What's your worst road rage experience?

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trogedon, Jul 8, 8:55pm
Clamping; my wife's car (well, its in my name!) got wheel clamped. She was not impressed and said she wouldn't pay etc. The guy offered to take less for cash. My wife went to an ATM, got the loot and gave it to him. He took the clamp of. When she told me I though his employer wouldn't like him doing that so I rang them up and they were not impressed. No doubt it came back to haunt him. Shame it didn't stop them as well.

marte, Jul 9, 12:45am
I was driving thru town & there's a line of cars in the right hand turning lane & the lefthand lanes empty so I don't slow down & I drive thru the green light.
I get to the next set of lights & they are red & there's cars in the right hand turning lane & one in the lefthand straight thru lane. Its not indicating.
So I wait for the green & it happens & the the car in front of me moves forwards & so do I.
And then it stops just into the intersection & the idiot decides to turn left now.
So I toot, & toot again, & again. & so it moves forwards enough for me to get around it, I pass thru the intersection & about 5 car lengths past it some idiot behind me toots & rams into the rear of my van.
He's sitting over the centreline in his red sports car & jumps out & he old & very angry & short with a bristle moustache. And yelling really loud. and advancing towards me.
I go 'oh no, damn its a Holden' & get closer & relise its a Toyota or something & the left front corners all smashed up & look at my van & all its done is damage the right rear wheel mudguard flap & scrape the rear & side of the tyre.
I say 'oh well, that's not so bad, its a Toyota & there's no real damage to the van'.
He starts getting all red & is still yelling about calling the police & I'm thinking 'well, I'm surprised he wants to report a accident that he caused.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that he was in the right hand turning lane when I went thru the intersection. So he's waited for the car in front of him to move forwards while I had to wait for the idiot who changed his mind partly thru the intersection, to get out of my way.
So I wait for the police to arrive & they talk to him & me separate & for some reason the cop didn't understand simple road rules about how 'We drive on the left of the road in NZ'.
So I had to explain that to him. He wasn't happy.
& I left & a week later I get a ticket in the mail for "Passing on the left of a vehicle" the ones that were turning right I guess.
Then the AA insurance sends me a bill for $1500 to fix his car. lol.
The one he rammed into the rear of mine with. Also lol.
I go see them and ask how they could even get the silly idea that its my fault & she says "well if you were not there, he wouldn't have hit you" I'm lol ing much by then.
So I told them to "Send it to 'Small claims court' so I can recoupe the cost of a panelbeater to reform the wheel arch & fit a new mudguard because that's what's going to happen".
And they don't.
Watching that Muppet yelling was quite funny really, but seeing him driving a old rusty Japanese station wagon a month later was even funnier.

bowla3, Jul 9, 8:24am
Many years ago in Glen Eden (Auckland West) I ran into a pole.
He was really angry, got off the deck swearing and cursing,"You bleddy kiwi drivers, I,m going back to Warsaw"

tgray, Jul 9, 8:53am
Someone getting out their car in front of me and coming at me swinging a chain. Quickly put the car in reverse while talking to the Police at the same time.
Happened in Howick 20 years ago and still have no idea what provoked it.
Was I tailgating? no.
Weeks later, all the Police would tell me was the matter has been dealt with.

trogedon, Jul 9, 9:00am
Yek - nutter on the loose! Some cops are sadly short on words.

the-lada-dude, Jul 9, 9:39am
yeah yeah, . did you even get out and Czech the damage ? lol

tgray, Jul 9, 10:18am
I was driving a 2 week old company car Honda Accord.

thejazzpianoma, Jul 9, 2:13pm
Reminds me of this very under rated movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkccqolaVGg

cheviot, Jul 9, 6:45pm
I bumped into a car once and when the driver got out I saw he was a midget.He slammed his door, stormed over to me and yelled 'I'm not happy'. I asked which one are you then?

eddiedean1, Jul 10, 10:54am
What's a polack? Pretty much everything including common sense!

desmodave, Jul 10, 11:18am
Eh troggy , are ya sure ya don't mean off like with 2 ff's instead of of .

trogedon, Jul 10, 2:54pm
Possibly.

crab007, Jul 11, 12:31am
Once i decided to participate in a race, and the racing was free for all. Anyone could ride in any vehicle. And there was this dude dressed like a circus clown, he was driving a golf cart. I decided to jump in with him,
because why the hell not? Needless to say we lost. But we kept driving after with this song playing on on downtown radio.This was really weird but a cool moment and it seemed like it was goin on and on for ages. Eventually he drove me into the desert and stopped his car. He probably thought i was away from my computer. A moment of awkward silence. and he leaves the car, pulls out his submachine gun and tries to shoot me. out of nowhere an old hells angel dude turns up not on a harley but in gojira GTR. back to downtown and we spend the rest of the night, gambling at shon key casino

And whenever i listen to that song i get flashbacks of this moment.?
GTA San Andreas: Multiplayer Mod many years ago

thejazzpianoma, Jul 11, 12:35am
You should check out the old lady that plays GTA on youtube. She is hilarious.

crab007, Jul 11, 12:40am
is it helen clark funny if it was haha

hakatere1, Jul 11, 9:17am
I detest door slammers. My wife, myself and heavy handed, 140kg grand-daughter were heading up town. Wife got in front and slammed the front passenger door. Predictably, I went berserk because, at the time, we were having troubles with auto window winders sticking and not going at all. Grand-daughter gets in and put 140kg behind door slamming. Jeez I went off. Made her cry, like I'm the villain. My mother was the same.

desmodave, Jul 11, 12:34pm
Putting my foot through a drivers window of a car that pulled out in front me , missed them and a power pole by a whisker . Cost me $30 court costs and a $70 fine . Yes i was naughty , and it was many years ago .The other driver also claimed i put a dent in their door , i didn't . I said to the Judge that if i had both feet in the air i would have been on my arse .

djrandomguy, Jul 11, 2:48pm
watched my neighbors confront boy racers using our street as a drag strip, one put barrels in the road to stop them and the other approached each car with a bat in his hand a took their keys. they then all got the bollocking of their lives and were told to never come back. it seemed heavy handed but when I spoke to them later they both said the same thing "our kids play in this street "

harry353, Jul 11, 4:14pm
Must have been reading Lee Child before you went to sleep. Aye Jack.

harry353, Jul 11, 4:28pm
Some young hoon weaving in and out of traffic and tailgating and getting nowhere fast ended up behind me again while I was driving my old 4x4 which had a large towbar. We came up pretty quickly to a roundabout and I decided to be a prudent driver and stop although I probably could have been safe to proceed. He wasn't paying attention and drove into the back of me and my tow hook ended up nearly 20 cm into his "mothers" car. He was not happy and kept yelling why did you stop. A woman approached and gave him an ear full. Gave all my details and drove off without a scratch. Perhaps I should not have stopped but it may have taught him a valuable lesson.

rohoman, Jul 11, 4:40pm
Accidentally (although still not sure it happened) cut off a car in South Auckland back in 2000. Pull up at the lights and the driver got out with a tyre lever and come to my door, tried smashing my window but it wouldn't break.
Have also had bottles thrown at my van while driving between Auckland and Tauranga by a muppet who thought it was OK to tailgate literally inches off my bumper, and took exception to me brake-checking him in an attempt to get him to back off.

db.price, Jul 11, 5:33pm
I was driving a camper van toward the mountain. There was this last in front of me going slow as a snail and everytime I would try to pass she sped up forcing me to back off. Did this for a number of km. Anyway came to a passing lane and finally got oast her. Next thing she is tooting and giving rude gestures and swearing. So I stopped my camper, got out and gave her a piece of my mind - shut her up.

A few days later had a cop come and see me saying the husband had complained. But the cop knew who the guy and his wife were and how much trouble they cause around the area and to police and the courts -basically just loudmouths. He said next time be a bit more careful and off he went.

Wonder what happened after that? Hmmmmm

bonny28, Jul 15, 4:35pm
I was pulling out of work onto a busy 4 lane road. Just as I started pulling out into the clear far left lane a car changed lanes suddenly without indicating causing us both to brake hard and I gave the finger without really thinking about it.
I then let out a kind of girly squeak as I saw the driver and his passengers were gang member types complete with full face tattoos. They slowed as they passed, eyeballing me. Lucky for me they then continued on their way and I have never tooted or given the finger to anyone since.

friendly_prawn, Nov 23, 1:55am
Yeah whats with that? I had some idiot in front of me hugging the centre line and driving really slowly. After a while I got sick of following so I pull up to the rear of their van with my indicator on to let them know i want to pass and give them a light toot to let them know i was there. It was in town with a median strip so I couldnt over take on the other side of the road. They weren't budging. Nothing I could do but back off and wait it out.

Eventually the van drifted over to the left. I floored it and got up alongside the van. They tried to swerve over to cut me off, but had left it too late and I wasn't backing off. It was either hit me or let me past. As I got up along side the door I turned to the driver. She looked at me and her jaw dropped. She was my neighbour's daughter lol. She looked sheepish as hell and gave me a half pie smile and a wave then just looked straight ahead and wouldn't look back. .

I have nothing against people driving slow. In fact its a great idea. Would make the world a much safer place I guess, but if they would only obey the laws and stick as close to the left as practically possible.

But whats with the mentality that no one is allowed to over take? It's bizarre.