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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 10:14 AM
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I don't even know where these retarded drivers get their licenses from. More than a majority of the people driving out there shouldn't be driving. I have SEVERE road rage, i'm just a naturally angry person (LOL @ my name, I know someone will say something), I actually get enjoyment driving around watching stupid people do stupid mistakes like they just got their license THAT day. Every time someone does something stupid, I either laugh and call them names to myself, or honk at them as I drive by. But I have never brake checked someone, because I hate it when people do it to me, so therefore I won't do it.


This one time I was about to merge on a highway and this R18 civic in front of me was going slow as shit merging onto a 65 mph highway. Currently I am about a bus length behind their car when I pop it in 3rd, getting ready to merge on the highway, and all a sudden she does her ****** windshield fluid and it sprays all over my car. Being calm, I thought to myself, "you know....whats a bright side of this? Well...my car is dirty, and i'm about to vtec next to this non-driving woman." I merge over, she has her blinker on for about 1/4 mi of the merge lane, I finally get over because I dont know if this stupid chick is waiting for an invitation to get over or what. I merge, go next to her car, and say, "Thanks for the car wash, I needed it!" She flicks me off and I am on my way.
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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 10:26 AM
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LOL @ everyone promoting/(retaliating with) violence in this thread. Maybe you all can get rid of each other.
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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by bloodzombie,Jul 4 2010, 10:06 AM
You're guessing wrong.

The point is, you let the situation get to that point and it's probably because you knew you had the final say in the form of a gun.

If you're carrying a gun, it is your responsibility to try to avoid using it, which would mean avoiding situations where you might need it. A guy with road rage issues should not have a gun in his car.
I understand your point, however there is a big difference between using a gun as an offensive weapon based on road rage and using a gun as a form of self-defense in a very bad situation.

While I could have diffused the situation by not returning the brake check, the fact of the matter is the guy escalated it to the point of car to car contact forcing me to stop. If he had threatened my life more he already had by walking up to my window with a gun, he would have been shot. As it stood, he cussed me out and I did the same. The situation did not warrant the use of a gun.

It's the reason I sit in a corner office and another guy is sitting in a jail cell. I would NEVER use my gun as an offensive weapon in a road rage incident whereas a guy doing life in prison cannot differentiate between situations which warrant the use of a gun and those that do not.
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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by exb00st,Jul 4 2010, 01:26 PM
LOL @ everyone promoting/(retaliating with) violence in this thread. Maybe you all can get rid of each other.
Seriously. Do us all a favor. Get rid of the extreme road ragers and the atrocious drivers in one fell swoop
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Old Jul 5, 2010 | 07:29 AM
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Some of you guys are crazy... There's no need to get angry at most of these people. Most of them will learn when they finally crash or they run into the wrong kind of idiot. Remember, half the world is below average.
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Old Jul 5, 2010 | 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike21,Jul 5 2010, 07:29 AM
Some of you guys are crazy... There's no need to get angry at most of these people. Most of them will learn when they finally crash or they run into the wrong kind of idiot. Remember, half the world is below average.
Its unfortunate, but they rarely ever learn.
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Old Jul 6, 2010 | 02:36 PM
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Had another incident today. Right lane ending pretty abrubtly for a construction zone. Actually got ran into the berm by a guy in a Nissan Exterra. Sad thing is I could totally tell he was speeding up to not let me in. Why do people do this? All he would have to do is let off the gas. I just dont get it. I filed in behind him and gave him the thumbs up. I could see him looking in his rearview and just shake his head.
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Old Jul 6, 2010 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by villain2000,Jul 6 2010, 02:36 PM
Had another incident today. Right lane ending pretty abrubtly for a construction zone. Actually got ran into the berm by a guy in a Nissan Exterra. Sad thing is I could totally tell he was speeding up to not let me in. Why do people do this? All he would have to do is let off the gas. I just dont get it. I filed in behind him and gave him the thumbs up. I could see him looking in his rearview and just shake his head.
I rarely let people in from a merge because most of the time they are going below the speed limit to merge on the highway and end up braking and completely stopping on the merge lane before actually getting on the highway (which really pisses me off, I have NEVER had a problem merging). Give it some gas, and get in front of me. I'm not going to brake and have the possibility of the car behind me ramming my ass just because someone doesn't know how to merge properly. If someone takes that long to actually merge FINALLY when the merge lane is ending (I also hate people that do this; wait till the LAST minute when the merge lane is ending and say, "OH I guess its time to come over now! Here I come!") and start going in my lane because they think im just GOING to let them in and HAVE to without them side swiping me. People have no common sense and think they are the only ones on the road.




At least that's the way I think of it.
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Old Jul 6, 2010 | 04:29 PM
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It has nothing to do with not having common sensne and feeling you're the only one on the road. If more people would just work together on the road and be cooperative and courteous, none of this shit would happen. I guess I look at this differently than you. I am happy to let someone in front of me in a situation where its a construction zone and very little time was given to make the merge. When you have a solid line of people who refuse to let you in, no amount of acceleration is going to get you in the line.
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 12:13 AM
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i only get mad when everyone is doing 5-10 under the speedlimit and taking up all 3 lanes.. i cruise 5 over and i just want to cruise.. not have to slow down and wait just to go around
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