The red mist - but was i wrong?

[Bofh5]

Got called out to work tonight (bloody server went down) and on my way a complete twat pulled out in front of me causing a potential change of underwear situation !

What really got to me was that he spotted me slowed then decided his shitty peugeot could pull out and accelerate away before i hitched a ride in his boot.

Flashed and beeped horn in an effort to get over my displeasure at his idiocy but not even a hand up in an oops i'm an arse apology.

So the red mist descended and when he had to stop at the lights i raised my boot and targetted his mirror.

The accompanying crack as boot hits glass went some way to making me feel better but now i feel a bit of a div.

Sorry for the rant just wanted to get it off my chest.
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[bob a]

Yip you were wrong and could have been charged for this to top it off.

You should not have lowered yourself to his level - hard not to do i know.

[pocket_Rocket]

would have done the same thing, and where as it may have been against the law, if you don't let him no he's a twat he will never know

[bob a]

Agree 100%

[iooi]

Well thats another tin box that is now 100% anti biker......

You gotto take that i'm not looking at you as a admission of guilt.....
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[Itchy]

you should have over taken,

stopped infront of him and had a word, I've done this lots

alot of people will cack their pants, some people will drive off cacking their pants,

you know when this happens part of me thinks that I should go into the side of them , alas I don't want to destroy my NTV or get injured and have the hassle of dealing with scuzzy insurance companies.
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[UnknownStuntm...]

All road rage is basically the same. You think someone else is driving like a cock and they should know about it. I'm not saying I wouldn't have done exactly the same, but the results are now that he's probably got it in for you (and maybe other bikers) is iooi said.

Any amount of ranting and raving and won't change someone's driving habits, it's only got to come from within.

Have a cup of tea and don't dwell on it though chap.

[Finglonga]

Just pray he didn't take your registration number as your road rage attack could warrant a visit from the Police and a claim on your insurance. If anyone did that to my car I would report them.

That your even having to ask if you were in the wrong is scary.

As said that's another cager that won't move out of the way for us now & with good reason.
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[G]

Were you doing over the speed limit at the time?

Was it at night?

In some cases it can be very hard to judge the speed a bike is going.
I would still 'expect' an apology, however in such a situation.

[sagalout]

You're justified if you're the perfect rider that never makes a mistake.

Otherwise, next time you do a slightly dodgy overtake, or brush a car when filtering, would the car driver be justified in stopping his car and booting your mirror off? Thought not.

[Fahim]

What you did was wrong to a lot of a people here, but for me, you are my role model!

I would of done exactly the same thing, however i would of chosen a combination of knuckle protectors and shoes to smash it totally, leaving him feeling freezing cold at night.


Muhahahah... (I shouldn't be encouraging him i know, I'm sorry)
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[MattEMulsion]

I certainly wouldn't have damaged his car, maybe pulled up alongside him and ranted at him, but deliberately taking his mirror off was a stupid thing to do in my opinion. Okay the guy pulled out in front of you, I'm sure he didn't do it on purpose. No one is perfect and we all make mistakes.

Were you already a bit wound up before this incident happened, especially as you had been called out to work? Was this incident the straw that broke the camels back - ie pushed your mood over the edge? Or were you fine, calm and totally placid up until you met this Peugeot? Be honest about it.

Whats done is done and I hope that there is no comeback on you for it, but if it was me in that car and you had swiped my mirror off like that (even if I had made the same mistake) I would personally hunt you down and either take revenge on you personally of your bike. In my opinion your actions were way over the top.
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[Ted]

As said mate, I think you were a bit out of line... I've come very close to doing the same myself, but I've always managed to control myself... After all, if I had pulled out on you, and you did that to my car, if I found your bike i'ld trash it... and thats comming from a fellow biker!

[Feasty]

I know what you mean, I don't do such severe things but yesterday I came to a roundabout, turning right to join a dual carriageway. And this stupid woman from the next junction cut straight across the front of me proceeding onto the dual carriageway and stayed in the right hand lane, even though there was nothing in the left lane!
She was driving really slowly and holding me up, including several drivers behind me - so I undertook and took a good look in her car, to see she was chatting away on her mobile. Grrr, feeling rather mad at that I waited until we got to the next roundabout when she was in a queue, pulled up alongside and proceeded to have a right go at her... she'd stopped using her phone and was just staring ahead completely ignoring me! lol.

Later on I realised how daft I probably looked, with my L plates on an XR125 having a go!
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[kawakid]

The trick is to hit his mirror and then cane it so, they can't get your plate.
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[tintin]

Having been on the end of a police caution for roadrage, this is not somewhere you really want on your record....

A strong word is a better solution than damage to property.

If there are no independant witnesses then get you story straight quickly, perhaps he pulled out as you were passing him and you accidently knocked his mirror off with your handlebar?
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[panrider_uk]

No excuse for causing criminal damage.

More importantly did you get the server back up and running?

Mark
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[LeeR]

Shocked and appalled... Shaun was right
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[The Tot]

I would have braked shaply and told them to pull over. Its what i did at a junction. Filter lane to go right was green, so i went. A woman decided to jump the lights on the opposite side. This was on the Busy A406 interchange at Temple Fortune/North Finchley. Basically, she dove across 3 lanes to get into the central reservation and clattered with the rear of my bike. I didn't fall off, luckily enough, but i just wanted to chase her. Flashed beeped etc, and didn't acknowledge, neither did me pointing over to the roadside! Admittedly, she was getting on a bit -50's to 60's. If you are dealing with older people, bear in mind that they maybe less aware, senile or plain clumsy, so be wary of that before making any actions. If it were a young lad/lass, by all means, i probably would have said a few things or two and possibly a boot to the wing mirror. Depending on ones demeanour, i've got a Jekyll and hyde personality, and chances are, i'd probably clutter the guy's mirror too - out of pure impulse and without thought - and chances are i'd suffer the consequence. Just pray that there aren't any witnesses present.

If you are prone to road rage, i've figured to say some really racist, politically incorrect things or stuff about their family (who i've never even met) under my helmet to vent frustrations, and then wave the silly bugger a smile making him look stupid because there's now a biker waving at him!
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[Aikman666]

Its never crossed my mind to do something as extreme as this. Funnily enough I had the same situation the other day, but I made myself feel better by sitting behind him with my full beams on, redlining my bike when he done it and following about a foot behind him (but to the right - so i wouldent hit him).

You all seem to think that car drivers deserve to be treated fairly. Im dissapointed in you, hordes of BCF, that driver learned his lesson now and will think again before doing it.

For example, a few years back a woman pulled out infront of me, I ended up ditching the bike trying to avoid her car (which I did). She thanked me at the time and said it was her fault, but then left me with £500 of damages to deal with, did she care? Did she fuck.

When it comes down to it you know what its down to me or them, and I now choose me, every time.
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[doggone]

A thump on the side window would've been more acceptable.
Usually I only think what I *ought* to have done when its too late though.

[Itchy]

I've got the perfect solution , well almost (my perfect solution involves shaped charges on the front of the bike),

but tie a brick to the front of your bike with some weak string,

stay with me here,

normal braking = brick flies forward but comes back to rest of your mud guard,

super harsh braking = brick flies forward, string snaps and goes INTO the enemy car, yes I said enemy car, causing them damage which they can't trace directly back to you, no injury to you damage to the other guy, and a implausible he was holding a brick and chucked it at me.

To add insult to injury you can go up to them and say

Tsk kids eh, oh and you shouldn't have pulled out on me, I reckon a chav agreed with me.


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[EddyJones]

And the brick will also fuck your mud guard up, and when it falls off and another biker rides into it itl prob fuck him up too..


Lets try it itchy

[Finglonga]

[Cwizard]

Had a similar enraging incident a couple weeks ago, pulled onto roundabout, on the inside of the roundabout and some git in his chav fiesta decided to come round the outside and pull in front of me with an inch or 2 at most to give, anchors on!!! No sorry, the red mist did start to appear. But managed to follow him all the way to his little chav meeting in the local car park. As he pulls into a space next to all his mates, i pulled up behind a parked across his back, walked over, opened the door to find a barely legal hat and hoody wearing twat, now crapping himself. "Sorry mate, didnt mean to cut you up, thought i had more space..." After a few choice words and warnings i drove off feeling very happy with myself. what was more satisfying watching mates trying not to laugh at him and hearing them saying "Sh*t bruv he's comin!"
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