve to the left, and then back to the right around the front of the car, avoiding the other car on the left at the junction, squeezing in between them. And coming to stop, safely without skidding. If I had been in a car any less nimble I'd have gone into either the ****, or the poor waiting car.
I was livid. Absolutely and completely outside of my body with rage as well as (and I don't mind admitting it) fear - or at least adrenaline pumped. People around me were asking if I was ok (I was topless ;)), but I hadn't heard a word, I was already out of my car and up to the **** asking him what the **** is he doing? He looked incredulous - he had done nothing wrong. Fortunately he had stalled otherwise he'd have scampered. I leant in grabbed his keys and chucked them as hard as I could whilst hurling abuse at him. Everybody around me clapped and cheered, he started getting all shirty, but amazingly despite his big words stayed in the car... I drove off, and saw him running out of his car looking for his keys - I felt great.
Yes I know it's a pathetic not very mature thing to do, and now I've calmed down I feel somewhat guilty about it - but then I just have to think about it and the vein in my head starts throbbing and I remember that that cock nearly helped write off my car - and effectively ruin my bank holiday plans. Maybe I do have a bit of a temper, maybe I don't, I blame my greek blood - either way, that was not the start of the day I needed, though I do love the buzz of the adrenaline. However I don't wish to experience it that way thank you very much.
anyway, I've just had a cup of tea and so feel better. Why is it that every **** on the road doesn't see me? I'm starting to take it personally now!! :(
Who said that?!
Wish I'd been there to see the rampage. And the key searching! At least you're OK, which is the main thing. Sounds like a real close one though.
Davey_Pitch
22-05-2007, 10:17
What are you feeling guilty about? Lobbing his keys? If it were me I'd have been tempted to take his head clean off. I'm generally a very calm person but I have such a temper at times that very few people have actually seen it. If I'd been in the same position, I'd no doubt be as pissed off as you were, and I honestly think if he'd started talking back to me and getting in my face, I'd have punched him, very very hard. You did well not to do that yourself :)
Good driving by the way, you did well not to hit either car. Through a mis-judgment of my own I almost hit two cars on a dual-carriageway on the weekend of Dee's birthday. A car in front was slowing down to stop, so I pulled out to avoid him, not realising the car next to me was slowing down to turn right at a junction. I swerved inbetween the two of them, missing both by less than a foot on either side. It certainly got my adrenaline going for a while :D
Sounds an understandable reaction, you didn't even touch the bloke, but I bet he was scared! Rightly so, hopefully he'll think next time.
Glad you're ok. :)
Kell_ee001
22-05-2007, 11:20
Rightly so, hopefully he'll think next time.
Exactly. you didn't hit him (well done, especially if you were really that angry) and so he might think twice as the next person he does it to could have less self control. Nothing to feel guilty about on your part though imo.
Glad you're ok and that it wasn't worse! *hugs*
Some old codger nearly got my rusty iron bumper shoved up his ass the morning.
I have a great idea, why not pull out right in front of the car that is least likely to be able to stop. Like I said, stupid old codger.
I mean what is it with people? Do they literally have no capacity to think at all? Since when you do pull out of a junction that you can't see is clear?! To be honest I was so livid I didn't even think about hurting him I couldn't see him I was almost blind with rage... actually I sound like a monster, I wasn't that bad. I'd have loved to have had the time to laugh at the key throwing incident... I don't know how I manage to swerve around them.. well him basically it's a tribute to the ability of my car not really my driving skill - I have got good reactions and don't panic under pressure, but the car responded to my inputs perfectly.
Thanks for the confidence guys - don't know how I kept my cool, I musn't be as aggressive as I thought I was...
Blackstar
22-05-2007, 11:37
Well done for not lamping him. I feel the same way a lot of the time, every time i go out in the car there is some idiot waiting to try to kill me or force me off the road. Pulling out in front of me, nearly running into the side of me on roundabouts and recently small children running out onto the road after balls. Grr.
I understand the anger :)
Yesterday I came out to my car to find some **** had knocked the wing mirror off (When I was parked half off the road and on a wide part of the road), second time it's happened, plus had someone drive into the side of my car when trying to park and then drove off.
The pleasures of living down the road from a college, 17 year olds in Mum's car and can't really drive yet. :angry:
Unfortunately for me I think I'm all talk, if I had an accident caused by someone else I'd probably be too freaked out to get angry, then shortly afterwards wish I had a go at them. Also the size of me doesn't really help ;D
Just sucks when people are so inconsiderate about your property :(
Also the size of me doesn't really help ;D
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog! ;)
Not that I'm calling you a dog though... erm... you know what I mean right?! :embarassed:
Just sucks when people are so inconsiderate about your property :(
I hear you sister!
I'm a what?! :shocked:
;)
I'm sure it'd depend on the day, if I was having a crap day I'd probably be more likely to go ballistic at someone :embarassed:
Touch wood though, I haven't yet had an accident. Knowing my luck it'll be the day after I buy my next car ;D
IAM golden rule for driving:
Everyone else on the road is an idiot.
If you expect them to be so, and drive accordingly your chances of an accident are much reduced. But still, its hard to anticipate every moronic way of driving people come up with!
Dude - I'm an IAM driver and have been for several years. Plus numerous other advanced driving courses. You can't be ready for everything on the road - no matter how careful you are or how good a driver you are or think you are.
TBH I just drive faster than everyone else, then they can't crash into me;D
We can all be a bit aggressive sometimes so I wouldn't worry about it. I thought you were a bit stressed this weekend too, so try to think nice calming thoughts.
At least the guy didn't do it deliberately which I find people do when Im driving a BM:angry:
Stressed? This weekend?! Hell no! I was in a great mood! :/
I only get pissed off with people who put my life in jeopardy.
Stressed? This weekend?! Hell no! I was in a great mood! :/
I only get pissed off with people who put my life in jeopardy.
Oh. ok. You were just joking round with me then? I got the distinct impression you were very irritable with me.
Probably cos you're a ****? ;)
Nicely done on throwing the keys and not hitting him. Sounds like a right moron.
I'm genuinely scared of hitting anyone, a) for legal implications - i.e. being arrested b) injuries on the person c) being retaliated against and left in a bad way.
Bloody Corsa drivers! B*stards the lot of them!
Good job on throwing the keys instead of him (which would have been my reaction)!!
Mohinder
22-05-2007, 18:21
Should've whalloped him! No one would have blamed you if you had tbh.
And I don't understand why people pull out of gaps they can't see either. The other day I was riding along, had just been in view of this donut pulling out - i.e should could have looked left, seen this whole filter lane of cars start to pull away and ascertained from that that within a few seconds, the lane she wanted to pull into would be full...
I see her bonnet come out
I can't see her face, she can't see me
A few seconds later, she just rolls out, I jump on the brakes (my hands and feet were already on them because I could see what was happening) she jumps on hers too, and I roll past her giving her the evil black visor treatment before roaring off up the road :D
I'm just glad she poked her bonnet out first. She probably did it so I'd stop/slow down, and it did work, but then I got mardy and pushed through :D
Dude - I'm an IAM driver and have been for several years. Plus numerous other advanced driving courses. You can't be ready for everything on the road - no matter how careful you are or how good a driver you are or think you are.
Yeah, I remember.. wasn't a criticism of your driving, just a general comment. Everyone on the road is an idiot, and I see it most days, one way or another. Some stuff whilst driving has scared the living daylights out of me for hours; there have been more than a few near misses I've been involved in that have been caused by idiots ignoring the rules of the road and doing whatever the hell they want to. Some of them I've been left thinking "I wish he'd actually hit me" so that some folks would realise just how **** they are behind the wheel; but then I realise they'd never accept the blame, just blame me instead.
Davey_Pitch
23-05-2007, 08:49
I always think people are idiots when driving, as experience has taught me that they generally prove me right every time. Thankfully I hardly ever get scared by anything though (bar my 95MPH spin off the motorway, but that would shake pretty much anyone I think). I've had some very close calls but, assuming I've managed to avoid it myself in some way, I'm usually more proud of my own driving to get out the way than I am scared about what nearly happened :)
Oh yeah. They're all prats - I don't trust anyone on the road at all. It makes driving less fun but it's all about self preservation ultimately as well as saving some money!
today was a better day - still some ****wits on the road though grrrrr :angry:
And to add insult to injury I left my sandwiches at home :(
This BMW driver pulled out on me from a junction as I was driving past the courts earlier. Bloody BMW drivers.
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