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Fangs wrote:I'm rarely around long enough to see gestures made by other drivers...

Abraham wrote:If you drive, occasionally you will encounter other drivers who either put you at risk or in some manner cause you annoyance.

Accept it that it WILL occur and when it does ignore it.

Honestly, it's that easy.

It's a matter of choice.

Or go bonkers and see just how much that helps...

C-dub wrote:My first impression of what Lightening wrote was that he was laughing about the lesson he was going to teach this guy. The other driver was, obviously, doing something wrong, but that doesn't really justify "joking" about beating them.

My 7y daughter has begun asking me about make-believe scenarios having to do with beating someone up. She has seen on the news or commercials where an older woman has beat up a young person that tried to take their car or purse. She said that would be funny if it happened to me. We had to have a talk about how even making jokes about such things are unacceptable. Similar to the rule about pointing a gun at another person as a joke. You just don't do it. It's one of the rules.

Sorry, but that's my opinion.

boomerang wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:Wow!!!! Not even close. The clown was stopping on an exit ramp...well...maybe you should just read it again. But your so far out in left field...I can't even begin to guide you home again.

I encourage everyone to read your own words about what you might have done if your daughter wasn't there.

I encourage everyone to read your response to aardwolf's comment about a victim defending themself.

I encourage everyone to form their own opinion.

boomerang wrote:Let me see if I got this straight.

You were tailgating and almost rear-ended a guy, so you wanted to beat him up.

You didn't because your daughter was in the car. However, if she wasn't there, you were ready to commit aggravated assault.

If your assault victim tried to defend themself, you were willing to commit murder and shoot them.

Finally, thinking about murdering someone because of a traffic incident makes you LOL.

aardwolf wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:of coarse I turn immediately into the next turn with plans of beating him down...LOL. My daughter starts giving me crap about being the mature one and telling me to move on. So out of guilt I drive on and let it go. I really wanted to pound that guy...LOL.

Good thing your daughter was there. I will not hesitate to shoot someone who tries to beat me.

usa1 wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:LOL....I got raged on just last night. This dimwit decided to stop half way down the exit ramp so he could cut across a solid white line and make a quick turn into a restaurant area. I almost plow into him and the cars exiting behind me are all trying not to plow into each other. I honk my horn at this retard to get him to move on off the exit ramp. Oh no...he is not going to drive an extra 100 feet and turn into the next entrance. He would rather pile up traffic, risk causing an accident and make an illegal turn than to drive 100 feet further and make a legal turn. So anyway...as I am going by this tard, he flips me off...LOL....of coarse I turn immediately into the next turn with plans of beating him down...LOL. My daughter starts giving me crap about being the mature one and telling me to move on. So out of guilt I drive on and let it go. I really wanted to pound that guy...LOL.

theres no Road Rage here

ninemm wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:LOL....I got raged on just last night. This dimwit decided to stop half way down the exit ramp so he could cut across a solid white line and make a quick turn into a restaurant area. I almost plow into him and the cars exiting behind me are all trying not to plow into each other. I honk my horn at this retard to get him to move on off the exit ramp. Oh no...he is not going to drive an extra 100 feet and turn into the next entrance. He would rather pile up traffic, risk causing an accident and make an illegal turn than to drive 100 feet further and make a legal turn. So anyway...as I am going by this tard, he flips me off...LOL....of coarse I turn immediately into the next turn with plans of beating him down...LOL. My daughter starts giving me crap about being the mature one and telling me to move on. So out of guilt I drive on and let it go. I really wanted to pound that guy...LOL.

You have to be more subtle. Wait until they park and are out of sight. Then stuff a potato up their tailpipe(s), being sure to poke them in real tight and deep (a cut off broomstick works well). Then, when they come out to get in their car to leave, rather than being angry, you will not be able to keep from smiling. Works every time.

Keith B wrote:What I have been trying to figure out is why all of the other drivers around Dallas drive so crazy and I am the only one driving the way you should.

stevie_d_64 wrote:I have learned to drive defensively aggressive...Or is it agressively defensive...I dunno anymore...Growing up in Houston you either survive or stay off the 610 loop...

bryang wrote: Anyway, I'll leave the big city to you younger folks with nerves of steel, three times a year is plenty enough for me.

-geo

AndyC wrote:

..."New Yorkers were most likely to wave their fists or arms. They were most likely to lay on the horn and they were most likely to make some sort of obscene gesture," said Michael Bush, of the marketing and consulting company Affinion Group, which commissioned the survey.

Dallas/Fort Worth came in second as the worst road rage city followed by Detroit, Atlanta and Minneapolis/St. Paul. Miami ranked a distant seventh.

Yahoo News

Let's be careful out there...

Kawabuggy wrote:I live in Houston and can admit to being "flustered" by other drivers. When you stop to think about it, and put a face on the problem it becomes apparent pretty quickly. Most, well maybe I'm using that a little too liberally, but MOST people I see on the roads doing stupid things are FIRST GENERATION drivers. This has nothing to do with age, but more so the fact that millions of our fellow motorists in this fair city have only previously ridden donkeys back and forth to market. Now they find themselves across the river, and cousin Juan has loaned them a 4,000 lb. automobile. There they go with no insurance, no license, no inspection stickers, no registration, no prior experience, no brakes, and no chance in heck that they will be able to navigate the streets safely. Because they did not grow up in an environment where their mother, father, aunts, uncles, and older nieces, nephews, & cousins grew up driving, they don't have that skill or knowledge passed on to them. How can you "teach" someone something when you can't do it yourself, & have no practical first hand experience? You can't.