Road rage!!!

Lum

If you're going to avoid companies purely because some of their van drivers drive badly, you will be rapidly running out of gas and pipe fitters.

Strider590

pulliptears wrote: »

LMAO

My OH specifies a lot of kit for new builds as well as uses local contractors. He remembers which firms have rotten drivers and wont use them for that reason
One boiler manufacturer wont be getting a £10k contract because their driver cut him up

Wasn't CHN was it? :rotfl:

Back when they had the red vans, one of their guys tried to block me off at a dual carriageway merge, I'd passed him 200 yards back and didn't realise he was racing up the inside into my blind spot.

Then when I pulled into the gap with him 1 inch from my rear bumper, he followed me into town, nearly hit the back of my car at a set of lights (skidding sideways into the other side of the road), got out of his van and shouted incoherently and frothed at the mouth like a rabid dog next to my drivers window. I didn't need to do a thing as the chap in the car behind him got out and so did the driver of the car coming the other way (who he'd blocked), he got a world full of abuse and got back into his van with his tail between his legs.
:rotfl:

Lately though it's young lads in BT's VX Corsa van's..... Oh and some guy I see in the afternoons driving a white van with a huge W on the back. Wonder what the W stands for?

Lirin

Years ago, I pulled up in the left hand lane of a 3 lane entry onto a roundabout, controlled by traffic lights for all lanes.
My lane turned left on a sliproad, the other two to my right carried straight through.

The woman in the middle lane started beeping, and I'd glanced over. She was furiously gesturing to me to wind my window down. Duly did so, and got a torrent of abuse- "That was MY lane! I was going to move into it when the lights turned! Get back!"

Thought it was fairly funny, but did point out there was nothing to show she'd wanted to switch lanes- she was stationary, had plenty of room to manouvre before I arrived, no indication, etc, etc.

Fell on deaf ears, so I took the best policy- and treated her to Iron Maiden.

pulliptears

Strider, can't remember who it was (one boiler very much the same as the next to me!) but OH would tell you lol

I've told this story before, but a few years ago I drove a Morris Minor. Now anyone who has driven anything of this age knows about drum brakes and the fact you ideally have to give a weeks written notice to stop.

One morning I was driving up the main road taking the kids to school when a local council contractor van pulled out in front of me. Stopping was not an option he was that close. I took evasive action and actually ended up on the other side of the road alongside the van. Fortunately there was nothing coming the other way.

I don't normally get angry but it was far too close for me, so I followed him onto the council estate. He pulled up outside his job and I got out. Well, that morning I let fly. Poor bloke got my full wrath along with a lecture on why pulling out on 35 year old cars was not the best idea. By the time I had finished I had 2 kids cringing with embarrassment in the car and the most apologetic council worker I have ever seen in my life

phunkeymonkey

While we are on the subject of contractor's vans:

A while ago I was driving along a road which led to lights and noticed traffic was backed up a lot sooner than usual. On further investigation, it was apparent that this wasn't due to a long queue but down to a work van travelling extremely slowly with the car behind almost stuck to his rear bumper.

I think it was obvious that the car behind had been tail-gating and the van driver was reacting in a childish (but understandable) manner.
As we eventually approached the lights, the road turns into 2 lanes. To further frustrate the tail-gater and prevent him from passing, the van driver started zig-zagging between the lanes - gently at first, then more and more vigorously. On his final zig (or it may have been zag) his ladder fell off the top of his van.

I know I shouldn't have, but I couldn't help but laugh. Thankfully no one was hurt and it made me chuckle all day - almost made up for the delay.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

scotsman4th wrote: »

Pulled out in front AND tailgated you? Now thats clever.

Being well taught by my instructor, I was able to safely take evasive action and continue in front of him - which I think annoyed the person more than the fact that he'd nearly killed himself and his passenger.

Lum

I had a great one a few years back that will amuse some here.

I was driving down the left hand lane of a DC at the fastest speed I felt safe at given that the right hand lane was backed up heavily due to a roundabout half a mile further down the road (left hand lane feeds into a dedicated left turn sliproad that avoids the roundabout and thus is free flowing)

I had a tailgater literally right up my chuff, a few feet away at best, when someone from the near stationary right hand lane decided to suddenly pull out in front of me with only a few meters to spare. Not wanting to brake due to the tailgater I swerved into the hard shoulder and went around the guy who pulled out in front of me, at which point my tailgater went straight into the back of them.

Result!

Lirin

There's an old guy in a Jag most night on my way home- looks as if he's straight out of Dallas.
Drives in overtaking lane the entire way- doing 45mph. As soon as anyone attempts to undertake, he boots it until he's level with the next car in slow lane.

King_Nothing

Lirin wrote: »

There's an old guy in a Jag most night on my way home- looks as if he's straight out of Dallas.
Drives in overtaking lane the entire way- doing 45mph. As soon as anyone attempts to undertake, he boots it until he's level with the next car in slow lane.

That's where the use of a remapped 2.5 litre petrol turbo comes in handy, for plebs like these

clg86

Last night, some douche almost went into the side of me! He thought he could get away with driving around at 9.15pm with no lights on, and try and exit the roundabout at the same time as me, even though he was in the far righthand lane!

I had to slam my brakes on and I was given the middle finger gesture, even though it was him and his beefy mates that nearly went into me!!!!:mad:

He was then infront of me and all thye other cars coming the other way were flashing him to put his lights on, 5 minutes later he realised...

Then, I see him talking on his mobile and clearly not concentrating judging by the way he was swerving all over the road, and goes through a red light.

What is wrong with people?!?