Road rage and red mist

Wednesday gone on a DC with a push bike in front of me, no other traffic around. Pulled out to pass in the outside lane giving the cyclist plenty of room as it was windy, when out of nowhere this black Renault Megane passes between me & the cyclist ( over takes the bike & undertakes me in the same manouvre). Said Megane then proceeds to raise his arm vertically apologising! You simply couldnt write it.

eagerbeaver:
Lets have a look what you COULD have won… Always a speedboat.

When you did win,it was some bloody wine and a day on a canal boat.

Well thats true. No one ever actually won the speedboat,which is a shame as im sure it would have looked great sitting outside their council estate lock-up!
I always though it was cruel TV to show them what they missed out on. Talk about kicking them when their down! Their already close to tears at only winning 40 quid and a tankard from bullys prize board :laughing:

You just did.

Notimetoulouse:
while were at it whats your least favorite times of the week to work

I work nights so haven’t been affected by evening rush hour for years. I get caught up in morning rush hour towards the end of my shift, but everyone seems to know the score and there’s nothing you can do about the congestion so I just go with it.

The worst time of day for me is 10am-midday after the rush hour and school run. There is far less traffic about, but there is always an old fellah sitting in the middle lane matching my speed preventing me from pulling out. It’s frustrating because I’m being held up by someone elses bad driving on an otherwise clear road.

Mark500:
Wednesday gone on a DC with a push bike in front of me, no other traffic around. Pulled out to pass in the outside lane giving the cyclist plenty of room as it was windy, when out of nowhere this black Renault Megane passes between me & the cyclist ( over takes the bike & undertakes me in the same manouvre). Said Megane then proceeds to raise his arm vertically apologising! You simply couldnt write it.

I beg to differ :laughing:

Not sure what happened there Snowman,but I beat you to it lol.

toby1234abc:
Describe the moment you saw red mist, sheer anger.What changes did you notice mentally and physically after been cut up ?
I had one, a van pulls out in front of me, forcing me to brake.
He gives me the finger, so he got some Toby
treats.
To put it another way, he had to change his underpants, my guess was no licence,Mot or insurance due to speeding off to get away.

Back to the original post,your saying there’s NO dash cam footage and no youtube link to the video where we can all gawp and tut tut at the van driver whilst feeling oh so perfect ourselves? It’ll never catch on :laughing:

eagerbeaver:
Not sure what happened there Snowman,but I beat you to it lol.

I was too pre-occupied wikipedia-ing the names of the bullseye rounds! :laughing:

I have the tune as my ringtone. Bloody thing went off in the transport office earlier,at least it made a few chuckle.

But not the boss.

eagerbeaver:
I have the tune as my ringtone. Bloody thing went off in the transport office earlier,at least it made a few chuckle.

But not the boss.

Muppets for the office…The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme) for the boss …The other half depends what mood she’s in…Pet Shop Boys opportunities …but that list can be endless…lol

Going back to OP… don’t see read mist or get angry anymore, cant see the point, cannot do anything about it but let the dash cam record to cover my own ■■■.
If I run into something Oh well ■■■■ happens, my backs covered :grimacing:

Red mist and severe palpitations…and that’s just when the alarm clock goes off in the morning…have I got issues??

No!! alarm set too loud :laughing:

Soooooo… No one has any footage of the offending ■■■■■ doing this stuff??

The ones that pull out on you then sit at 40. People doing 40 in a national zone. Winds me up something chronic.

eagerbeaver:
Lets have a look what you COULD have won… Always a speedboat.

When you did win,it was some bloody wine and a day on a canal boat.

Dont forget the occasional caravan!

Two people that have spent time together in the same pub go on a TV show and have to share a fitted kitchen…always made me smile thinking about one house with the base units and a fridge and his mates house with the wall units and a cooker :grimacing:

i was heading for the boat today on the 75 and a bird took a big dump on my windscreen…i just stopped the truck, u turned it straight back to dumfries and kicked her out…im never stopping for a night out there again!!! :open_mouth:

Darb:
Two people that have spent time together in the same pub go on a TV show and have to share a fitted kitchen…always made me smile thinking about one house with the base units and a fridge and his mates house with the wall units and a cooker :grimacing:

Don’t know why but the thought of this while reading it gutted me :laughing:

I get annoyed quite frequently on the bus, if it’s not passengers being thick it’s other drivers that wind me up.

Was on backshift last night, driving up a 30mph road at 30…ish, cars parked down opposite side of the road. Young guy in a black astra was sitting right up my rear end then decides to overtake me when he sees a gap. Thing is though with the parked cars on the other side of the road the gap is no where big enough.

I had 2 choices, hit the brakes so he could get infront of me just in time or hold my ground and watch him hit either the parked cars or my bus.

Human nature made me hit the brakes but after it I wished I had watched him plough through the parked cars!

Tried to catch up to him but driving one of the dreadful First Bus scrap heaps there wasn’t a hope in hell :laughing:

I think i must have passed the red mist phase of my life many miles back (it was only ever a watered-down pink tbh)
Now i just succumb to open-mouthed incredulity coupled to a weary shake of the head. :smiley:

Ched:
List of things that boil my ■■■■ …

1 : someone doing 55mph and I try to overtake them. I get half way past and they speed up. I pull back in behind and they slow down . Pull back out … rinse repeat. It’s like they don’t want to go over 55mph, but they don’t want some common lorry overtaking them at the same time. This is the only thing I’ve yet to control my anger over. Happens every day.

2 : as described in above post, someone deliberately trying to cut me up usually because i’ve been in the middle lane trying to overtake the person in example 1 or the one off instance of post above. Normally I don’t care if they try to cut me up as long as they dont make me slow down.

3 . On a motorway some old ■■■■ closes on me at 65mph until he gets beside me and then slows down to match my speed. No idea why they do this, but they stay there until I need to pull out to overtake a slower vehicle. It doesn’t drive me mental, but it always takes a gentle toot of the horn for them to notice my indicators flashing and then they either speed up or move over. This always happens on the M25 and I blame the overhead cameras that never go off. By the end of the week I just sit in lane 2 of 4 on the M25 and problem solved.

[zb] my back ■■■■ I am an angry [zb] looking back on all that.

I am the same with No 1,you feel like you want to find a way of stopping them and ask them to explain what the hell they are playing at,No2 I agree with that,No3 I don’t understand that either I have had it myself over the years,strange behaviour