The road rage incident of the day is...
 

(was) played out in front of me in a gas station this am. As I was filling up for gas, my wife and daughter went inside to get some drinks. In the road in front of me, a truck pulling a trailer slowed to pull into the station to fuel up, but was rear ended by an SUV who hit the trailer.

Both drivers were pi#$'d. As the truck driver was entering the first gas station entrance, the SUV driver sped around to make the second gas station entrance to chew out the truck driver. The truck driver hit the gas to pull around and meet her.

Game on.

In the heat of the moment, the truck driver throttled the truck up and flew through the pumps (probably at a good 15-20 mph), and forgetting he was towing a trailer, cut the corner through the pumps too close. The trailer clipped the gas pumps steel security stops, and about tore the rear wheel off. The entire trailer jumped into the air, the air condition unit on the trailer jumped across the bed, the rear axle just about got torn off, the rear tire exploded (well- at least popped the bead) and the rim got completely demolished.

This lurched the truck to a complete stop, and as the truck driver was running back to survey the damage, the SUV driver was speeding into cut him off. The SUV driver jumped out of the car and began yelling. They got into a heated exchange. Out came the gas station attendant, only concerned the pumps were not damaged. I was caught semi-between the two, on the other side of the pumps.

I walked quietly around the back of the carnage, got my wife and kid, informed them NOT to say a word or look at anything, we walked well clear to the back of the trailer, got in the car and skipped town quicker than when Chevy Chase took that wrong turn into the bad neighborhood on the movie "Vacation"

The funniest thing, in retrospect, was the truck driver's companion, who just opened his door, and started chomping down on some chicken Mcnuggets while the whole thing went down. He didn't have a care in the world.

The SUV driver sped off. We drove off. The truck driver's companion kept chowing on his fast food. And the truck driver seemed like nothing had happened.

And before you can say "Pics or it didn't happen":

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1533836218.JPG

Other pertinent factors of the story:

This occurred in Tennessee. The SUV driver was female, with the build of sasquatch, and was not something to be messed with. The truck driver was so taken aback with messing up his trailer, he was knocked off guard, and could not dedicate full attention to the shouting match. As she was a female, he could not deck her, although I was surprised she didn't deck him. She was so livid, she did not even notice what he had just done to his own trailer. She left, he was only concerned about his wheel.

I'm assuming she would have been written up for following to close, and that he would have gotten ticked for not signalling (I'm assuming his trailer lights were not working as per her yelling), so they both called it a day and got on with life before Johnny Law got there.

a) I wonder if the brake lights were working on that trailer
b) Even if the brake lights weren't working.....the SUV driver is at fault for not staying far enough back to stop if necessary
c) I look forward to not having to drive any more than necessary as I transition into 'retirement mode'...there's a lot of dumb asses out there......

You answered my questions....thanks.....

Funny- I was typing at the same time. This is the only thing I can figure.

Was the SUV driver wearing a flannel shirt?

No, but I think he was! :D She had some cadillac escalade or something. High end country.

That's the only sentence that matters.

Once upon a time I was in Dallas picking up a new car (go figure) with an empty rented U-Haul car dolly. Stuck in rush hour traffic I felt a hard push from behind, and looked back to see an lifted F250 on my car dolly. I hopped out as he backed off, quickly inspected the dolly, then waved him off as there was no damage. It was about a 30 second event that I still laugh about today.

Pics of the Sasquatch please.....

Don't insult the sasquatches.

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How do you rear end someone then freak out like it's their fault for slowing down?

Even if the trailer had no brake lights I think I would blame the SUV witch.

Also, technically is a 'samsquanch'.

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[QUOTE=1990C4S;10136503]How do you rear end someone then freak out like it's their fault for slowing down?

Even if the trailer had no brake lights I think I would blame the SUV witch.

Also, technically is a 'samsquanch'.

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Greasy

Gree-hee-heee-greasy Ricky.

So effin' funny. :)

Hmm... not sure that beats this one:

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Sounds like yesterday, I accidentally popped the clutch on the Cayman when the light turned green and stalled, the late sixties lady behind me laid on the horn for the 30 seconds it took me to restart it and get going. I don’t normally give the finger but I did in this case...

I often ride my older Harley. Kick start only, way too big of a carb, way too big of a set of cams, way too much head porting, way too much compression, etc. It has a nasty habit that sometimes catches me off guard - if I'm not attentive enough, after a quick gas and go or other similar short pause, it will carb fart and die a minute or two after it gets going again. Hot gas in the float bowl. Always when I'm sitting at an intersection, in neutral, hands off the bars. Rather inconvenient to try and start a high compression bike with the afore mentioned "features" at an intersection with traffic behind me. I do my best to push it out of the way before engaging in the just died, hot start, dry cylinder kick start routine.

Some folks apparently have no patience for a guy who is doing his best to get out of their way. Way too many times I've had to listen to the horns going off behind me just the instant the light turns green. I've adopted a certain approach for these impatient ass holes - I quit trying to push the bike. I put the kickstand down, walk up to their driver's window, and ask them to honk again, only longer. I'll then say "by golly, it didn't work this time either - try again". They look at me all confused. "Honk yer effin' horn, you effin' idiot."

"Wha...?"

"I'm still hoping that leaning on your god damned horn is going to start my bike. Do it again. It's way easier than kicking the old SOB."

The honk move I love the most is when a semi is trying to maneuver and is blocking the road so the idiot in the car lays on the horn- yup, I’m sure your honking will get the truck to move. Pretty sure the trucker will purposely take twice as long!

I can’t tell you if either of my horns work in my cars.

Lots of distracted drivers out there that have zero patience...these are the same tools that honk in a traffic jam, like it will do anything but piss off everyone else.

The funny thing is, that these are also the people who would rather tailgate and get mad, rather than waiting for a chance to pass. The tailgating is responsible for many of these types of accidents. "Failure to yeild" trumps "No signal" every day of the week, and Sundays.

When we pulled away from yesterday's incident, I was trying to explain the "some people are like garbage trucks" thread from here recently to my wife.

Later in the day, someone was honking at me for frivolous reasons, so I honked back just for fun. According to the garbage truck thread, I was supposed to wave, smile, and pray for them, but they couldn't see me (smiling and waving in support), so I just honked, waved my fist, and laughed instead. "Ayyyyye... Get off my road!"

Or you could tell them you'll stay and honk the horn for them if they'll go and start your bike.

Amateurs! Everyone knows you use the back end to purposely hit another car. Otherwise you wreck the radiator.

I kept hoping the cop would tazer the raging fool.

Best
Les

I saw a guy screaming and honking at someone for pulling into a parking lot too slow. He had a bumper sticker that read "visualize world peace". So of course as I passed him with his window open, I had to yell "visualize world peace!!!"

those cops obviously saw all the amateur videographers otherwise it would have gone a different way.

Several years ago I pulled up and was fueling my car in the totally normal manner. The gas station has a weird triangle shape. It is easy to pull forward to leave, but a real challenge to back up because of the entrance and the constant flow of the new customers to the convenience store. Anyway, not all the pumps were being used, but for whatever reason some jerk pulled his pickup right up close to my front bumper so he did not block the incoming cars.

I would have to back up to get out of there, weave through other cars coming in the driveway and pedestrians, possible but a challenge. So the gas pump shut off, and I figured it was time to check my oil. I had to walk around to the back of the El Camino to get to one side or the other with him just right in front of my bumper. So several trips back and forth, then I needed to wash the windshield and I was slow and careful. Now remember other pumps are open, he could move over and gas up at any time. So next I had to check my air pressure in my tires and the pressure in the air bags on the rear end used only for load leveling with a load. By the time I was checking them, he fired up his truck, backed up, and left the gas station and laid rubber with the throttle floored and drove away. I never saw him again. It was like something from the twilight zone. He never got out and said a word, never fueled up at the other pumps or went inside. He just made it hard for me to leave. With him gone, I went home easily by going forward.

A friend has a great bumper sticker:

"Honk if you don't exist" :D

as i age..i have learned it is best to try not to lose your cool under any circumstance.

i have an eff it approach..

one time, i did a bonehead move and lighty rear ended a guy. his dad was in the passenger seat.. the dad comes out and he was HOT!! yelling, cussing..calling me names. i was in the process of texting the driver a photo of my ID, and insurance card..plus pics of the minor damage.

i paused, and told the old guy (calmly).."please be quiet, whatever you are trying to do isnt helping at all.." we exchange images, shook hands (the son) and moved on with our lives. my fault, my insurance took care of it. me and the son might have said one sentence to each other.

I hope the trailer guy gets summoned for reckless driving due to the attendant's witnessing and the CCTV to back up everything including the ID of the female animal who gets cited for rear ending another vehicle as well as leaving the scene of an accident. That should be a no brainer as she was still on a public road when she hit the trailer.

Wow. Yeah, I honk, but 99.9% of the time it's a quick toot to wake up the guy that's screwing with his cell phone when the light turns green. I've been in line 3-4 cars back. The light turns, the first numbnut is not paying attention, and the second numbnut is too polite to do anything. The entire green light plays out and then when the light turns yellow, the first guy realizes and takes off running the amber and leaving the entire line to sit for a whole new round of lights.

Nope, I've got a horn, and I use it. I can usually see if the person in front of me is distracted and that's when they get the toot. It's rarely in anger, but it has happened. Actually, just about 1-2 weeks back, someone was running a stop sign and nearly hit me head on. They got a nice long honk, but it worked and they stopped.

Maybe it said "Visualize whirled peas".

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