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Old Apr 5, 2005 | 01:32 PM
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[QUOTE=Bada Bing!,Apr 5 2005, 09:33 AM] I approach a junction to an A-road this morning. There's a 306 doing approx 60/70 which is a couple of hundred meters down the road. I engage first, let VTEC rip and blast to 70mph before I know it. I ease off at 70mph and cruise as the speed limit reduces to 40mph.

The sun was in my rear window so I didn't realise that the cock in the 306 was driving inches from my back bumper. I obviously missed the law that said I was not allowed to join any piece of road in front of him in has "vastly superior" car...

Now the speed has reduced, I look in my drivers mirror and notice his twattish driving. So I put on the brakes, come to a stop and get out of the car to ask him what his f*cking problem is.

He sh
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Old Apr 6, 2005 | 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by ADAM_ROB_UK,Apr 5 2005, 09:32 PM
i will get flamed for this but......

i think you are an idiot. why get out of your car and confront him ?

why not pull over, let the stupid twit go in front of you and then carry on with your journey.

let him go and crash in to some one else.
carry on with your own day and ignore the guy.
you're the voice of reason.. but there's a thing called a fuse and in my case it blows in these situations. These fools often drive like loons puttng other peoples live's on the line without consideration. When someone does something dangerous I can't help but react.. having said that I'm 33 and have only hopped out of me car 3 times and on each occassion the tool has either locked his doors or sped off.. hopefully learning something in the process.

and no I'm 5 8 so for all I know all might have been taller...


but if they pull a gun i'll apologise and run off.
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Old Apr 6, 2005 | 02:07 AM
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I don't really see the point of getting out of my car over a spot of tailgating. It happens all the time and I'd be in a perpetual state of rage.

If you leap out of the car at that level of 'provocation', what would you do in more serious circumstances?

It is a very dangerous thing to do.


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Old Apr 6, 2005 | 04:33 AM
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i agree
ever heard of defensive driving. i'd pull over, let them past so they can disappear into their sad world. there's no point having a knob measuring contest with them, or whatever you like to call it.
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Old Apr 6, 2005 | 05:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Welshman,Apr 5 2005, 06:18 PM
Bada

You will appreciate this thread from the Ferrarichat forums:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54506


Definitely the best policy. But I do have a short fuse and it's tough to stop it going off at times with these pr*cks.
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Old Apr 6, 2005 | 05:26 AM
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I'd never be in my car if I got out every time someone drove stupidly here.

You have to so wary of other drivers, sorry car users. They have radio ads here to remind people to put their lights on, use their indicators and strap their kids in.

Doesn't make any difference though.

I hardly ever used my horn back in the UK, here it's a way of life!

I also have the FFS ratio

This is the ratio for how many times I say "For Fook Sake" for any given stretch of road as I get cut up, driven at, cars stopping for no reason in the middle of the road etc...

My road is approx 200metres long and has an average FFS of 3.
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Old Apr 6, 2005 | 06:04 AM
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I get job rage at Gov't agencies, which are legally empowered to make peoples' lives a misery unnecessarily.

If I also got upset by the numpties on the road (like I used to, I admit) my blood pressure would be so high, Hiroshima would be like a gnat farting.
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Old Apr 6, 2005 | 06:28 AM
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Do gnats fart?

I think we need a government commission to check this.

Perhaps I will call Jamie Oliver - I'm sure he would know.
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Old Apr 6, 2005 | 10:36 AM
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Apparently, gnat surveys (compulsory completion, or else a fine!) are being printed as we type.
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Old Apr 8, 2005 | 08:33 AM
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i wish i had an led sign in the back window to tell people to get off my ass.

but then again the break works pretty well, just press down on the break enough to light up your break lights, but not enough for the breaks to work.
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