# Road Rage: what to do... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 16, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-what-to-do/676475 "2013-12-16T16:34:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-what-to-do/676475/61 "2013-12-25T16:50:57Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > post got chopped. slow down so you’re behind them and then pull over. If they pull over and walk back then drive up to their car and grab the keys out of the ignition. I think that even Richard Dean Anderson would be proud of that post. Thank You! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-what-to-do/676475/62 "2013-12-25T18:18:39Z")
> [@Blue\_Mood](#): > > I think I’d turn off my lights and brake hard, then slowly move to the shoulder (keeping the engine running). The sudden disappearance of lights should confuse them - they wouldn’t be able to make out my car behind them. If they also pulled over and got out to walk towards my car, I’d be able to overtake them. If they carried on, I’d be safe. Either way, as soon as I saw lights approaching from the rear, I would turn mine back on, then follow that new vehicle. This is probably the best plan. Once you come to a stop, roll slowly backward. If they pull over and get out, you will be drawing them further and further from their vehicle. If only the passenger gets out to pursue you, the driver will have to leave him stranded if you take off forward suddenly. Alternately, you could turn around and head the wrong way until you can get onto the correct side. Just try to get as much distance as you can from the nutcar. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-what-to-do/676475/63 "2014-01-14T04:32:43Z")
I just wish we had a place to report weird cars that seem to follow you no matter what you do. I’m sure that weird misshappen read haired guy in the charcoal 2011 Toyota Supra, NY Tags JDM-1928 is just trying to get home from work too, but he sure always seems to find a reason to speed up to my car, fly across lanes to get ahead of me, and try to cut me off. ---
**Author:** ![Krouget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@Krouget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krouget)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-what-to-do/676475/64 "2014-01-14T16:14:40Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > I just wish we had a place to report weird cars that seem to follow you no matter what you do. I’m sure that weird misshappen read haired guy in the charcoal 2011 Toyota Supra, NY Tags JDM-1928 is just trying to get home from work too, > but he sure always seems to find a reason to speed up to my car, fly across lanes to get ahead of me, and try to cut me off. 2011 Supra? Maybe he is trying to get a better look at your 2010 RX-7. 😕😃 ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-what-to-do/676475/65 "2014-01-14T21:18:29Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > That would make an awesome thread. “What do you do when …” and every single time the answer is “pull out your gun”. What do you do if the person next to you in the theater is using a cell phone? ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-what-to-do/676475/66 "2014-01-14T22:05:58Z")
Wait until they’re behind you then smoke them out with your custom exhaust pipes. Actually I had an annoying tailgater on the highway last month, the kind that acts like their car is being towed by your car, and my car suddenly started spewing smoke out the back due to engine problems, so they finally accelerated to pass me by. It was kind of amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-what-to-do/676475/67 "2014-01-15T05:22:59Z")
> [@Learjeff](#): > > What do you do if the person next to you in the theater is using a cell phone? Well we use to shoot them a dirty look. Something got lost in the translation of that bit of social interaction. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-what-to-do/676475/68 "2014-01-15T07:08:13Z")
> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > I got into that situation once. My friend was driving and he initiated the altercation. SNIP > [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > 1. The other driver was likely unarmed, otherwise with his level of aggression he probably would have shot us already. > > 2. We were going camping and were each carrying a loaded sidearm, and had about a dozen other handguns and assault rifles in the extended cab portion of the truck. SNIP > [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > someone would go down in a blaze of glory and we hoped it wouldn’t be us. What more needs to be said about guns, their uses, and the sort of people that carry? Handguns for hunting :rolleyes: Aggressive, moron gun owners :rolleyes: Using guns to intimidate :rolleyes: And you know the worst part? Had the situation really escalated any further, this would have counted as a “defensive gun use” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-what-to-do/676475/69 "2014-01-16T14:39:32Z")
> [@Krouget](#): > > 2011 Supra? Maybe he is trying to get a better look at your 2010 RX-7. 😕😃 …oddly enough, the 2010 RX-7 actually looks a little more like the charcoal/silver sports car with NYS license plate tags JDM-1928. The odd guy with the bad red toup almost looked like radio celebrity Opey Hughes. Well, if he had gained 50 pounds and had a disease that distorted the shape of his head into a freckled Gumby. Oh lets face it: the ONLY way that ugly mug would fit on Opey Hughes head was if he’d just driven a 6000 SUX into a vat of toxic waste and was screaming “Help me…!”. …After visiting Hair Club For Men. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-what-to-do/676475.md?page=3)