Infuriating road rage incident this morning - Page 3 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

chilcutt · #31 04-16-2012, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by retmil46

Normally I wouldn't have - but from this guys behavior, you could tell he wasn't interested in playing road tag - he was in too big of a GD hurry to get home, for whatever reason, and trying to pass/shove out of the way everything on the road ahead of him. And it wasn't a prolonged blast - more the quick blip-blip that truckers use to signal each other in a passing situation on the interstate - just to say "thanks a LOT, bud".

Actually, I was somewhat impressed - I didn't think anything made by GM these days, especially a boat that size, would accelerate like that.

OK, thats cool.

You should see what kind of a nite-mare unfolds over here across the pond on a continuous basis..not isolated incident basis.

Makes the states look like Romper Room.

retmil46 · #32 04-16-2012, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

Where's a 75 year old oak tree when you need it?

That would have been an utter waste - of a good oak tree - wrapping a POS GM product around it.

Thankfully for him, I didn't pass the tangled remains of said DB and his vehicle on the rest of the way home - the old saying about Gawd taking care of babies and fools must have been invoked.

The way some of the DB's that work at that plant drive, they're a literal godsend for the local and state budget - usually around shift change time, there's two to four local or state patrol cars parked at other businesses across the main road in front of that plant - and from casual observation, they're usually quite busy handing out citations.

gatorblue92 · #33 04-16-2012, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

Where's a 75 year old oak tree when you need it?

Funny thing is I had some AH tailgating me who ended up finding the tree when he tried to pass on the shoulder of I-10 a few months back. I stopped and the guy was okay but with a totaled car. The State Trooper who was on the way to pull him over for reckless driving was not amused either.

Just remember that karma is a raging B.

Simpler=Better · #34 04-16-2012, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

I still don't see how you get smoke when the engine is turning 2700 rpm and the turbo is spooled???

Put it in neutral, let it wind down, then mash the pedal.

cmbdiesel · #35 04-16-2012, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by engatwork

I rarely run accross a road rager but when it does happen I like to floor it and dump a bunch of diesel smoke in there face

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I get the tailgating idiots leaving work almost every day. All the way out of the parking garage, through all three lights on the property's driveway, then up the ramp to the highway... THAT'S when I give the old SD full throttle, and when she's cold, she will cough out some smoke...

They always back off. That enables me to merge on the highway with plenty of room

cmbdiesel · #36 04-16-2012, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DslBnz

I think the diesel method is the #1 best, and least provoking approach to employ when dealing with these questionable individuals.

I used to use a variant on bicycle riders who would ride double or triple file up the narrow canyon road where I lived. I woulkd always wait for a safe spot to pass, but would shift my GMC diesel mason dump into 5th at about 30mph, bog it down like crazy, then clutch in and hammer down just as the exhaust pipe was pointed at their lungs. Sometimes it would take the rest of the ride home for me to stop laughing...

anghrist · #37 04-16-2012, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

Yes, the ignorance is striking:

Unfortunately the USDOT rules don't apply to California turning lane markings.

The yellow dashes are on the inside of the turning lane and yellow solids on the outside.

Back east, we had solid white single lines denoting where entry/exit of turning lanes was permissable.

anghrist · #38 04-16-2012, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by PaulC

If I'm on a road in which a tailgater can easily pass by me, such as an Interstate, I simply gradually slow down without touching my brakes. The idiot passes me by and we go on with our lives.

I wish that I felt this way when being tailgated. I have to count to ten and then I'm usually okay.

Graplr · #39 04-16-2012, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MS Fowler

I am glad to have them speed away. I want them far from me ASAP, and if thats what they want, too, its all good. I have even pulled to the curb lane and stopped to allow someone in a great hurry to get around me. Ego is good, but using wisdom to tell ego to take a hike is often the better way. Let the DB hurry to his own demise--solo.

Correct, that is the best part of moving over and letting them speed away. They get far away from me.

MS Fowler · #40 04-16-2012, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DslBnz

I think the diesel method is the #1 best, and least provoking approach to employ when dealing with these questionable individuals.

I have never encountered a problem feathering the accelerator on a car with no ALDA and an overfueled IP. It drowns them, they think there is something suddenly wrong with your car...They back WAAAAAAAYYY off. It works EVERY time. And again, they do NOT get angry. It wakes them up. Every other method is just begging for confrontation.

The problem with the diesel smoke method is that it adds ammunition to the people who hate diesels, anyway.

Graplr · #41 04-16-2012, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Simpler=Better

Put it in neutral, let it wind down, then mash the pedal.

Until you have to put it back in gear!

(Assuming you are talking about an auto)

cmbdiesel · #42 04-16-2012, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MS Fowler

The problem with the diesel smoke method is that it adds ammunition to the people who hate diesels, anyway.

I fail to see a problem. They hate diesels already.

hey..look...you got a little soot on yer face...

Brian Carlton · #43 04-16-2012, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Simpler=Better

Put it in neutral, let it wind down, then mash the pedal.

Cannot do that on a M/B. They really don't like a drop into gear at speed.

HuskyMan · #44 04-16-2012, 04:29 PM

perhaps a merc doesn't do the neutral/wind down method, but there exists another answer to the tailgaiting problem......

DONT TAILGATE PEOPLE!!!! - YouTube

Skippy · #45 04-16-2012, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by dropnosky

I was on the highway tooling along in my 50 hp diesel jetta, some cars were getting off an exit, so I checked in my mirrors and over my shoulder, and got into the fast lane (always an exciting experience in that car) and started passing them.

Unbeknownst to me, some guy was coming up at what must have been over 90 in an alero, and parked himself RIGHT on my bumper waving all kinds of hand signals. I tapped on the brakes to get him off, but he was so close he slammed on his brakes and almost hit the center barrier. After that, I guess he decided the gloves come off.

When I moved over to let him by, he came within about 2 inches of sideswiping me, and then when he got in front, he STOPPED on the highway, so of course I rear ended him.

You were using the passing lane for its intended purpose and your conduct was correct, except for the brake check. On those rare occasions when I get someone close behind me and no one in front of me, I simply accept that someone is more willing to risk a ticket than I am, and as soon as possible get over to let them by. The up side is that now I have a decoy for the LEO's to get to first so I follow along about a quarter mile behind matching their speed. For those occasions when I have someone on my butt while there are other cars in front of me (happened last week), I generally ignore them.

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