I'm not making this thread to talk about people that HAVE road rage. I made it to see what normal people do to deal with road rage when they're unexpectedly confronted with it.
Cause I had a hell of an experience with it today.
I was driving east on the PA Turnpike, from Exit 286 to Exit 339. For the last twenty miles or so, I had to deal with a total lunatic.
Upon entering a construction area, I was doing roughly 65mph in a 55mph zone -- pretty reasonable for the Philly area. I was in the left-hand lane, and came up behind a pair of oversized Ryder moving vans doing about 40mph. I checked the right-hand lane, saw it was clear save for a maroon minivan that was at least ten car lengths back, popped on my signal, and moved over.
I passed the trucks .. and next thing I knew, the maroon minivan was RIGHT on my ass. I kinda blinked in my rearview mirror, but stayed in the right-hand lane, figuring she (the driver was a woman) wanted to pass me. Okay, fine. She indeed came around to pass me .. but then paralleled me, honking her horn and screaming. I just kinda stared at her. I had NO idea why she was flipping out. I even took a moment to look around, thinking she was skitzing on someone else .. but nope, it was definitely me.
I continued driving normally, and this apparently made her even more irate. She started making little side-swipes at me. This irritated me -- so I simply dropped a gear and blasted off. After leaving her behind, I figured the incident was over and dropped back to my normal speed.
Haw-haw. She came CHARGING up behind me again after a couple minutes, again was RIGHT on my ass, flashing her high beams and laying on her horn. Mind you, I still had NO IDEA why this woman was flipping out on me. I'd try to move over to let her pass -- she'd either move over with me and keep tailgating me, or would fly past me only to cut ME off and then slam on her brakes trying to get ME to rear-end HER. And of course, let's not forget her continued attempts to side-swipe me. And the cursing and screaming and laying on her horn and middle finger out the window the entire time.
Finally, about a mile before my exit (yes, twenty miles down the road dealing with this) .. I was trying to move over to even GET to my exit .. when a car that I'd been 'traveling with' came to my rescue. You know how you always fall-in with other people traveling the same speed on a big highway? I'd been driving with three guys in a 3rd generation Eclipse. THEY actually pulled up next to her, blocking her as she AGAIN tried to cut in front of me to slam on her brakes -- and all three of them started screaming out the window at her. I can only imagine what was said, but the end result was her tearing off down the Turnpike, the guys turning to smile and wave at me, and me smiling and waving back in a bewildered way as I exited.
So what do YOU guys do in situations like that, when you're faced with a complete crackhead? I was an inch away from calling the police. That woman was a ******* nutcase.
Cause I had a hell of an experience with it today.
I was driving east on the PA Turnpike, from Exit 286 to Exit 339. For the last twenty miles or so, I had to deal with a total lunatic.
Upon entering a construction area, I was doing roughly 65mph in a 55mph zone -- pretty reasonable for the Philly area. I was in the left-hand lane, and came up behind a pair of oversized Ryder moving vans doing about 40mph. I checked the right-hand lane, saw it was clear save for a maroon minivan that was at least ten car lengths back, popped on my signal, and moved over.
I passed the trucks .. and next thing I knew, the maroon minivan was RIGHT on my ass. I kinda blinked in my rearview mirror, but stayed in the right-hand lane, figuring she (the driver was a woman) wanted to pass me. Okay, fine. She indeed came around to pass me .. but then paralleled me, honking her horn and screaming. I just kinda stared at her. I had NO idea why she was flipping out. I even took a moment to look around, thinking she was skitzing on someone else .. but nope, it was definitely me.
I continued driving normally, and this apparently made her even more irate. She started making little side-swipes at me. This irritated me -- so I simply dropped a gear and blasted off. After leaving her behind, I figured the incident was over and dropped back to my normal speed.
Haw-haw. She came CHARGING up behind me again after a couple minutes, again was RIGHT on my ass, flashing her high beams and laying on her horn. Mind you, I still had NO IDEA why this woman was flipping out on me. I'd try to move over to let her pass -- she'd either move over with me and keep tailgating me, or would fly past me only to cut ME off and then slam on her brakes trying to get ME to rear-end HER. And of course, let's not forget her continued attempts to side-swipe me. And the cursing and screaming and laying on her horn and middle finger out the window the entire time.
Finally, about a mile before my exit (yes, twenty miles down the road dealing with this) .. I was trying to move over to even GET to my exit .. when a car that I'd been 'traveling with' came to my rescue. You know how you always fall-in with other people traveling the same speed on a big highway? I'd been driving with three guys in a 3rd generation Eclipse. THEY actually pulled up next to her, blocking her as she AGAIN tried to cut in front of me to slam on her brakes -- and all three of them started screaming out the window at her. I can only imagine what was said, but the end result was her tearing off down the Turnpike, the guys turning to smile and wave at me, and me smiling and waving back in a bewildered way as I exited.
So what do YOU guys do in situations like that, when you're faced with a complete crackhead? I was an inch away from calling the police. That woman was a ******* nutcase.
As far as road rage in my car? I can usually out run or be out run by anything I piss off so im usually fine.
