Ever lose your cool while riding?
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And then there is always the possibility the tables get turned and you get the beatdown. Or the guy has a gun and is on drugs or is insane. Best not to go around putting your hands on people unless you are defending yourself.
Road Warrior
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road rage
uhhh, not sure if you're being serious. and assume this is in jest. If you are serious, in most jurisdictions, that's called assault and battery and there are hundreds of witnesses..Too many episodes of Sons of Anarchy
And then there is always the possibility the tables get turned and you get the beatdown. Or the guy has a gun and is on drugs or is insane. Best not to go around putting your hands on people unless you are defending yourself.
And then there is always the possibility the tables get turned and you get the beatdown. Or the guy has a gun and is on drugs or is insane. Best not to go around putting your hands on people unless you are defending yourself.
Road Master
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From: Southeastern Wisconsin
I pretty much escalated it needlessly. Should have just let it go. Just was in the heat of the moment. I just blew my stack when the guy started going off. The thing that pisses me off isnt so much almost getting run off the road(par for the course), its the reaction or failure to even acknowledge what happened or that something just happened. When the guy pulled up was kind of expecting a 'sorry' not a profanity laced tirade. That's really what set me off. When I look back at what was accomplished by going off, all I can say is nothing really. But its hard to be rational sometimes.
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From: Plover, WI
Maybe next time, stop at BK for lunch before heading out. Whatever they put in their Whoppers seemed to calm you down a bit. As a bonus, you'll be too focused on the next rest stop, to worry about confronting an idiot.
Road Master
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From: Danburg, Georgia
I used to do the same when I was younger. Don't trust the punks out there now. They would run you over then cry about it after they got in trouble. They are all out to kill you every time you get on a bike.
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From: PA
People are insane today. On a secondary road, I passed a slow moving luxury SUV towing a trailer with a waverunner on it. He was ok doing 35 when I was behind him, but my doing 50 wasn't good enough, so he tailgated me for 5 miles to the interstate. When I got to the on ramp I opened it up and took off. I was about a 1/4-1/2 mile ahead of him, in the right lane doing about 70. This guy stomped on it and went by me doing around 100mph. It woulda been real interesting if a deer jumped out, or that trailer didn't like 100mph. In retrospect, I should just follow people driving like grannies I guess.
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
Guilty, but curbed that business since cell phones became common. I've still shout a little at some deserving twit if it warrants it but my hands on days are long behind me. Had a few stop light altercations in my youth. This is the bay area if you let idiots ruin your day you'd never ride out here.
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From: Bunola pa
I must be sheltered. I had 2 jerkoffs in their junk dodge diesels rolling coal on me for about a 10 mile stretch through a few lights, a long uphill, and a construction zone. It was bad enough that my eyes were watering from the fumes at a light. Oh well, im not the one that likes adriving a dodge.
Road Warrior
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From: Studio City, CA via Rochester, NY
Hate to say it but yup. And every time I was embarrassed for losing my composure, and for putting myself in a position where it could be a life changer for the worse. Im older now, a bit wiser, and dont have the pi** and vinegar that I once did...one of the benefits of aging I suppose. Every ride, I take a moment right before I roll out to be grateful for the fact that I have the good fortune to have the bikes and the health to be able to ride them. Ive found that it puts me in a calmer, more positive mood and I enjoy the ride more and let any BS roll off my back.
