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Originally Posted by Ducimus
And here i thought Road rage was a uniquely american problem.  |
Not only you have NEVER tried the Italian transportation system, especially in the urban centers, but I can safely say you have NEVER tried driving in Rome, at least not while I was in the vicinity.
Again, the proof is your physical well-being, you either have fingers to type or vocal cords and a mouth to dictate some mumbling, or a partially functional brain to send electric signals to a micro-chip connected to the PC.
Jokes aside, I'm usually the one trailing. I have followed on some occasions annoying drivers who either cutted me, or annoyed me by any other amount. I keep the pressure, touching the car gently in the rear bumper when we stop, and sticking to his rear when moving. This game usually stops at a police station, or if my victim looks like he's willing to play back at me.
But that's all too harmless.
Many years ago, during a traffic-jam on a highway, the car behind me kept sounding his horn, even though things weren't moving, and wouldn't move no matter how much he pressed the damn horn, after half an hour I couldn't stand it anymore. I waited for some room to open in front of me, and I moved all the way just before touching the car in front, switched to Reverse, and hit the pedal to the metal. The tires screached and burned some rubber and I SLAMMED the car in the rear at full power. It was great. He never sounded his horn again. The man looked frightened. I opened the door to come out of the car and negotiate the repairs, but by this time the traffic started flowing and he ran away scared, with his front decently well smashed in. The rear of my car was pretty ruined too. But he probably kept his hands off his horn for quite some time, I bet. I must've spared many drivers of the annoyance.
And that's why I'm not a NASCAR driver, I wouldn't have much love and operational cars left by the end of a few races.
But ok, I admit it, that incident happened more than a decade ago, when cars were much cheaper and simpler, but also sturdier and more resistant to low speed crashes (they didn't bend to absorb energy back then).
Wanna go for a ride Ducimus?
