As far back as I can remember ( the 70's ) I've had a bad relationship with drivers. This sometimes amounts to non lethal abuse such as food being thrown at me from passing cars. More often the attack is similar to the one that just happened.
I was standing at a pedestrian crossing waiting for my green light and looking at my phone. When I got green I pocketed my phone and paused to look before crossing. This phone distraction perversely saved my life as at that moment a speeding car shot straight passed me through its red light. This is a recurring feature in my life.
My question is the next time this happens what is the best way to retaliate against the driver.
Why yes....as it happens I am bloody angry.
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Best thing, like any road rage is not to retaliate. And I sympathise, drivers have no care or consideration for pedestrians, but retaliation will lead to escalation, and you're not the one in the two tonne deadly machine.
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Best way is to take down the plate number and report it as an aggressive driver. Then the next time they get a ticket, they get hit with an additional $200 fine.
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I don't really see that as an option because the result would be perpetuating a status quoe that's untenable.
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If you're in America there's not much you can do unless you're badly injured. The motorist lobby won full rights to the road decades ago and we're only in the infant stages of changing that.
Even here, every time this topic comes up, half the posters blame pedestrians for making them unfairly use their precious brake pads.
I'm in the UK but my options seem pretty limited here as well.
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It is really about ethics in motor vehicle operations.
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If the car has already passed, nothing short of a projectile weapon can help. "For everthing else, there's caltrops™."
If you have a cellphone you should be able to hack the lights at the next intersection or maybe those pneumatic police barriers things.
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Yet another reason why self driving cars can't come fast enough.
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I still say go demi-Road Warrior: attach a sharp spike to the front of a Reliant Robin and unleash Hell.
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The short answer is: You can't.
The long answer is: You can, but it requires you (a) willing to chase them down, (b) getting lucky that they have to stop for a red light or traffic soon enough that you can catch them, and (c) that you're willing to get into a fist-fight. Or a tire-iron fight.
The long and short of it is that you're dealing is arseholes, and unless you sink to their level, you can't retaliate. If you *do* want to sink to their level, keep a pocketful of pennies on you at all times, so you can hurl 30p in shrapnel at them, damaging their paintwork. However, see my earlier point about getting punched for your troubles.
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Seriously, talk with law enforcement about reporting aggressive driving.
In the state of Colorado, for instance, you can dial *277 on your cell phone and report an aggressive driver incident.
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And in the DC Metro Area.
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Paleocon is entirely right --DanB
I've made my case, Paleocon... and now I am abandoning it, because yours is far more persuasive. --detriot20
Paleocon is a wise man --Taer
I should think England should have stricter controls than any American state. Like, 6 aggressive driving complaints against you in a 60-day period and they deactivate your starter by remote control.
Which, I believe, would have to be 'nothing', because the officer didn't witness the alleged crimes him or herself.
Most likely, what that sort of thing will probably do is make officers more likely to issue tickets for other infractions..... they probably won't tend to be nice to people with lots of citizen complaints.
Get your midichlorian levels up and just blow out their tires with your mind.
I would love to have some sort of way of electronically tagging cars where the driver is texting. This needs to stop. It causes all sorts of problems aside from the risk of hitting someone or something with your car.
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Yup.
Yet another reason I think taking control of all motor vehicles away from humans is a fantastic and overdue idea.
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My experience driving in England vs. the US was that it was a lot more stressful in England, due to narrower roads and heavier traffic. Aggressive driving is bad enough here, but I can see it being more hazardous there.
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This happened here in bicycle-loving Tucson recently. Cyclist lost in the 3 on 1 fight, but was rescued by a bystander & able to ride home. Here's the news story (the embedded video really is a bystander phone video of the cyclist getting beaten up, so warnings...).
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