JustinR wrote:I was going home along Heathcote Road, Sunday night and had a Golf GTR that decided to ride up my arse (its a one lane road all the way to the top where it splits into an overtaking road), i was doing the speed limit (70km) in my fathers Nissan Murano, and it was obvious this person was in a hurry (it was 11:30pm mind you). Just to stick it to them, i dropped back to 60 just before the second lane opened up to make them back off, then proceeded to accelerate all the way up the road on the left hand side. The driver high beamed me (which had no effect since the Murano has a auto-glare rear view mirror which dims when light becomes strong) and proceeded to catch up to me probably doing double the limit to catch up to me. When this person caught up to me, they tried to stay alongside me (so they could probably yell out the window), but i tapped the brakes slightly in fear that they could throw something, and he sped off... Some people are simply just stupid in all honesty.
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I don't agree with your actions as I consider it antagonistic behaviour, and that my friend, leads to road rage as you said.
Who cares why this guy is in a rush at 11:30pm, let him be and get out of his way. He is obviously flouting the law by tailgating already, why escalate it. What has the car he drives have anything to do with it, would you have reacted differently if he tailed you in a Bentley Continental or a garbage truck? Slow down at the overtaking lane, roll down the window and gesture him to pass would have sufficed and be done with it. In all my years of driving I've learnt one thing, you can't control other peoples' behaviour on the roads, just your own.
Sad fact of life is we share the roads, not own it.
edit: By the way the thread title should be changed, there are two F's in the word OFF "Let OFF some steam".
