Yesterday I was involved in the biggest
road rage incident of my life...
Another driver - like about 1 in 100 on this stretch of road - went up the on-coming lane next to a long queue of rush-hour traffic in which I was sitting...
...he tried to cut in in front of me (and in keeping with my established position that I would rather cause an accident or a fight than let such a person 'in') I 'closed the door' almost hitting the
car in front of me in the process!
A kilometre further on at the next lights (recognising me as the car that wouldn't let him in) he managed to cut me up and then just stopped in front of me for a few seconds in the middle of the junction. I tried to overtake on both sides and as he pulled away he weaved across both lanes 3 or 4 times to prevent me from doing so. Eventually I passed him.
Thinking of it in hindsight, he obviously thought of me - 'who do you think you are not to allow me to jump the queue and cut in in front of you!?' And for this reason especially I felt so '
upset' that when he finally cut across me, nearly hit me and stopped! - if I had hit his car and he and I had got out of the cars I'm sure it would have 'come to blows'.
With the mother-in-law and our 6 year old travelling in the back of our car this may sound like a bit of a ridiculous scenario to unfold...
...and having described to my wife how I might have reacted if the cars had made contact my wife summed up the whole situation nicely by simply saying...'men!?'
"Radiohead"
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