If you make a minor mistake such as slow down while searching for an address, and the car behind you just races upto you and the driver who is a big guy start to call names and yell at you while you are with kids and family?
Would you keep quite and move on?
Would you confront the big guy and start responding with calling more outrageous names?
What if the person lives in your neighbourhood?
Honestly meri to fatati he especially with the kids in the car. But then it feels that am setting a bad example for kids?
Any thoughts ??
tuch, thut, tut, tut..
Do not continue to stare back at the guy , drive looking ahead, let him vent. When he is done and gone. Laugh loud and say to your kids " Big uncle was playing bad man " . Kids watch enough cartoons to relate him to one of the character. He will be called names !
Ok, Kyaaa bol raha ththaaa motu ? ?
Just sharing my feelings..
What would you do if you were the other guy and you're running on time to your schedule and some one is slowly rolling the car for the next 3-4 minutes messing your schedule.. well one guy passed, then you encountered another guy doing the same in front you and then another guy (why not).. you will run out of patience because some one is doing something that is not acceptable.
So what you did is wrong, you could be given a ticket if noticed by a cop.
I've done this mistake once or twice and always felt bad after some one points it out.
So, wrong is wrong. No offense.
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Originally posted by bhootnath
If you make a minor mistake such as slow down while searching for an address, and the car behind you just races upto you and the driver who is a big guy start to call names and yell at you while you are with kids and family?
Would you keep quite and move on?
Would you confront the big guy and start responding with calling more outrageous names?
What if the person lives in your neighbourhood?
Honestly meri to fatati he especially with the kids in the car. But then it feels that am setting a bad example for kids?
Any thoughts ??
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The cowards never started,
The weak died on the way,
Only the strong arrived.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yK1i9cLAMM
Similarly, every time there is an accident in a freeway, one or two cops should be deployed on the other side to ticket those who pause, observe the scene and move on blocking thousands and thousands of people.
If they do it couple of times (like catching cellphone users while driving), it will set things straight..
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The cowards never started,
The weak died on the way,
Only the strong arrived.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yK1i9cLAMM
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Originally posted by bhootnath
Would you keep quite and move on? yep
Would you confront the big guy and start responding with calling more outrageous names? no way...its mistake on our part
What if the person lives in your neighbourhood? difficult to handle this situation.
Honestly meri to fatati he especially with the kids in the car. But then it feels that am setting a bad example for kids?
ignoring motu is not bad example. searching address while driving is bad example for kids
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 01-11-12 11:15:23
Never confront. That will only escalate the road rage and you will be charged if it comes to it as you became a willing participant in the road rage.
Slowing down on the main street is not a good idea as it increases the risk of getting rear ended. Hence you have a share of blame. If it was a residential street, you might be ok in terms of reduced risk getting hit; still it causes disruption for the other drivers.
There was once a neighbor in my street who for some reason was mad at another neighbor and gave her the finger. This woman then walked over to him later in the day when he was chatting in his driveway with a whole bunch of people, including me, and asked him what kind of decency he had as a neighbor. Turned out to be a great embarassing moment 
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Dimple2001
My take on this is different .
It is an individual level of comfort with which one drives a vehicle ... some drive slow and some faster but that does not give any one a right to curse / swear at some one who is driving ahead of you slowly .............. how many times we encounter such a person and yet the best we can do is be patient because there are no slow speed limits on other than major roads .... and most certainly not enforced ....
The rule says - follow at a safe distance - if I notice someone tailing me , I slow down to irritate the guy more so that he switches lane ...... If you are a fast driver , why not drive on a racing track ...
That said I never block the passing lane ......
In this case I would have avoided a confrontation and simply ignored the person ...... who knows if he whips out a gun ..... I would teach my kids also the same ..... to avoid trouble but maintain one's line of thought if it is not overly in the wrong .
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Fido.
