A couple of days ago, I was driving back from a children's tourist attraction. To go where I was going, I had to turn right onto a country road (one that has a 60 speed limit but where you wouldn't go at 60 for much of it).
There was a massive gap between cars so I pulled in and accelerated. Once I'd got to nearly 40, the car behind me came right up behind me and then tried to overtake but there were cars on the opposite side of the road so he had to pull in again (with some screeching brakes).
Once he came up behind me, I didn't accelerate any more as it was clear that he wanted to overtake.
Once the road was clear, he overtook and did the "wanker" gesture. Then got to the temporary traffic lights so he had to sit at those for a couple of minutes with me right behind him (he did that thing where he sat with his head turned so it was obvious that he was glaring at me in the rear view mirror). He had a dented old Mazda so I assume that he's had a few scrapes in it, unless it belongs to someone else.
Afterwards, I had wondered whether I had done something wrong (mainly because his reaction was so extreme) so I asked a friend who had been in the car behind me (also turning right from the tourist attraction) whether she saw him and she said "Fuck yes, he was a lunatic. Driving really fast and trying to overtake in the face of oncoming traffic". She is a good enough friend that she would tell me if I'd been driving recklessly so that did make me feel better.
However, I've still been pondering it and it's making me feel bad. AIBU? When you experience other people's road rage, do you brush it off or does it stay with you?
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CruCru · 23/04/2017 18:17
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