ROAD RAGE

SirChenjin! I get it! Always thought you were male!
What’s mace spray please, Petra?

I think its always good to have a dash cam you can then hopefully report these morons to the police.

jane and lily

Road rage is becoming a fact of life. I doubt that this man in a car behind you could actually see you and he wouldn't have known your age and size until he accosted you at the traffic lights. He was just a pushy b*******d who was angry about something or in a rush to go somewhere or just one of those people who expect everybody to do what they want all the time and took his rage out on anyone he considered had got in his way.

About 20 years ago a lorry driver got out of his lorry and hammered on my rear car window at the top of a motorway slip road. I have no idea what I had done to offend him, but even if I had done something wrong, we all deal with bad/incompetent/careless driving in other people everyday and none but the tiniest proportion react in this way. Their behaviour is unacceptable and I am glad you had your son with you, salsaqueen to frighten him off.

Some people are just utter prats.

A friend of mine had similar - some bloke yelling and screaming at her through the window.
However, lying in the back of her estate car was the biggest of her huge dogs (Newfoundlands) - always very protective of her - this one sat up with a start and uttered his scariest, very deep WOOF!!
Friend didn't see the bloke for dust! Served the bugger right.

I like the cut of your son’s jib. You’ve done a good job raising him. Also two tall boys like mine. Did it cost you a fortune too in feeding them too? Hope you’re over your fright. Sounds like a ghastly little man, I pity his wife being married to such a nasty piece of work

Lilypops
Sirchenjin. I,ve just realised what your name is , I thought you were of Russian descent !!!, very clever

Haha! I thought they were Chinese with delusions of grandeur

We had a hair raising experience when a driver sat right on our tail, pulled out to overtake and had to pull back in sharply, then overtook us on a blind bend!

Sirchenjin. I,ve just realised what your name is , I thought you were of Russian descent !!!, very clever,

When I saw him getting out of his car, I quickly put my locks on. Yes, my son (I've got 2 sons) is very protective of me and has the utmost respect for women. I bet the muppet in the other car wouldn't like someone speaking to his mother in that way. Little sod.

If someone had come ranting at my car window I would have shown him the Mace spray. If he didn't take the warning I would have used it.

Wonder if he was on drugs.

Ridiculous way to behave and scary! It is SO wrong that he thought he could get away with it presumably because he saw it was an "older" woman (you know what I mean!!) but then slopes off when confronted with a bloke! Honestly some people!! And if it had been me IO would have been scared and demoralised ...and that doesn't happen to me very easily!!!

Well done your son Salsa - you’ve raised a good ‘un there ? Hopefully speedy Gonzales will think twice before he decides to try and intimidate another driver - getting out of your car to confront another driver is never a good idea. What a prize idiot the other driver was

I think it’s quite scary, I’ve had a couple of instances lately, where other drivers have acted aggressively, never at any point in danger of having any kind of accident, just me driving within the speed limit! I don’t want anymore points on my license! A couple of weeks ago, some lunatic was right up behind all through our village, and when I stopped at some temporary traffic lights, he pulled in front of me!

What in the world is wrong with people!

SirChenjin ...No, I was already out of the carpark and onto the road but hadn't had time to accelerate up to 60. He was driving too fast and thought I ought to as well, I suppose. My son said afterwards "Nobody talks to my Mum like that". I was so proud

It’s not clear from your post, sorry - did you pull out in front of him?

No idea why some people (mainly men) feel the need to be so aggressive behind the wheel. Feelings of inadequacy probably, which manifests itself in bullying behaviour as a way of making themselves feel bigger and better about themselves (which backfired spectacularly on this occasion!).