In response to Godog57's thread about being road raged, I'm guessing there's more than a few guys here that liked to start sheit in their younger years! LOL. Maybe still do!

I had a guy get pissed off at me in traffic.

I could tell as he was coming around in his car that he was going to let me have it.

Once he got along side.....he gentled right up.

Even turned the middle finger into a nice friendly wave.

does your story end with a dump truck and .38 snub nose? and taunting someone?

Nope. I was that big lumbering football player in high school that hung out with the Dungeon and Dragon Math Club Band nerds that was more than happy though to give a good Willard to bullies picking on my friends.

Nearly every time I'm out. Gawd...I don't even want to talk about it.

Biggest thing around here that seems to be fuggin kryptonite to drivers is where two lanes merge into one.

Reminds me of a time 40 years ago when I first got my drivers licence, I was going up a mountain road with my boat on my truck (going fishing) and this truck passed me spitting rocks at my truck, I yelled something out the window and a few corners later the truck stops and a guy gets out.
If he wasn't 300 lbs I may have stopped to say hi but, he was pissed off so I just politely waved and kept going, he passed me again aways up the road. Some years later I got to know this guy and we became friends.

38 Super dumbass, get your story straight.

I bet you're that guy aren't you? Blows thru red lights and weaves around everyone thru town gaining an extra 2 seconds on the trip to Golden Corral. Wouldn't want anyone else getting those All-You-Can-Eat tilapia and tater tots. LOL.

No.

But I've finished what they started a couple of times.

my wife had a guy threaten her at a stop light ,he got out of his car and was banging on her car window. she told me when she got home, she also told me he had a big T Mobil sticker on his car. we drove to all the T Mobil locations around town till we found his car, then went in and had a little talk with him.

I'm sure I have - but not intentionally!


Oops - I have to admit to one! It ended pretty well for one where a gun (not mine) was produced, though.

When you’ve got a 38 Super...

+1

I will honk, holler and flip someone off if they do something stupid nearly causing a wreck, I want them to be mad or embarrassed, I want them to remember me, and dont care if they dont like me, want to kick my butt or whatever.

Just trying to get them to wake up and pay attenton, another case of going above and beyond trying to save idiots from themselves.

I once was driving on a road that has an Interstate off-ramp feeding into it. The speed of the off-ramp was posted at 45 mph; I was doing the posted limit for the highway I was on (45 mph). A car whizzed off the Interstate on the off-ramp at higher speed than posted (probably 60+ mph) and tried to force his way into my lane (which would have forced me into the next lane carrying heavy traffic - I didn't yield to him which really angered him. He followed me for over a mile (through office park parking lots), flashing his lights and giving me he bird. I just kept circling, not wanting a confrontation. Finally, he got back on the highway and left.

I think of this incident even though it happened over 30 years ago.

I've had a cow moose with a calf refuse to get out of the way no matter what I said or how loudly.

Really pissed me off!

not quite, the little town i live in only has 2 lights. Only buffet is pizza hut. Though they are stingy on the pizza.

Nope. Particularly since I retired. I drive the speed limit and just don't GAF much when I am driving.

I don't start em either, but I'd say I"ve probably escalated a few. Wife keeps hollering at me. Then she told me once where someone did something dangerous and stupid to her, passing or some such so she flipped him off and he managed to get behind her and follow... She was scared. I said why? Cause he was following me. I says... didn't you have your 45? Yes, OH>>> yeah I would have been just fine.

Problem is these days if you do ANYTHING they try to make it your fault if something happens... even if it was an idiot that did a stupid dangerous thing "to you" and you simply "told" em how the cow eats cabbage....

Bet he was "Yes Sir-ing" wasn't he?

Are you trying to tell us he decided not to have that size 15 EEE Muck Boot on the side of his head while he waited on the amberlamps?

Hell I had 2million miles on a long distance truck. I could piss off people just cranking up!

Fugkin retirees.

Ha! I don't dare go into that topic publicly!

When I got my license I went at it with my typical south-side-of-Chicago attitude. I honed my road rage skills as a Chicago cab driver and took them on tour in the mid '70s as a 48-state semi-truck owner operator.

I'm sure I have a superlative story for every possible category or road rage, but you'll only hear them around a real campfire!

Aw, heck. Just a little taste? How about a big black CTA bus driver surprising me by getting out of his bus unnoticed in traffic and punching me in the side of the head over a 'traffic infraction'. The surprise was on him when I grabbed his arm and accelerated, dragging him alongside the cab and then dropping him in traffic.

No, but I've sure had a ton of MN drivers make me wanna re-mount the snow plow and push their asses into the rivers.. Driving over their is like playing Russian roulette with a six-gun and 4 rounds in the cylinder..

Put, "PHILOSOPHY OR ATROCITY, I'M YOUR GUNSMITH" stickers on the front and back of your plow.

Sorry about that. You were a lot scarier when I saw you.

Every single distracted driver gets the horn from me. Some of them don't take it very well. IDGAF.

I think "honking" is a regionally acceptable practice.. (Or not)

Some places, you can hear horns honking non stop, and it's considered normal daily driving.

Down here, it tends to piss people off.

One of favorite things is to have one of those rice-rocket guys riding 3ft off my trailer hitch at highway speeds. Give him a few squirts of Prestone windshield wiper deicer. lol

I like the way you think stxhunter!

I had a guy get mad at me for something. I don’t even know why he got mad unless it was because my exhaust was loud or his pos v-6 ford couldn’t keep up. I was runnin down 35 South from Waco to Temple following a customer that I met in Waco for an HVAC install in Temple. I had a trailer load of equipment I was pulling. I had a 6.0 motor with 12” glass packs. When I hit a little hill, I give it a little gas and it started popping like hell! (It sounds bad azz by the way!) this guy in a ford with a V-6 pulled up beside me and was putting it in neutral and revving his motor up. He started flipping me off and motioning me to pull over. I kept putting my hands up and asking wtf is your problem? He finally exited off. I would have stopped if I wasn’t following that customer to his rent houses. That’s the only time I can remember getting some road rage going, and to this day, I don’t know what exactly it was that made that guy get so mad at me lol

+1 I love honking the hell out of my horn when I pass a texter

Closes road rage idiot is a guy that didn't like I was driving the speed limit with 2 solid lines and was behind me honking, when he passed he swerved his car to block the road and got out of his car. At the time I had my young son in his car seat and I told him to get back in his car before I got out and kicked his everloving azz . I was bigger then him. He got back in the car and drove off.

I've been hot behind the wheel a couple times. Give them the finger, wave, yelled out the window like a rabid dog. May even have ran somebody into the ditch that tried to cut me off.
I've been on the other end to. Usually I deserved it.

I spend enough time behind the wheel anymore that I just give folks more room and leeway. Ain't worth going to jail or getting shot.

Drive like an azzhole around my house though and we'll have words

Why would you talk like that to your son?



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I've had people signal me over and found out my enclosed trailer had the doors unlatched swinging in the wind! A few good people have saved me a few dollars (and lots of grief) and signaled me when something wasn't right on truck or trailer. God bless em.
We have an out of square 4 way stop here in town that sure gets people hot. No way you can live here long w/o someone getting mad at you at that damned intersection.

I am sure I have mistakenly pissed people off which is why I tend to try to give people the benefit of the doubt if they cut me off or turn in front of me or whatnot.

If they’re following too close, however, they get a little tap on the brakes to let them know they’re in my personal space; just enough to flash the lights Then if they don’t get the hint I’ll tap a bit harder so I slow a little. Then if they don’t get it I’ll let off the gas altogether. Finally, I slam on the brakes.

I’m sure that’s induced some rage...

When I was a teenager, I worked really hard, saved my money, and drove some nice, classic cars. This seemed to provide grounds for envy or something among some folks in the area where I lived; especially those who wore badges.

I was going home one day, and this patrol car was driving right on my back bumper. I tapped the brakes and he backed off, only to drive right back up on my bumper again.

I hit the brake pedal with both feet, which gave him two choices....buy my car, or take a ditch. He chose the latter.

I didn't stop to confirm it, but looking in the rear view mirror, it appeared he had a severe case of road rage, even though he was in the ditch.

My wife and I were in Maui on vacation and were driving to our rental condo on a busy two lane road. We had a police car behind for a ways and lots of traffic in front. The police car started to tailgate, literally closer than 5 feet off our rear bumper. We headed down a long hill. Had the brakes on due to traffic slowing, With brakes already on, did a brake check on the officer. It was close, but no contact. He backed off to a more reasonable distance.

Was Barack with her?

Yeah, I got to admit that I will hit the horn when my patience wears thin. It pisses my wife off, though, she says that it's a "Mexican thing."

I keep an old aluminum baseball bat in the back of the truck. My wife spotted it a while back and asked why it was there. I replied "Just in case I need to play a bit of ball".


That's the good thing about driving a std shift tranny ........ Just drop it down a gear and let off the gas. Slows it down right fast w/o brake lights.

Sure are a lot of self-proclaimed badazzes posting in this thread.

When one speaks of potential vehicle crashes involving themselves or loved ones, sure, everyone will be a badass, even you, doesn't have to be physical prowess either, a 90 year old granny that beans me in the head with a 22lr for being reckless and stupid is a badass, and just kicked my butt.

Very Funny . Anyone that swerves their car in front of my car blocking the road and comes at me with my kid in the back seat is in need of a serious azz kicking had he attempted anything. He got back in his car and I never left my car. Capish?

Would like to see what you would have done?

I guess I did. I was in the Des Moines airport a couple of weekends ago to pick up my lady friend's sister in law. It was snowing really hard and we anticipated the flight had been delayed, although we hadn't heard from her if it had. So, I had waited for her to go into the terminal and get information on the flight and when she came out and got in I put the car in reverse but held my foot on the brake and was listening to what she now knew but had not began to back up. No sooner had she started into her story than a car honked behind me and tore around me with a window rolled down screaming insults and amazingly ridiculous nonsense. Then he sped up and I pulled out and drove down the road. When I got up along side him again he began another tirade so I rolled down my window and smiled and calmly said I didn't have to do a single thing he was telling me I had to do and he should get professional help for his anger issue. Told him to have a great rest of his evening, rolled up the window, and continued out away from the the airport to regroup in the cell phone lot. He was still yelling when I looked his way the last time. We had to stick around for the flight for about an hour but I never saw him again after we left the front of the building that first time.

45 years ago Road Rage was a very civilized sport. Everyone knew the rules and behaved accordingly. Blow it out yer azz and a few middle finger salutes and everyone was on their way. Now, people want to kill you.

It's the dysfunction the lieberals have infused into society.

Very Very True. I am glad I have my concealed permit and sincerely hope I never have to use it .

I was on her side.....then they said she drove a Prius.....now I'm conflicted....

I do think the fella better hope her significant other is a calm fellow.......


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By the time I hit my horn they have already made it clear one way or another that they are distracted. Usually by swerving out of lane, going slow in the left lane, not going on a green, etc. If hitting my horn pisses them off, then I did my job of making them pay more attention to me than to their device. That's the goal of honking.

I agree with the crowd that says she should have never left her vehicle. WTF was she thinking?

Thanks, I was afraid I was being too subtle.

taking the wife to the hospital one day and was in kind of a hurry. started to pass a Canadian trucker on a short down hill passing lane.
for some reason i never figured out he started crowding me over until he had me almost in the ditch the whole time blowing his horn.
i was driving a 5.9 ho. jeep and was able to blow past him just as a car came over the hill toward me. got back in the south bound lane and saw the north bound car go in the ditch to miss the fugger from CA.
made it to the hospital ,
got the wife checked in and beat feet over to the weigh station. explained to the Dot guy's what had happened and they got the sheriff.
about that time the truck hit the scale and the other car driver came in hotter then a wet hen.
the truck sat there for a week and the driver sat for about that long.
charged him with Assault with a deadly. he made bail and eventually the friggin DA dropped it to reckless endangerment.
if i would have had a piece with me he wouldn't have made it to the weigh station. i was about in that red tinted vision state while he was endangering my girl. no i wasn't thinking straight. never do when my girl is in trouble.

No. I do about 11 miles to the office each day and typically pass about 5 oncoming rigs. We always wave at one another, and stop if anyone has issues.

There is a 3-way intersection on my route, and the nearby home owner complains of folks going through at 60 mph. Told him it couldn't be me as I'm usually doing 80.

Wish you hadn’t brought me back into the spotlight. Ha.

My situation was regrettable, and, I suppose, preventable. However, I had had enough of this guy’s crap, and once I reach a point, I don’t back down...he caused me to reach that point. While I don’t anger easily, I’m too old now for that kind of stuff and need to do a better job of thinking things through I suppose.

Had a moron tailgating me for 3 miles and there was no real traffic. Got so pissed off I tossed my full heavey duty commute cup into his winshield. Blowhard got the message. Could it have gotton out of hand? Maybe! I work real hard not to get excited and try to stay away from the ragers . You can tell by their driving style.

This was 30 years ago and I've been a model citizen since.

You are not alone my friend.

I pulled up beside a guy on the interstate once and motioned him to pull over. I had to do it several times before he finally did. I pulled in behind him and his wife got out of the truck and walked back to my car. I met her part way and told her that all the cushions from their sofa had blown out about 5 miles back. She busted up laughing and walked off. I couldn't believe a guy sent his wife to check out what the problem was.

Any talk of badassitude from me has long since reached the stage of ridiculousness.

My old joints are so gimped up with arthritis that punchin' somebody in the face would put me in a sling for a week even if they didn't hit me back.

I cain't throw a Frisbee,....much less a punch.

Besides,...the inside of my windshield is just a TV show starring crazy people. I just sit there in the car seat and view it with bemused detachment.

The whole fuggin' world has turned into an insane asylum. Jumpin' into the middle of it wanting to fight just makes you another one of the inmates.

Maybe, but I'm usually going too fast to pay attention to those chasing me.

Not yet Fireballz, but haven't been to Oregon yet.

You may have got better co-operation by asking politely instead of demanding...

Speaking of road rage. First time I'm in England. In Plymouth and have to spend the weekend. Decide to rent a car to tootle around. At the time I had a pony-tail and beard. They rent me this really nice car as that's all the had. I don't remember the make but it was like a Jaguar sedan.

I'm in the car and think I'm used to driving on the left. I pass this 'lorry' and notice that the lane is ending and duck in front of him. Then there's stop light. I look back in the mirror and I see the truck skipping to a stop. I kind of grimace, thinking "oops".

Next thing I know my door is open and this big bald guy has me by the shoulder-strap and collar. He's yelling, "You cut me off you Foook!" He's thinking I'm a pretentious dick in this car.

I'm kind of at a disadvantage, seated, strapped in, and about to get the tar beat out of me in a foreign country. I say something like, "whoa, I'm sorry I didn't mean to..."

He gets this puzzled look on his face then switches back to full on rage.

"I aught to kick yer fooking ass!"

"SIr, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to cut you off".

Back to puzzled.

Then I realized he was trying to figure out my accent.

This went on a time or two more. Then he figured out I wasn't from around there and didn't know what I was doing.

Stomped back to truck and we both went our separate ways.

Drove the car back to the hotel and parked it for the rest of the day.

lolol!

never set out to upset folks, but I know I have made folks mad . Can't drive on the roads and not offend someone.

Local guy a few years ago, worked at Sentry Hardware/Frontier Outfitters. Road rage incident with some tattooed above the neck loser. Guy follows him to work, he grabs a broom to whack the guy, guy had a knife, killed him.


got off on manslaughter cause the guy had grabbed the broom.

Last December I was involved in a road rage/ accident. I drive a delivery route and was look for a address after dark when this guy come flying up behind with his bights on. As I turning left into the drive he decided to pass me and blow his horn. All I can see in both mirrors is white hot light and hear the horn so I return back to my lane and wham! He rear ended me. I get out of the van to see if he is ok. The words and language coming out of him was very foul. I said guess your ok I am getting out of the road and return to the van pulled into the drive and called the sheriff. He pulled in behind me. Knowing the sheriff was coming and going to be a few minutes I grabbed the package and walked up to the house and delivered it. I walked back and got in the van few minutes later a car pulled up and the guys wife showed up they both come up to my drivers window and start screaming and threatening me. So I pull me EDC and never showed it or said a word. They and I missed seeing the deputy pull up and he comes up to the passenger side and standing there listening. When he spoke for the first time he told them to move and stand in my headlights and to keep they hands visible. So there I set with the deputy on my right and my EDC in my left hand. So I let it slide from my hand into the door panel pocket and slowly hit the window button and said Hi. He asked for drivers license and proof of insurance. I gave him them and my CPL and said yes I am carrying! He asked where is it. In the door panel. Ok just leave it there! At this point he turns to the couple and she goes into a fit that I hit her husbands car and that she thinks I should go to jail. After a few questions the Deputy tell her to get in her car and leave or she was going to be cuffed and booked for obstruction. She left and the guy starts getting mouth and insisting that I get a ticket and pay for the repair of his car. At this point the deputy tell him to get into his car and wait! The deputy then comes back tome I tell him my side and he asked why is the gun in the door. So I told him that I was afraid that the two for them would attack and I wanted to be ready! He then asked Where was it to start with? I answered In my front pocket. He then told me to leave it there till he and the other guy left! The deputy goes to his car and a few minutes comes back give me my stuff and says As soon as he leaves and you can get out of the driveway your free to go. He them goes back to the other guys car and give him a ticket and his other stuff. The guy goes crazy and is cussing the deputy out! After the few seconds the Deputy yelled over the guys rant Sir you can leave or go to jail it’s your choice! At that point the guys starts his car and leaves. The deputy returned to my door and asked Are you going in that way ? No sir. I then told him that I was impressed with he patients and control!

People who lay on the horn aggravate the crap out of me....It's friggin' annoying...Here I am just driving along, minding my own business and some fricking goofball decides that he or she has to test out the horn on whatever piece of crap he or she is driving.

I have never initiated anything but those sobs's piss me off. Hell, I have owned my 2000 Blazer for 4 years now.....Don't even know if the horn works....Don't care.

I love tilapia!

Have I started it? No.

I have not either.

No. Lots of people here carry guns!

Responding to road ragers could get you shot, your car windows smashed or paint keyed costing thousands to repair. Simply ignore them, don't even look at them that'll p iss them off enough.

Yep , one in particular. Me and my ex had left her sisters , we were [bleep] up as hogans goats
So we took the national forest road and she drove . I had just said something to her that she needed to slow up and stay on her side of the road .
Cause she was gonna meet somebody gawking out in the woods in the middle of the road on one of these curves
At this time in life me and her was a bit different than your average Mr. and Mrs.
Anyway , next turn and wham , there it was . Pretty hard lick , the guy has three boys on the back and they went in the air but luckily landed back in the bed .
I asked her if she was ok , she’s good , so I hop out and the guy is in a rage , I tried sympathizing with him but he walked around me and got in her face yelling and acting a dam fool and hadn’t checked on the kids .
I stepped between him and her and asked the kids if they were ok
They sheepishly acknowledged they were and the guy is trying to scold my wife around me
I was trying to diffuse the situation cause I knew if the cops got involved we were going to be in a world of [bleep]
I started pushing my chest into his to get him away from my wife
Finally I got his attention and asked him how much was it going to cost to fix his truck
He looks at it and throws his hands up and says , Hell I don’t know
I said how much for all of us to drive away
He looks at the truck and says 1100 .
I said ok and pulled out the money and paid him
He looked at the money in hand and said that’s 1100
I said count it
He stared around me again giving her lip , I stepped between them and now im getting pissed
I said look you got your fu—cking money get in the truck and leave
About that time I heard the bolt slam shut
Moron has no idea what’s happening
I briskly stepped to the truck and held the rifle down
She is in full rage
Let go , god dam it let go !
I said your not going to shoot the [bleep]
He is in my peripheral
I see the oh [bleep] look come accross his face
I wrenched the rifle from her hands and turned facing him
I told him to leave
She reaches out trying to take the gun back
I jerk it away snd tell her we’re not killing the [bleep] kids
She tries to argue so then I spelled it out for her
We shoot him and then we got to shoot the kids , we ain’t shooting the kids
Finally sunk into her head what I was trying to tell her then numbnuts steps to the side and starts again
I [bleep] lose it , cause I’m tired if this [bleep] guy being to stupid to understand his situation
I ram the muzzle into his forehead and push him back against the truck and tell him
Get in the [bleep] truck and go , or I’m going to shoot you myself
He broke out from under the muzzle and took off so fast he almost threw some of the kids out
I ran around our truck and said drive and drive like you got some [bleep] sense
We went down the road with fender hanging out like a flap on the flying nun
Got that sucker home and a fender at a local junk yard
She was a crazy gal , good hearted as could be , but didn’t think to clear when she was mad
Kenneth

What caliber was the rifle?

What does it matter ?
Years ago , left that life behind twenty couple years ago
Don’t miss a damed thing about it
Kenneth

Bullchit !

yup

Yes, responded too.

It's stupid, and not worth it.
But...


Used to piss them off frequently in the truck, almost weekly someone would get ticked.
Usually, the guy who sped up to keep me from merging at a ramp.
Gonna force me to go somewhere I didn't want to.
A gentle, gradual, shift would get a concession.
Then I'd often get the finger.
And I would blow him a 💋 kiss!

It was hilarious. About half would lose their everything mind!

Escalation? Rocket motor!
Retarded, asking for real trouble, slightly wiser these days.

I guess you forgot about the Messkin that was gonna beat the dog schit out of you after you slammed your door into his parked car.

LOL

Dumb fugk.

Link? I need to read about this.

No. I don't start anything I don't intend to finish. I don't care to get sued or worse hurt or kill someone and end up in the big house because I couldn't let something go. One light up the azzhole will be out of my life forever. I’m not about letting them in my nice life I built.

In these days of CCW and Constitutional carry it’s better that you take a deep breath and let it go. Not worth having some dumb traffic shhit escalate into having to kill someone. Unless they physically try to pull me out of the car I’d just let it go. Besides, I’m getting too old and beat up to be duking it out beside the highway.

Ron

It's out there somewhere.

He couldn't believe how mad somebody got at him for doing it. Tried to claim nothing happened. Dude was gonna whip his ass.

LOL

Fireballz is part of his phone tree. LOL

By golly...

It is just not worth the drama and potential headache.

I had a guy tailgating me in traffic on an access road. We get on the loop and he pulls up next to me as we’re rolling and I flipped him the bird. Stupidity on my part. He rolls alongside me for a while yelling before getting off at an exit. After the initial finger I didn’t respond. Ya never know what sort of day the other guy is having.

Years ago I’m on a motorcycle on the Loop in traffic and some guy is right on my tail, there’s nowhere I can go. So I flip him the bird over my shoulder. Stupid again, tho he did back off some.

Years ago again I’m on a motorcycle getting off the Loop onto an access road, I have the right of way but this car doesn’t yield, forcing me out of the lane. I start to flip her the bird and I see it’s a longtime friend. Instantly anger evaporates and I wave and say “Hi”. She apologized later.

Nowadays I don’t take that stuff personal, some people are retards, that’s just the way it is.

Bubba after the race, Sunday.

Wouldn't that be lot rage?

I pulled out on a 4 lane road behind a lady that had left her pocket book on top of her car. I pulled up beside her, rolled down my window and shouted to her that her pocketbook was on her roof. She ignored me. We stopped side by side at a light, she wouldn't roll her window down, so I yelled it again while pointing at her roof. She cussed at me pretty good and flipped me off. I just smiled and waved at her as she turned on an entrance ramp to the interstate and drove off with her bag still on her roof.