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Aggressive Drivers

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FancyGreenPombear · 17/11/2024 12:12

Three times this week I have been in a situation where I have experience such extreme aggression from other drivers, it was actually scary. My crime? Refusing to be bullied into reversing on a narrow road when a passing space was less than 6 feet from their car. Don't get me wrong, I live rurally, I am perfectly able and willing to reverse my car and do it many time each day on my way to and from work. But when my option is to reverse 25 feet and theirs is 6, I find it so disgusting that other drivers will drive at you, and flatly refuse to move. I had one turn off his engine and then when I did reverse for him, his diatribe of swear words made passers by stop and stare in shock (this was in town). It is almost like you are trying to imasculate them by asking for Road manners. I am so sick of this alpha driving (it is usually men but not exclusively) and bully tactics to get their way. Am I just being unlucky or is this something others are experiencing too?

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Iamthemoom · 17/11/2024 12:18

I'm with you 100%. I had a very scary interaction where after a moment like this, the guy chased me in reverse the full length of the road, turned at speed in a school driveway and then deliberately rammed into my car. My DD was only 5 at the time and in the back. It was utterly terrifying. He claimed it was an accident and he wasn't chasing me. He nearly hit a grandmother and child while reversing at speed chasing me. There were two female witnesses and me telling the same story. Guess who the police believed? Yep. Him.

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