You make me so angry...prolly OT

The Onion again:
http://www.theonion.com/4005/news1.html

"This bitch's bastard's whore went like a goddamn raped ape with me at the
wheel,"

 

That reminds me. Pulled out of my drive today to pick up the kids from
school. I live on a 50 zone, about 150m of visibility up the road to a
corner. All clear, pull out and accelerate away.

Lorry comes around the corner. Fast. I speed up. Lorry doesn't slow at
all and fills my mirrors. Then gets closer (10 feet away at 40-50mph).

I do the reasonable thing and take my foot off the throttle. Lorry gets
bigger and starts sounding its horn. I do the reasonable thing, wind
down window give the "one way for jesus salute" and brake. Down to
about 20mph.

Stay at this speed until cunty stops sounding his horn. Accelerate up
to 35 until I reach the dual carriageway. Then accelerate hard 'cos I
knew he'd want to get in front and brake. Up to 70 or so and slow.
He's catching up and continues to accelerate. He moves into outside
lane.

Check mirrors. STAMP on the brakes and peel off on left hand filter
lane off at the last moment.

Watch as lorry goes through speed camera and gets flashed.

*smug* I've never done that before.

 

wrote

Good feeling innit?

 

Better than I'd expected. Wouldn't have the balls to do it on a bike
though.

 

I've been doing that to boy racers on the A4174 at Filton for ages.

Great fun

 

wrote in

Now, what you should have done was pull over and let him pass. He was
obviously in more of rush than you were.

;-)

 

I wouldn't use a bike as a rolling roadblock for a lorry- I've been
side-swiped off the road by a lorry when driving a car once; I learnt
something from that.

Obviously not enough to avoid using my car as an extension of my anger
but there you go.

 

Oh, no I was happy to drive at his speed but won't stand for being
menanced by other road users.

You fucker.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, said:

Angry feelings and side swipes aside, I think you have the makings of a
new sport there.

As for using a bike, I thought that using it's comparatively light
weight and maneuverability would give you and advantage; accelerate
away, let the offending vehicle catch you up and then slam on the brakes
just in the nick of time and snick in down that side road.

Sounds like bloody good fun

 

Oh. it's not mine.

Well, on a bike I'd me concerned if a lorry got to within 6 feet of my
rear wheel. In a car I don't give *much* of a **** if the road is
straight and there isn't a great speed differential.

The lorry touches the back of my car- I'll survive. He touches my rear
wheel on the bike... yuck.

It's nice when a plan comes together! I knew *exactly* what I was going
to try half a mile before the camera.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, said:

Fair enough.

The whole point was to get far enough in front that wheels touching
didn't come into it.

Having said that you've got a point, lorry paint on your back wheel
would look ghastly

Good for you, I suppose it helps when the offending articles have got
**** all clue where they are; but then I don't suppose you get locals
driving like that.

 

I'd not have driven like a **** if he hadn't tried to bully me by
getting too close. Some things make me cross...

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, said:

Why do you think you drove like a ****?

You're doing what most right minded folk would do in the same situation
IMO.

Same as at a garage, innit. The more impatiently some waits, the slower
you go.

 

*bites*, not at all. He was an ignorant fucker who wasn't bothered
about the impact his actions would have on someone else. I simply
taught him a lesson; or at least hope I'll make him remember where my
driveway is when he loses his job 'cos he got more points...

Seriously, I really don't feel my behaviour was inconsistent with my
position on people delaying others. After all, it is me we're talking
about.

 

Oh I didn't mean the rolling roadblock bit. I meant getting boy racers to
hammer it up the road and then hauling on the anchors just as they shoot
past the speed camera.

 

'cos I intended to get the lorry driver ticketed and didn't give a toss
about delaying traffic.

 

Only totally, but ...

There you go then, that's all right.

 

Tcha! Nothing travels faster than bad news.

--

John
Apple Valley, MN
'02 FZ1
'73 RD350

 

Not at all. In the example given earlier, the proposition was someone
wanted to dawdle along at 40mph in a 60 zone whereas others wanted to go
faster. I argued it was their 'duty' to let the other motorists pass as
a general example of good manners.

In this case, I pulled out onto a clear A road when the coast was clear.
An unladen tractor unit came around a corner at high speed- probably 60
in a 50. I was accelerating up to the speed limit as hard as I was
willing to with a cold engine. The lorry driver chose to drive like a
**** and use the mass of his vehicle to menace me. I don't respond well
to bullies.

I then deliberately fucked around with the lorry driver to a) take out
some of my anger, b) try to encourage him to drive more responsibly c)
try to get the dangerous **** off the road.

Chalk and cheese, or apples and oranges. Take yer pick matey but the
situations are not the same. In this case (as well as the former) I was
expecting others to behave courteously; all the lorry driver needed to
do was throttle off for an instant to let the car get up to speed; it
would have been obvious to him that the car had just pulled onto the
road (since he hadn't seen it before the corner- where there's a
straight) and the car would be kicking out smoke since it was cold.

**** him.

I still stand by the fact it's a consistent reaction; expecting courtesy
from others. Oddly I'm rather polite IRL, at least until I get riled.

 

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