I had a little road rage encounter today...
I was driving along and a people carrier in the left turn lane, tried to undertake me going around a roundabout, and then tailgated me for a bit. A little later it tried to overtake on the red tarmac chevrons down the middle of the road, but had to hang back as another car was signalling to pull out infront...then...again he took the left turn lane and tried to undertake me again...
...a bit later around another roundabout -junction for the M11 at Harlow he tried to drive his car into the side of mine and shared my lane for about 50 metres or so he was in the wrong lane. So at the lights I stop, he stops behind me and gets out...
he was some old guy, in his very late 60's or early 70's. He was wearing a shirt and tie and had his glasses on a little band hung around his neck too. He gets out and walks up to my car. Bangs on my window and tries to open the door. I'd locked my door as I didn't really feel like having a fight with an old guy and making him have a heart attack or a stroke or something and then getting a criminal record for it!
So I say - "What was that all about?"
He replies..."I think you know - get out of the car"
So I say "No"
And drive off with him thumping my car window - as the lights had already changed to green and he was left there standing in the middle of the roundabout holding up all the other cars like a prize winning numpty!
You don't really expect people of an age who ought to know better to behave like 9 year olds though, If he'd have been a tattooed, brick s**t house transit van driver or something, but not some little old guy who's probably driving back from a trip to the garden centre! :P
I'm not heavily built, but I'm pretty tall...I think I could have taken him out if it was a real grudge match :P
