Road rage confession

AlokSriva · 31st August 2010, 16:06

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Originally Posted by aargee

Err...the vehicle is towed by police to the station only when the accident involved has killed some person. Otherwise the vehicle is not taken into custody.

Not sure if that's correct. In case an FIR is registered, both the vehicles are impounded whether or not someone has been injured.

I know this firsthand when on Ring Road, after crossing AIIMS and before reaching Sarojini Nagar flyover, there was a bus which nudged my car's left ORVM. This joker was coming out of the bus stand and joining main traffic. Being evening hour, there was a chaos on the road and this bugger had no patience to wait. Rather he preferred bullying his way in the main flow of traffic and broke my ORVM in the process.

What pissed me more was the fact that my 2 month old son was in his seat on the left rear seat. I stopped this bus - a chartered one - ferrying office commuters, and called up 100 from my cellphone. About 30 mins later, the PCR arrived (they too were stuck in traffic) and listened to both sides of the story. Finally one of the cops told me to let go of the matter since registering an FIR would mean they would need to confiscate both vehicles, and since I was with my family, it would inconvenience me more. Not that I was convinced (courtesy call cabs which can pick and drop you on a phone call), but had to let go of the idea of registering FIR because of pleadings from passengers of that bus who were of course behind my back cursing me for holding them up, but were cursing their driver more for driving rashly.

Another interesting incident happened with me last week when we were going for dinner at DSOI Dhaula Kuan from Gurgaon. Folks familiar with this area would recollect there's a service lane on left which meets NH8 just before the DSOI entrance. Now, to complicate matters, there's a bus stop too on that service lane from which buses enter the main road.

Now when I reached this point, there was a bus which was trying to negotiate its way in the main flow. With me on the left lane, waiting for him to move, he got space and he came on to the main road. While I was waiting for him to clear the way, there's another blueline bus which comes from the bus stop and tries to bully its way by obstructing me. When I was waiting for one bus to pass, I could have waited for one more. But what agitated me was the attitude of the second bus driver who seemed to think he could bulldoze his way.

I slowly moved my vehicle and obstructed his way too partially from his right, got out, went to the driver and asked him if he was in a hurry. When he replied in affirmative, I gave him a piece of mind and told him never in future to mess with vehicles taking left from this particular place lest he wants to be beaten up by army orderlies. Immediately there was a volta face from our johnny, with folded hands and apologies flowing left, right and center, reversed his bus and allowed me to move.

Otherwise I am a patient and rule following driver, however, I can't stand someone bullying on the roads. That's where road rage kicks in and my wife, on all such occasions, yells at me asking if I have taken up the responsibility of making everyone see traffic sense

ulhas.ahirrao · 31st August 2010, 17:11

How I manage keeping my cool on roads -
I never open my mouth or shout at anyone. Whenever I come across all kinds of morons we are discussing in this forum I use my roots-windtone horns to do the shouting, but only a couple of times. Good if that moron gets it right & corrects himself or I just leave it at that. No eye contact, no cursing, no shouting. Honk loudly a couple of times & leave it!

anilisanil · 31st August 2010, 18:18

My experience- 4 years ago on way to Electronics city. Me was driving Unicorn trying my level best to be on road while others are trying their best to move off the road (most of the way was under construction then)

I finally saw a free stretch and started revving up which was when I heard a loud honk and a car racing towards me, I raced ahead, the honks continued but I did not budge, I raced along humming that "ride on time tune" When the indica's (?) horn subsided I smiled and reached my office only to find that my mobile was not anymore in my pocket!

Only then did I realize that I raced past a good samaritan who was trying to return my mobile back to me. It was a Nokia 6600!!

MX6 · 31st August 2010, 20:16

Just went to my physio and got back. A moron tried squeezing between me and a narrow gate on a left turn. I got irritated and decided not to pull back so that he can go ahead. He was the one squeezing ahead. I stopped there. He tried his great manouvre and then his front door scrapes against my bumper. From the feel I could understand that his door is getting a nice dent while it's the plastic part of my car. Bugger tries not to pull back but forward. Then he realises that he can't go any further and I refused to pull back. Security near the gate comes running.
He pulls back, I see in the lights of my headlight a nice dent on his front door. He was driving a Maruti esteem.
He doesn't even bother to stop and ask me anything. I just switch off my ignition, thinking he'd come for a "chat". Bugger slots in first gear and goes ahead.
I follow him and he tries to "Shake me off his trail". I had to take the same route, but he thought may be I'm following him and he bolted.
Now I'm beginning to wonder whether he stole that car from the parking lot and tried to squeeze between me, a tata indica before me (he nearly rear ended that one), cut ahead, dented his own door, and bolted.
Strange people.
I parked at my home and did an inspection. Not a scratch on my bumper. A slight white mark of 1" on the body close to the bumper which was apparently his paint. I scraped it with a cloth and it was gone.
Crazy people all around.

aargee · 31st August 2010, 21:05

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