Road Rage

[Fluffy]

I had a couple similar ones, althou I was never a driver just an occupant.

 

Going on a truck with 2 cousins a jerk overtook us by the right side on a crowded highway, my cousin blinded him with the lights (it was day so not a big pain anyway), and that jerk decided to do the same as the one in kevin's history, put himself before us and start slowing down.

 

By the time he was slowing down we could clearly see that

 

-His wife was screaming at him from the co-driver's seat

-His children on the back were giving us the salute.

 

We overtook him, and did the same stupid thing, not for long, the car obviously overtook us pretty quickly and restarted the joke. My cousin tried to overtake again, but lost control for a second and we almost flied downhill. We stopped after that.

 

 

Going in the car with dad, well, dad is an awful driver but he doesn't notice. He cut off a van or somethign while I was sleepy, the van put himself side to side and starterd to sound the horn and do gestures with his arms, he keeped doing so for a kilometre or so. We went into a gas station to refuel and he followed us. He went outside the ban and started to yell.

 

We just ignored him, but noticed the labeling in the van's side, so just called his boss to tell him what his employee was doing instead of working.

[y66]

I hate to break it to you.....but you are living in a dreamworld.  It's called "Road rage" for a reason.

I know, and I'm goading KFay a bit here, in case you didn't pick up on it.

Of all of the casualties of the internet, I miss irony the most.

Maybe rednecks feel this too and road rage is just a way of acting out.

[bid_em_up]

I hate to break it to you.....but you are living in a dreamworld.  It's called "Road rage" for a reason.

I know, and I'm goading KFay a bit here, in case you didn't pick up on it.

Obviously, I didn't. ;)

[kfay]

P.S., I don't wear spandex!

A few years ago my parents got me a Michigan WOLVERINES cycling jersey.

 

Who in their right mind could resist wearing that?

[jjbrr]

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[kenberg]

Perhaps attitude towards bikes could be used as a quick way to get a psychological profile. Here are two examples:

 

1. I was island hopping by bike in Puget Sound and got off a ferry at Whidbey. Whidbey is a pretty good sized island and there is a bus. I asked the bus driver if I could get on the bus with my bike and he said that it wasn't really allowed but it was ok if I agreed to get off if the bus started to fill. Fine, it saved me quite a few miles.

 

 

2. I was riding in the Berkeley area and it was getting late.. I had taken my bike on Bart once before and I figured it would be a good time to do it again. I made the mistake of mentioning that I had done this before. Apparently the rule was that you can do it once w/o getting a permit but not twice. Oops. I was quite a ways from home and it would soon be dark. I suggested that maybe I could go away and come back and we could start the conversation all over. Nope. I ended up riding up some steep and winding hill on the far side of Grizzly Peak in total darkness.

 

 

I follow rules, at least mostly. But like every other (very few exceptions) driver in the D.C. Metropolitan area I drive well over the speed limit on those rare occasions when we are not jammed up. Those drivers holding religiously to 55 on an open road are hated by everyone else. A little common sense and respect for practicality can go a long way.

 

I like the cats

[mikeh]

I have a lot of sympathy for you...having done a little cycling and a lot of motorcycling in my (distant) past. But you were almost as crazy as the idiot who caused the problem...in a far different way.

 

I would suggest NOT trying to even the score with him by slowing down, giving him the finger and so on even if you were in Canada....or even if you were in some more civilized place like Denmark. People in road rage act irrationally, by definition. And it doesn't take much of an impact to cause you serious, permanent injury: I should know....not only was a I seriously injured in a motorcyle-pickup accident, but a large part of my work is automobile insurance, often for the insurer.

 

But to do it in the States is truly crazy. You have 900 guns per 1000 population. Even allowing for multiple gun ownership, that is still one sh*tload of guns, especially since most kids don't (legally) have one ;)

 

You might be in the right in these interactions, but being right and paraplegic or brain-damaged or dead is not a good combination.

 

Take his plate number and report him to the police. Write a letter to the local newspaper, naming his plate number, etc. But don't provoke the wingnut while his rational mind is on a leave of absence, assuming he has one.

[vuroth]

Much sympathy to kfay. And yes, if you get a school bike jersey, you pretty much have to wear it. :)

[Winstonm]

I like the cats

 

The cat in the truck or the cat on the bicycle?

[kenberg]

I like the cats

 

The cat in the truck or the cat on the bicycle?

Yes

[OleBerg]

 

I like the cats

I like Schrödingers cat. Anyone knows if it is still alive?

[Lobowolf]

 

I like the cats

I like Schrödingers cat. Anyone knows if it is still alive?

Let me look

[kfay]

 

I like the cats

I like Schrödingers cat. Anyone knows if it is still alive?

Trick question

[y66]

That cat, like OP, was semi-decoherent.

[MarkDean]

I have a lot of sympathy for you...having done a little cycling and a lot of motorcycling in my (distant) past. But you were almost as crazy as the idiot who caused the problem...in a far different way.

 

I would suggest NOT trying to even the score with him by slowing down, giving him the finger and so on even if you were in Canada....or even if you were in some more civilized place like Denmark. People in road rage act irrationally, by definition. And it doesn't take much of an impact to cause you serious, permanent injury: I should know....not only was a I seriously injured in a motorcyle-pickup accident, but a large part of my work is automobile insurance, often for the insurer.

 

But to do it in the States is truly crazy. You have 900 guns per 1000 population. Even allowing for multiple gun ownership, that is still one sh*tload of guns, especially since most kids don't (legally) have one ;)

 

You might be in the right in these interactions, but being right and paraplegic or brain-damaged or dead is not a good combination.

 

Take his plate number and report him to the police. Write a letter to the local newspaper, naming his plate number, etc. But don't provoke the wingnut while his rational mind is on a leave of absence, assuming he has one.

I had not heard that 900 guns per 1,000 people statistic, so I looked it up. This was the first hit:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/f...udy_art29.shtml.

 

Figure was not quite that high, but still scary. 200 million guns among 60 million owners for 300 million population.

 

So kfay, just think, 1 in 5 Americans own a gun...but I do hope the number that have one in their car is much, much lower.

[gwnn]

I forgot where I found it but I found that 1 in 4 Americans (including children) own at least one gun and gun owners on average own roughly 4 different guns.

 

-one at home

-one at work

-one at their house in the woods

-and one in the truck for bike deterrence

 

(the last part was made up by me)

[Winstonm]

 

I like the cats

I like Schrödingers cat. Anyone knows if it is still alive?

Let me look

Observation changes reality? That's a weird ©-a-(t)xiom.

[kenberg]

We have a lot of guns here in the U.S.. A lot. I don't have one.

 

The odds of me being shot with one are very slim. Very.

 

I was given a shotgun when I was 11 or so. My father taught me the proper use of it for hunting pheasants. I gave up hunting about 45 years ago. I am ok with other people hunting.

 

As to article 29, referenced above: "Article 29: Each person has responsibilities to the community and others as essential for a democratic society" I assume my NRA neighbor would agree entirely: Everyone should go out and buy a gun to fulfill his responsibility to the community. No I don't agree with him, but vaguely phrased idealistic statements will mean different things to different people. {And btw, the "Case Study" is of course piggy-backing. Article 29 was written during the Truman administration, the Case Study during the GWB administration. They really have nothing to do with each other.)

 

And to bring it all back to the OP: I don't get involved with road rage. Whether the other guy has a gun or not, I just think it's a really dumb idea.

[Winstonm]

Actually, a more important number than the number of guns is the number of bullets that fit into those guns. I have a 12-guage shotgun in my closet that I have had since I was a teenager, but I have no shotgun shells.

 

As a club, I would prefer a 1-iron.

[Lobowolf]

Actually, a more important number than the number of guns is the number of bullets that fit into those guns. I have a 12-guage shotgun in my closet that I have had since I was a teenager, but I have no shotgun shells.

 

As a club, I would prefer a 1-iron.

Unless someone is in your closet observing it, it's probably not really there. But as soon as you go check on it, it will magically appear, right where you left it last.

[Winstonm]

Actually, a more important number than the number of guns is the number of bullets that fit into those guns.  I have a 12-guage shotgun in my closet that I have had since I was a teenager, but I have no shotgun shells. 

 

As a club, I would prefer a 1-iron.

Unless someone is in your closet observing it, it's probably not really there. But as soon as you go check on it, it will magically appear, right where you left it last.

You're obviously talking about the cat holding the gun....

[Fluffy]

http://z.about.com/d/paranormal/1/0/T/T/sniper_cat.jpg

[mike777]

Sigh if only putting cats and bikes to a pc rest ok on bbo.

 

i say this as bike rider far too long......and a cat person far too long....

 

 

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Long live dogs and Jag(car)...

[gwnn]

mike777 how long since the cubs won the world series? :D

[Winstonm]

http://z.about.com/d/paranormal/1/0/T/T/sniper_cat.jpg

Isn't this the cat who shot Kennedy? You know, Lee Harvey Catwald.