Some people should have their driver's license revoked.

[kyrielle]

Fortunately, my experience of this truism today was not direct and did not occur while I was driving. I was out for a walk this evening, and was passed by (among many others) two cars. In a 35 zone. One was driving along. What speed he was doing, I have no clue, given that I was walking, but it was somewhere in the 25-40 range.

Whatever it was, it wasn't enough for the guy behind him. Did the irritated driver honk his horn? No, not once. Did he flip the other guy off? Not that I saw. No...he revved his engine vigorously and crowded the guy, literally to the point that I was certain there would be an accident as I don't believe they were two feet apart. (They were a half-block ahead of me at this point, so given my distance judgement, they might even have been twice that distance, really.)

Aggressive Guy floored his car one more time and then...cut left down one of the residential streets, his engine sounding as he sped up.

Speed limit on the Wilsonville Road, where I was walking: 35. Speed limit on the residential streets: 25.

I sincerely hope he did not encounter a pedestrian, a pet, or a child. Because there is no way in hell he could have stopped if he were surprised, and the Arbor Whatever (sorry, don't remember the name of the development) opposite us has twisty roads, trees, and lots of cars parked on the street. Notgood.

People like that need to grow up. And someone please take the nut-case's license away.

Comments

[erisiansaint]

A cop. I hope the rude dimwit finds a cop who wants to give someone a ticket.

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

Definitely. Road rage seems to take people over completely. I feel like they should add an anti-road rage compenent to Driver's Ed.

[chorus.livejournal.com]

I think "Acting Like a Dumb-Shit" should be a crime. "Vehicular Dumb-Shit" should be a felony.

[ladywraith.livejournal.com]

I really really despise people who feel the need to do that. Seriously. It's unnecessary and dangerous. *sigh*

I had a guy doing that to me up one of our mountain accesses years ago. I was driving a friend's car, as he and the other friend with us were too drunk to drive and handed me the keys. This access is two lanes...one each way. And it twists and turns frequently. This guy rode my butt the entire way up the mountain, honking and flashing his lights and revving the motor.

So, my friends, in their drunken stupors, decided to turn around and flip the guy the bird...both of them, out the back window. This guy then sped up and went around me into the on-coming traffic lane, then quickly got in front of me.

Once we were at the top of the hill and it spread into 4 lanes (2 each way), he pulled over, blocking me from continuing. With that, he actually got out of his car and had something metal in his hands... and looked -pissed-.

So, while the drunken guy in the back was rhyming off kung fu moves he could do on the guy to disarm him and the drunken girl got freaked out, I simply spun the wheel with a finger, slammed on the gass and deftly maneuvered around him and his car (without going into on-coming traffic), and sped off with him screaming obscenities at the car as we passed.

I couldn't believe how calm I was. The guy in the back kept saying, "You're going to ram him, you're going to ram him..." But I didn't. I knew the car's maneuvering capabilities by then and just acted to get us out of the madman's rampage. It's never worth it to flip the bird at someone when they're experiencing road rage, as I found out. :P Heh. I told them -not- to do it, too. ;)

Anyway, road-rage and reckless driving are a dangerous duo...I wish more people realized that.

(This coming from a girl who will scream obscenities in her own car if someone cuts her off, but will not 'take it out' on the person who did it. Afterall, we are driving huge-ass hunks of metal that could kill someone if we're not careful... blah.)

[kyrielle]

Yipe! Now, that's a real nut-case....

And yeah. I'll swear at people if they just scared me. If all you're doing is cussing in your own car, that's no one's business but yours and anyone else having to listen to it. But...dude. Cars are large, heavy, easily available WEAPONS. It's that last word people forget. You can kill with a car, so these idiots need to stop using it as a tool to vent their anger or fear.