Have you ever road raged a woman?

[_Cathy_]

Recently, I've been a frequent victim of road rage. This is considering the fact that I have mellowed down a lot in my driving style. Are people on the road just getting more violent?

My worst road rage experience happened just a year ago. It was a Thursday night and I was coming home from school. I was driving along SSHW just pass the Merville exit around 9:30 pm. I was cruising at the innermost lane of the highway when I saw a space to change to the middle lane. I glanced at my mirror to check if it was totally clear and saw that a speeding starex coming from the middle lane blinked his headlights several times (which I assume is a signal for me to let him pass first). I decided to ignore him as there was still enough space/distance, probably the length of 8-10 cars. The guy in that lane decides to be a j*rk and substantially speeds up, but then I didn't let him intimidate me and I made the switch. The guy got really mad and decided to chase my car acting as if he was gonna crash his against it. I drove like mad trying to avoid him but it seemed like the guy was on something (drugs) 'coz his reflexes were just beyond the ordinary. It went on for more than a kilometer. Since my car has super black tint on all sides and people always mistake it as being driven by a guy (my friends tell me that I drive like a bus driver which is not at all flattering) I figured that if I stopped, he'd get embarrassed for doing that to a girl. And so I did - In the outermost lane of SSHW near the bicutan exit. THe Starex then went in front of my car and went on reverse! A truck was behind me so I immediately went down the car coz it is obvious that he wanted my car to be sandwiched it between his starex and the truck. Was that man cuckoo! His StArex was a few inches away from my car when he decided to stop and came charging at me, cussing, saying "PI ka, kala mo kahit babae ka hindi kita papatulan!" "Papatayin kita" He said that several times pointing his finger at me. The guy was huge around 5'11" (I'm only 5'4") and he has a large frame. He smelled of beer and his eyes were red and "nanlilisik". He must have been on crack. Anyway I just kept quiet and let him cuss at me for a good 15 minutes or so. He was saying funny stuff coz he was looking at the stickers on my car asking where I lived and where I went to school. He even remarked "ano ba plaka mo? coding ka pala. coding din ako!". Where did that come from? He even said that he would go and study in my school. He went from road rage to non-sensical interrogation. Anyway thank God I didn't carry a gun in my car coz if I did that man would be dead. I seriously thought that he was going to kill me. People must have thought that it was an accident so no one stopped to help. The incident caused traffic to slow down in SSHW. I drove like an 80 year old for several weeks out of trauma from the incident.

A few days ago my AC got busted so I had to drive with my windows down, I noticed that drivers were generally more courteous and I didn't have to go on with the whole gitgitan thing as opposed to when I have my windows closed and people can't see that a girl is driving. Are men generally more "mapagbigay" with women drivers?

Would you ever road rage a woman? If yes, what could possibly cause you to do that?

[Galactus]

Well, I haven't actually vented my ire on a woman driver, but I have raised my voice a little once. She did admit her mistake though and apologized, and that was that.

For me, being a woman is not and will never be an excuse to commit traffic violations and being inconsiderate as far as road courtesy is concerned. Actually, yung sinasabi kong incident, talagang muntik na akong mabangga kasi biglang lumiko ni hindi man lang nag-signal and from the outside lane pa. Pero hanggang sigaw lang siguro ako, and I don't think I'll be raising any dirty fingers.

[empy]

if by "road rage" you mean yell and scream at them for doing something stupid, then absolutely yes. man, woman, or kahit third *** pa although i'm a lot calmer about that now than i was even 4-5 short years ago.

but get out of the car and approach them? definitely not. i don't do that anymore.

to get out of your car and approach another driver is a clear physical threat to him or her. i wouldn't blame the other driver at all if he or she pulled a gun and shot me if i made a move like that. and then i would be dead because another person was stupid and i didn't know how to deal with it calmly.

[a4Tech]

my friends tell me that I drive like a bus driver which is not at all flattering

If you still do....and magkaroon tayo ng encounter sa road, naku baka OO.




Drive safely po.

[empy]

sayang....magkalayo tayo ng hometown. kung magiging fwends tayo eh ipagdadrive kita :naughty2: para di ka na maging biktima ng road rage...


j/k :peace:

[Honda97]

i'll have to admit that i have lost my patience with women drivers. actually it doesn't matter if the driver is a male or female. i make the effort to be considerate and law abiding on the road all in the name of order and right-of-way. i expect others to do so too.

anyway, i don't explode in anger anymore like when i was much younger.

[ARB]

8-10 car lenghts is a small gap when he is travelling more than 100 km/h. You alsohave to consider the time that it took you to swerve to his lane and accelerate pa. that is why I think he was very mad. as you said he accelerated pa, maybe he did not but becasue of the small gap it seemed to you that he did because he was traveling at a fast pace in relation to your pace.

[uls]

nag flash na nga ng headlights di mo pa pinagbigyan...

and u drive like a bus driver?

dapat lang maka experience ka ng road rage.

[redorange]

I presume you had your signal on to let him know of your intent. But he flashed you to let you know he was in the lane and possibly may not be able to stop or slow down in time before reaching your vehicle. Yet you chose to ignore the warning and proceeded to change lanes anyways endangering him and yourself in the process. You say the van was 8-10 car lenghts away and you feel it's sufficient space. However, you don't know the condition of his vehicle and his brakes but he does and maybe he flashed because he knew that the space wasn't sufficient for his vehicle to stop or slow down. If he warned you and you choose to ignore it, then he had every right to be angry but the extent of his anger was more than what the situation warranted.

As far as drivers being nicer when your windows were down it's probably because they can see the driver and can tell the intent of the driver in the vehicle. Dark tints are nice but other drivers can't tell what is going on inside the vehicle, such as when you turn your head to check the other lane when you intend to change lanes. The gender of the driver has nothing to do with me getting angry at the dumb things that people do behind the wheel of a vehicle.

[CVT]

The road is one of the great equalizers....

So, we should all drive carefully and responsibly. Most importantly, never take advantage of other drivers....

4202:banned:

[GasJunkie]

I would just require extra "service". :spider:






:rofl01:

[Honda97]

Medyo overkill naman yung reaction ng taong yun. Kung nagmamadali siya, sana hindi ka na lang niya binabaan. Gusto lang nun manindak. Practically speaking, dapat nag-overtake lang siya if there was space.

Give way na lang sa mga ganyan. As much as possible, don't stop unless you're in a public place where other people can come to your aid.

[_Cathy_]

If you still do....and magkaroon tayo ng encounter sa road, naku baka OO.




Drive safely po.

Mellowing down is an understatement. I rarely switch lanes now

[_Cathy_]

nag flash na nga ng headlights di mo pa pinagbigyan...

and u drive like a bus driver?

dapat lang maka experience ka ng road rage.

But on that instance I wasn't driving like a bus driver. I always get into instances when I flash my lights and the car would still ignore me and switch lanes. I don't go on chasing the person threatening to kill him.

[_Cathy_]

Medyo overkill naman yung reaction ng taong yun.

I'm 90% certain that he was on drugs kasi he was saying nonsensical things and his eyes were really red and nanlilisik. Marami talagang tao na overacting. Na cut mo lang inadvertently nagwawala na. Pero meron pa rin sobrang bait sa kalye. May incident before na nagba back up ako from parking tapos yung guard signal ng signal for me to reverse tapos bigla niya pinukpok ng malakas yun car so I slammed the brakes tapos nafeel ko na natamaan ko yung nakaabang na rav 4 na bago at wala pang plaka! Binuksan ko yung window tapos yung guard nag sorry kasi nagkamali daw siya ng tantsa. I wanted to die on that instance and I wouldn't blame the guy kung murahin niya ko coz I shouldn't have relied on the guard's signals alone. Madilim kasi sa parking tapos madilim pa yung tint ko. So I approached the car and kept on apologizing tapos yung guy bumaba din and with a comforting tone he said to me "it's okay. its okay" Tapos hinaplos pa niya yung bumper and said "really it's nothing" What an angel! Ever since that incident di na ko naiinis pag natatamaan yung car ko accidentally.

[orly_andico]

This experience should come as no surprise.

One thing I noticed about most Pinoy drivers (whether PUV or private drivers..) is that most of them are a**holes.

Example, you signal that you're changing lanes. The fellow behind you (who's really, really far behind) will flash their lights and di makukuntento until naka-overtake na.

Other times, they are contented to trundle along, but if you indicate you want to lane-change, all of a sudden bibilis sila. Parang ayaw magpa-lamang, if you getting in front of them is pagpapalamang.

Given that most drivers are a**holes, and some of them have guns, it's always better to drive very passively, which is what I do (to the great annoyance of my wife, who claims I drive too slowly).

But in Manila traffic, with average speeds of 15 km/h, driving quickly gains nothing in the long run. Lakas lang sa gas and baka ma-Cefiro driver ka.

[chon961]

ingat na lang sa pagmamaneho maam.

the next time na may nag flash ng headlights ng ganun, pagbigyan na lang natin. the whole thing would'nt have happened in the first place if you din't get into his lane ng "medyo alanganin". did you use your turn signal when you switched lanes?

you mentioned that there were instances that you flashed your car's headlights, and the guy in front still ignored you. wag na lang natin gawin sa iba yun, let's drive defensively, not offensively.

tama si ARB, 8-10 car length is not really far, lalo la kung highway speeds ang usapan. he may not have enough time to react, buti na lang hindi ka niya nabangga sa likuran.

but that guy's reaction was really an overkill. buti hindi siya ginulpi nung mga bystanders

[wren]

i did once...pero we were just role playing...medyo kinky sya.

[a4Tech]

Kanina when i was driving.

I told my wife:

"Kung gusto mo, na bumilis ang kotse na nasa left / right side mo, just use your signal / turn lights. For sure bibilis ang katabi mong sasakyan."

[freefries]

sa akin din minsan may nagagalit, my car is also black and very tinted, pag wala si hubby, ako talaga ang nagdadala...but most of the time talagang lagi akong naggigive way, kya lang minsan, may mga abusado talagang driver lalo na pag mga jeep, super, kahit magsignal ka, they won't allow you to pass, lalo pag nakita nila na lady driver..

Pero minsan inis din ako pag nag flash ako ng light to overtake, tapos bigla syang nagmamibilis, di ba nakakainis parang walang modo, though mabagal sya nung una..

Base on your story, siguro nga mabilis takbo nya (if nakainom sya or naka drugs) medyo nag alanganin siguro sya kaya nung dumiretso ka pa rin despite the flash eh nagalit talaga sya and nun nakita pa na girl ka lalo syang nagalit kasi parang natapakan mo ego nya eh, lam mo naman mga ganyang driver, w#**##%%%%..di ba??

Ingat na lang tayo next time, and give way na lang to them para walang gulo tutal wala namang mawawala sa atin..