Road rage and the political Forum

[Mike Ellis]

I remember someone on the board (maybe Illflem?) posting about a windshield washer pump mounted under the rear bumper, pointing up, hooked to a container full of grape soda. Said it made a horrible sticky mess.



My poor old brother-in-law, God rest his soul, was just like that old Disney cartoon where Goofy gets behind the wheel of his car and becomes a road raging demon. I often wondered how he avoided getting killed with some of the stunts he pulled, one of his favorites was to get right behind or alongside someone he thought was a bad driver and do a "gorilla dance" making faces at them and going "oooo oooo oooo" like an ape. For some reason this makes people either laugh their butts off, or go completely ballistic. Driving with Merle was always an adventure.



As for myself, I don't like traffic and crowds much at all so I take the long way to/from work every day. Gives me time to decompress on the drive home and listen to some music. I am a pretty easy-going guy anyway so it would take a lot to get me fired up on the highway. If I had to live in LA though, I'd probably be in a cell with Charles Manson right now

 

[klenger]

Maybe some hardware from an A-10...

 

[Paychk]

There ya go, nothing like 30 MM armor piercing incendiary! @ 3200 RPM

 

[merryman]

I tried a case of "parking lot rage" a few years ago. Two vehicles pulled into the parking area of a county park along the Applegate River about the same time and had a slight conflict over where who was going to park.

One guy who had his family with him, said something to the other driver; that driver immediately pulled out a rifle and started shooting. The first guys wife and one child were wounded pretty severly.



Sure, I sent the shooter away for a long time, but I doubt that was much consolation to the victim family, and I wonder how many times the father has wished he had just gone about his business and ignored the other driver.



We never did understand why the guy started shooting, he was a long time resident with no significant criminal record.

You never know when someone is at a point where they need only slight provacation to do something crazy.



Vaughn

 

[FATCAT]

Signs that you suffer from road rage



And ... signs someone behind you has road rage

 

[Texas Diesel]

Originally posted by KBennett

The Political Forum should be labled "for those that like to have heated discussions and get nowhere". I spent some time trying to state my views in a non-combative manner with very little results. Now I just avoid the heartburn

Bush in '04

I know the feeling, what a waste of time. Havnt been back since, sorry to hear it's no better.



Kerry '04 :-laf

 

[crobertson1]

I agree.

BUSH in '04!