Are these people insane?

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, 223rem wrote:

> Daniel J. Stern wrote:

> > Or, y'know, option 'C': Back off, take a breath, wait for the
> > temporary snarl to clear up, and be on your way.

> Of course you're right. Are you always rational?

When I'm piloting a vehicle, yes. To behave otherwise is foolhardy.

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, TCS wrote:

> We were both leaving a parking lot and I honked at him and pointed at
> the continuous merge lane that he was too stupid to understand how to
> use. He was waiting for the three main lanes to open up for a half mile
> in order to exit. After I honked, he gave me the finger.

Up to this point, you were doing fine...

> As I passed him in the merge lane (he was at that point in the right
> main lane doing 5mph) I returned the gesture.

....and then you ****ed up.

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 05:31:41 -0800, Scott en Aztlán wrote:

> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 22:47:31 +1000, "Phuoc Nghuy" >
> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 02:19:39 +0000, 223rem wrote:
>>
>>> Are these SUV people insane? Do they have a wish to die in a road rage
>>> incident?
>>
>>Seems to me like there were two ****wits.
>
> Seems to me like you're a sockpuppet of one of our resident trolls.

You'd be wrong about that then. I hardly venture out of aus.cars.

I sporadically read rec.autos.driving to get a handle on the issues that
are current with you seppos and sometimes I get a chuckle from reading
knob headed postings.

In Australia where I live we have the same issues of passing lanes being
blocked by righteous/ignorant/judgemental folk and aggression. We are also
hit heavily by automated speeding law enforcement.

Passing lane blockers **** me off too.

The poster of the original message quite obviously made a serious error of
judgement by getting into a lane close-off race, thus fully qualifying him
to proudly wear a "Don't blame me, blame the Bell Curve" lapel badge. I
was really just wondering aloud about the effect this kind of behaviour
will have on the gene pool long-term.


Phuoc who is nobody's sockpuppet

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:49:07 -0500, Daniel J. Stern > wrote:
>On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, TCS wrote:

>> We were both leaving a parking lot and I honked at him and pointed at
>> the continuous merge lane that he was too stupid to understand how to
>> use. He was waiting for the three main lanes to open up for a half mile
>> in order to exit. After I honked, he gave me the finger.

>Up to this point, you were doing fine...

>> As I passed him in the merge lane (he was at that point in the right
>> main lane doing 5mph) I returned the gesture.

>...and then you ****ed up.

Whatever. In retrospect I should have simply calmly driven to the police
station with him on my ass the whole time and seen if he wanted to have
his altercation there.

>>>>>>Did you stick around for the cops?

>>>>>Why would he . . . so the other guy could try to drag him into sharing some
>>>>>responsibility for a one-car accident, somehow? -Dave

>>>>I'm not sure...what if someone wrote down his license plate # and
>>>>called the cops? Even if you're not at fault in an accident, or are
>>>>a mere witness, arent you required to wait for the cops?

>>>Even if so, why would cops care to track you down even if they could?
>>>Unless there is a fatality, expect no investigation what-so-ever.

>>OK, but in a scenario like above, you be sure wheter there is
>>a fatality or severe injury.

> I've stopped where I wasn't involved in case the person was hurt.

In a case like that, where the other guy has tried to attack you with
his vehicle, you'd be insane to stop, whether the law requires it or
not. Give him another chance to try to kill you and he may succeed.

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, TCS wrote:

> >> We were both leaving a parking lot and I honked at him and pointed at
> >> the continuous merge lane that he was too stupid to understand how to
> >> use. He was waiting for the three main lanes to open up for a half
> >> mile in order to exit. After I honked, he gave me the finger.

> >Up to this point, you were doing fine...

> >> As I passed him in the merge lane (he was at that point in the right
> >> main lane doing 5mph) I returned the gesture.
>
> >...and then you ****ed up.

> Whatever. In retrospect I should have simply calmly driven to the police
> station with him on my ass the whole time and seen if he wanted to have
> his altercation there.

Naw, in retrospect you shouldn't have flipped him off, even though he
flipped you off.

Daniel J. Stern wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, 223rem wrote:
>
>
>>Daniel J. Stern wrote:
>
>
>>>Or, y'know, option 'C': Back off, take a breath, wait for the
>>>temporary snarl to clear up, and be on your way.
>
>
>>Of course you're right. Are you always rational?
>
>
> When I'm piloting a vehicle, yes. To behave otherwise is foolhardy.

Then you're better man than me.

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 19:05:32 -0800, Scott en Aztlán > wrote:
>On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:19:23 -0600, TCS
> wrote:

>>I once had some idiot chasing and tailgating me at 20mph over the speed
>>limit and who obviously intended to have an accident and take me with him. I
>>hit the brakes and the the clown went by my left side... in front of me
>>turned 90 degrees and pointing at the right sidewalk where he went sailing
>>off the road and landed in some guy's back yard 10 feet below. Interesting
>>tactic. Not one I'd personally do and it took me a week to figure out what
>>the hell happened. The idiot had tried to ram me and I wasn't there; I
>>had hit my brakes for real. He turned his steering wheel hard to the right
>>and sailed right off the road. I didn't have $900 into the braking system
>>and the car was just a crappy mazda 626 but the brakes were in good condition.

>Why did he want to ram you?

I flipped him off.

In article >,
Brent P > wrote:
>
>You'll love the idiots I ran into on IL53.
>
>Traffic suddenly brakes, slowing to 40ish or less, like 3 times,
>randomly. I'm wondering WTF is going on. I get past the crowd and there
>are two camaros, one in the left lane the other in the middle lane. Red
>and black respectfully. I am driving the mustang and I know they are
>going to make trouble. They've been doing the random braking fing up
>traffic. I pass the two and move into the middle lane in front of the
>black one to pass someone in the right lane.

This is where "freeway shootings" should be found not only legal but
laudatory.

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