People who intentionally drive slow and block lanes to "get back at you"

Being 6'3" and 230lbs, I'm pretty sure 9mm rounds can't harm me

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What's he hunting? Wooly mammoths?

 

I'm a lot bigger than you, and I realize I am a much slower, bigger target when walking.
And as far as 9mm rounds not harming you, let's see how a round to the heart or other major organ part will do.

Life's too short to take a chance on some jack-off on meth with a hand gun.

 

Actually, gently slowing down in front of an aggressive tailgater has worked well for me...no road rage involved, no slamming on brakes, just a gradual slowdown to 20 or so. This tactic works only on quieter streets...on the freeway I move over and let the maniacs pass.

 

Looky what I found....http://www.thegunzone.com/people/lahti.html

 

$45 per round. Daaaammmnnn.

 

Tillman, I take it that there were some owners in the Dallas toy run that would have pooled their resources toward $45 for that septic tank pumpout truck.

However, in the name of peace and responsibility, I sure wouldn't have wanted to be first or second in line if a hole had appeared in the back of the tank...

Just joking, road rage stupid - always.

James

 

I carry an aluminum bat in my back seat... I've wised up over the years and learned that it's best not to beep or flip off or curse at people - some of them will stop, get out of their car and punch your mouth loose.

These days I resort to dirty looks - which, most of the time, never works. Only when someone really pisses me off do I use my finger or flash my lights. I never use my horn because it doesn't work - and that's a good thing.

I try never to say anything or make any gesture that I wouldn't say or make outside of the car. For many people, cars are like the internet: they hide behind something and puff out their chest all brody-like.

I travel way too much to let other peoples' inattentiveness throw me into a rage. I exhibit a saintly amount of patience in most situations, only finally giving when stupidity prevails and people just don't know what the **** they're doing. I'm at the point where I've figured out how to avoid most situations altogether.

Nothing commands my attention like the road. Nothing grabs my ADD by the scruff of the neck and says, "Listen you little twit, if you don't pay attention, I'm gonna cold cock you six ways from Sunday!" like driving. So when I'm in the car, my journey, my destination, my surroundings, the weather, current events, the people and situations in the vehicles in my vicinity are all ever-present in my mind. It has become second nature to automatically allow for most appreciable and fathomable contingencies. After that, it takes very little thought to comprehend the possibilities and consequences of almost any and all actions thereafter.

If everyone would just pay attention to what they were doing while in a car - and foster a genuine appreciation for the GIFT that driving really is, we'd have so fewer accidents and, subsequently, deaths.

 

I'm the same. Most times its just not worth it and they'll never learn anyway

 

I've gotten to the point where I just try to get around the poor, the distracted, the dumb, the orthodox jews, and the asian nuns with learner's permits. I realize that, if I start to get mad, I will react. So, I try to be zen, and realize that the other person is essentially a moving accident waiting to happen, and I don't want to be at the intersection of their stupidity and fate.
Also, even though idiots, some of these distracted drivers seem to have a real hard-on these days for anybody that takes issue with them. I have been shot at, almost run off the road, and played with more time than I'd care to think about by morons with a point to prove. It is just not worth it. Your life is more valuable than that, and your car is probably more valuable than their life. So, try to think like a Buddhist, even if you are driving like an Italian.
Stay safe out there....

 

Classic...!!!

 

I'm glad to see you've got your priorities straight

 

I just move on. Don't flash headlights, give them the finger, etc. Just make the pass and leave them behind. Most people are damn near completely dense behind the wheel. They really have no idea why you are getting pissed at them, so when they see your finger they get all huffy and irrationally confrontational. ie, they don't see how they deserved getting the finger in anyway.

Perfect example. I'm coming up the parkway (4 lane hwy; 2 each way) doing around 70 and a woman in an X5 passes me on the left and then cuts in front of me pretty tight and slows down to 65. WTF? There's no one behind me for 300 yards, why couldn't she just pull in behind if she wants to go slower than me? Presumably she's taking the next exit, I am too, so I teeter behind her fairly close until we get off. Alright, no big deal. We get to the bottom of the exit ramp, at the merge though and she stops dead at the yield sign because apparently she can't handle the concept of merging while moving. Something akin to chewing gum and walking at the same time. There's a merge lane and yet here she is, stopped. In a just world, I would now pull a Colt 1911 and empty it into the engine compartment of her X5 because in around 90 seconds she has managed to prove she is utterly disrespectful and clueless behind the wheel. Do I do that? No, I squeeze past her on the right, hit the merge lane, and with a decent application of acceleration I am on my way to never seeing her again.

 

That was cool 80 years ago. Here is today's version in 25mm with all kinds of cool new rounds. Plus you can keep it on the front seat.
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Wow! Carbon a mellow dude. Who would of thunk it?

I guess Southern living has been good for ya, huh?

Dale

 

That's cool until the guy gets out and you're staring into a barrel. People don't care--they're belligerent. That's when you'll see who the real tough guy is.

I used to honk my horn a lot, but I don't do it anymore. Too many psychos out there who'll flip out over it.

 

My old employer used to antagonize people all the time behind the wheel.. someone would cut him off (usually unintentionally as he had a habit of driving way too fast and hiding in blindspots) so he'd pull up beside them and flip them the bird. They'd try to return the favor, he'd up the ante and so forth until they were both hanging out their windows and swerving at each other.

He'd always end the ordeal with turning to me and saying "Man, did you see what a nut that guy was?"

 

And you followed with "It takes one to know one"!

 

More like "Please just get me back to the shop in one piece."

 

There are so many terrible drivers out there that one has to drive ultra-defensively and remain ultra-calm to maintain one's sanity behind the wheel. The stunts we all see with tail-gating, sudden unannounced lane changes, the inability to choose a lane in the first place etc., just emphasizes the point that it is far too easy to get a driver's license in North America.

Now throw in the folks who are not just incompetent but downright malicious (i.e. looking for trouble, maybe packing a gun) and the only safe play is to get out of their way.

I know we have folks here who fancy themselves street ninjas and have maybe watched one Chuck Norris movie too many, but you’re not bullet-proof or knife-proof. When “normal” people confront someone who has nothing to lose, guess what usually happens.

Make sure you have a great selection of CDs and enjoy the ride!

BTW – Didn’t you have a “road incident” a while back in Toronto Ryan? You’re just a magnet!

 

Agreed.. I'm lucky that I inherited a "six-sense" from my father and can usually predict what every driver within eyesight is going to do before they do it. The downside to this is that I go batsh*t being in a passenger seat with someone who doesn't possess this ability.

 

^And that's the problem with picking fights; it being on the road or in a bar is irrelevant. Most of us aren't Muay Thai kickboxers and you might just start up with someone who is.

I used to play golf with a guy who was the same deal - MT kickboxer, national champion for his weight division, fought in a slew of international competitions, still really heavy into martial arts. He's a small guy, probably only 5'6" He used to go to one of the roughest neighborhoods around here, about 30 minutes away, at night to try and get mugged in the park and then just wail away on these lowlifes a la Charles Bronsan. Cool guy, definitely crazy. The point is, if you saw him in a bar or on the street you'd never get a close enough look at his hands, to see that they're built like rocks, until it was too late. Hanging out with him took away any desire I had to fight anyone excluding in self-defense.

 

Take a lesson from Coulthard: Wave a blue flag at him, then report him to the stewards.

 

sometimes people drive slow because they may have a few points on their record.

I can tell you that I dont do over 50mph on pch in Malibu anymore because I dont want a ticket. I get people, especially in trucks, tailing me once in a while, but I always move over or anticipate the situation to give them a passing slot. Most of em are pepperdine students anyways and when they do get in front of you, they only end up going 5 mph faster.