"There are rules, that's how this country works asshole!"

"Milky" (jordanmielke) 07/21/2016 at 09:44 • Filed to: Road Rage

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Is what was just yelled at me for going 15mph over in a industrial park.

1. I’m aware.

2. Its not your job to tell me.

He claimed I was doing 65 in a 35, was certainly not. Also claimed he had a dash cam and was going to send it to the police. Yea do that. Don’t follow me into my work parking lot to make a point.

He also said “You think you drive however you want becasue you have a red sports car?” Nope! I drove like that before I got the car.

I was polite and a bit sarcastic saying “your point was made”. Guy just kept yelling the same stuff for a minute until some co-workers came out and he sped off.

Fun way to start the morning.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Milky 07/21/2016 at 09:52

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“Fuck you bud, have some rubber crumbs.”

404 - User No Longer Available > Milky 07/21/2016 at 09:52

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If he did drove into your parking lot, call the cops and say the guy is trespassing.

CalzoneGolem > Milky 07/21/2016 at 09:52

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Good thing you weren’t some psycho with a gun huh?

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Milky 07/21/2016 at 09:53

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While I don’t agree with his methods, it’s hard to fault his concerns.

I live across the street from a city park, on a 25 mph road with a major road on one side, and a train station at the other (.25 miles apart) like clockwork, the SUVs going 40+ show up 5 minutes before the train does. We have a radar sign, but those are as effective as scotch tape.

We’re getting speed humps and raised crosswalks when they repave the road this September.

If cars had only done 30 and a little over, I doubt the town would have even done the radar sign. The fact that cars were caught doing 48 last summer was the impetus for the redesign.

I’m ok with a little extra speed, limits tend to be artificially low, but 15 over is excessive regardless of the street you’re on.

Party-vi > Milky 07/21/2016 at 09:53

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had some guy riding my ass on a long exit ramp so I brake-checked him. He got pissed. Super duper pissed. after the ramp there was a light and he pulled up next to me (blocking a right turn only lane) and started cursing me out and calling me a mother fucker. I simply blew him a kiss and watched his head explode into rage while I pulled away at the light. Good times.

Raymundo > Milky 07/21/2016 at 09:55

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The fact that they followed you to yell at you shows that you were the most interesting thing going on in their world. You should be honored.

Milky > 404 - User No Longer Available 07/21/2016 at 09:56

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Way too late for that. But I’ll probably drive more asshole like if I ever see that lowered black golf again. Just to stoke the fire.

Milky > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 07/21/2016 at 09:57

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As in doing a burn out on his car? I like the thought, but at work and already out of my car.

Milky > CalzoneGolem 07/21/2016 at 09:58

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Yea, guy must not watch the news. Confronting people is never smart.

The Dummy Gummy > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:00

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You seem reasonable...

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:00

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Yeah...

Also, I’d have checked to see if he really did have a dashcam first. Dashcams don’t really show speed because of the wide-angle, but they will show a burnout...

CalzoneGolem > Party-vi 07/21/2016 at 10:01

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That’s a good one. I like to respond with a smile and a friendly wave.

Milky > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 07/21/2016 at 10:02

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Not to be that guy .... but .... a city park with a 25mph limit and an industrail park with a 35 limit are different. Its a 4 lane road with no one walking around.

Obviously I was speeding, but not the point I needed to be followed and told to slow down.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 07/21/2016 at 10:03

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Speed humps are okay but holy shit I cannot stand speed bumps. I have seen residential streets that use the bump kind that you see in shopping mall lots. My Miata is at stock height and yet I generally have to drive at an angle while going about 5mph in order to not scrape the bottom of my car. I can’t imagine how bad it is for people with lowered cars. Anyways, I think a better design should be used that doesn’t scrape everything.

CobraJoe > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:03

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He claimed I was doing 65 in a 35, was certainly not.

I once got yelled at by some kids to slow down next to a play ground. I got on the gas hard from a stop sign and let off at the speed limit, they yelled “THE SPEED LIMIT IS 25!” I was going 25mph.

Just saying, a loud exhaust and a bright color can scew up someone’s sense of speed.... especially if they’re the type to try and impose justice on you.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:03

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“I drove like that before I got the car.” i wish you said that to him

I had a guy follow me to church one day cuz he didn;t like that i merged infront of him. I dont think he realized where he was when he got out and started yelling at me. the look on his face when he saw all the old church ladies looking at him was priceless

TheRealBicycleBuck > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 07/21/2016 at 10:04

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We live on the main access road for our development and the road is about 1/4 mile long. Speeding was the norm and no amount of glaring at soccer moms in their minivans would slow them down. We finally found the solution. On weekends, I park my old truck in the street. The neighbor across the street also parks his car in the street. Between the two of us, we effectively turn the autobahn into a single country lane. It works every time.

Milky > Raymundo 07/21/2016 at 10:04

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Good point. I’ve been speeding in Detroit with zero problems for years. But now I work next to the worlds most boring suburb.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:06

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Sure, which is why my road is 25 and the industrial park is 35.

Still 50+ is too much. I’d argue over 45 is too much on that road without even having to see it.

With 4 lanes, scale is hard to discern for drivers pulling out of parking lots and with them expecting you to be doing 35, their sense of timing is going to be way off if you are driving 40% faster than the posted limit.

It only takes once for you to have a really bad day.

Milky > Party-vi 07/21/2016 at 10:07

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In all honestly I was dumbfounded on how to act becasue I was at work. Doing that sounds fantastic but I’m not going anywhere else for the next 7 hours and just wanted the guy to leave.

yamahog > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:08

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THIS ISN’T NAM THERE ARE RULES

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 07/21/2016 at 10:08

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We would have had speed bumps already, but I have fought those tooth and nail. We have 4 crosswalks along the road, and I have asked for those to be raised to humps so that cars have to slow down in the spots where pedestrian traffic will be. It only makes sense to combine the two.

I just don’t want the park to be renamed Little Timmy Memorial Park, ya know?

Noah - Now with more boost. > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:11

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Had a similar experience that was so awkward I stopped driving down that street. There is this little neighborhood I cut through as a shortcut around traffic on my commute. Something tragic must have happened because every lawn in this neighborhood has a “drive like your children live here” sign in it. For going 25 in a 15 there I have been yelled at by kids and adults, and this one time a dude stepped out in front of my car. Seriously!?! Yeah my car is a little loud, but get a grip... I drive pretty damn slow through there. The last straw was when I saw the same retired dude who stepped in front of my car sitting in his driveway during rush hour with a motorcycle cop, waiting for speeders... so now I just deal with the traffic on the main road.

Milky > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 07/21/2016 at 10:13

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Your logic is sound and he was pulling out of a parking lot. Good point Joe.

Milky > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 07/21/2016 at 10:15

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His definitely didn’t show my speed becasue he was pulling out of a parking lot, so I crossed his camera.

Milky > CobraJoe 07/21/2016 at 10:17

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That’s a good point, its a red 2 door that is also loud. He was clearly that “type” too.

Milky > OPPOsaurus WRX 07/21/2016 at 10:18

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That is a great story and I really should have said that. But I just wanted him to leave, so I was trying to diffuse as much as possible.

Milky > yamahog 07/21/2016 at 10:20

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... actually India. But I clearly don’t know if he was actually from there or not. So I didn’t say anything.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:20

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yea its not really the type of thing you want to do in the office parking lot. that dudes a psycho

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:21

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This is such a petty thing you plan to do. I support you 100%.

There’s a silver TL Type S out there somewhere with my name on it. The douche that drives it has already had his three strikes. And he has a very recognizable plate number.

Cash Rewards > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:23

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Ugh, remember that Australian speeding commercial? That’ll scare the shit out of you more than some psycho

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc…

Noah - Now with more boost. > Party-vi 07/21/2016 at 10:24

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LOL. Had something similar happen to me - This dude cut me off talking a left in his big dually truck with a trailer. Scared me pretty good, so I honked and flipped him the bird. At the next intersection he pulled into the ONCOMING LANE to block me and scream out the window “DO THAT AGAIN AND I’LL BREAK YOUR FINGER OFF. ” The worst part was that there was a terrified little girl in the passenger seat with tears in her eyes. I felt SO BAD. And now my middle finger stays on the wheel. Permanently

Milky > Noah - Now with more boost. 07/21/2016 at 10:27

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I mean if they got you to stop going down the street they won right?

I cant imagine the thought process of stepping out in front of someone’s car. If they really think you’re that bad driver whose to say you’re not paying attention in that exact moment?

wiffleballtony > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 07/21/2016 at 10:27

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Funny you should mention those speeds. We have streets that are 55 mph limit. With businesses, and pedestrians.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > CobraJoe 07/21/2016 at 10:29

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I got waved to “calm down” by your typical get off my lawn grandpa the other day. 40km/h zone, just turned the corner onto his street. I don’t think I was doing 30km/h yet because he was backing out of his driveway and I couldn’t get through anyway.

I can only assume he thought I was moving fast because I wasn’t there when he checked for traffic the first time...

Noah - Now with more boost. > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:29

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Yep. They definitely won. The dude was obviously nuts, I had been yelled at already when this happened so I was going soooo slowly, yet it was still worth it to jump in front of me in the middle of the road, flail his arms around, and scream

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:34

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Man just driving a car that looks “fast” gets people all triggered even if you aren’t going fast. Used to happen all the time with the old fuckers in Florida and the crossfire.

I got a dude to yell at me several times, and actually had a guy in a work truck pull onto the curb next to me at a stoplight because I had legally passed him on a two lane road. He yelled “get out of the car!!” So I was gone faster than he finished that sentence.

Milky > Noah - Now with more boost. 07/21/2016 at 10:35

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Ha. Yea I’d avoid that road too.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 07/21/2016 at 10:35

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Those are definitely the best way to design crosswalks. I am pretty sure people ignore the zebra stripes entirely. The reflectors, flashing lights, and raised speed hump crosswalk are ideally the best design. I hate feeling like I am risking my life on foot while crossing a street. Any amount of aids like that are highly beneficial.

Milky > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 07/21/2016 at 10:36

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Haha thanks for the support smallbear. Trolling in real life is an adult thing to do, right?

sony1492 > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:40

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Never had an experiance that bad but.. The country road that takes me into town is dotted with homes, the speed limit is 45. So my car is VERY loud and everyday Id be exiting a corner just as I passed some guys house, Eventually he started screaming at me everytime I drove past,”Slow Down Punk” but usually I was less than ten over, Ive sinse slowed down driving past his place to a rediculously slow pace. Mostly because in a small community I know id meet him in person eventually.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:43

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PotbellyJoe and 42 others > wiffleballtony 07/21/2016 at 10:44

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Right, but everyone approaching those roads know it’s a 55 mph road. I have no problem with speed, it’s all about expectations.

wiffleballtony > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 07/21/2016 at 10:52

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It’s a fantastic excuse for a 0 to 60 pull.

TheRealBicycleBuck > sony1492 07/21/2016 at 10:52

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I grew up in the country. One evening my mom asked me why I was speeding and passing cars in a no-passing zone on a two-lane highway. Someone recognized me and gave her a call.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Milky 07/21/2016 at 10:58

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Fuck these guys I like to rev out every once in a while, doesn’t mean i’m speeding or breakng any laws. Some mushroom picking vegan called me an asshole for going 35 on a 35 mph county road in 1st gear at 6500 rpm. Fuck you to asshole.

Toby F., Manager > Milky 07/21/2016 at 11:08

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All it took was one road rage incident to terrify me to:

1. Prefer subdued colors

2. Become a better evasive driver

2.5 Learn to never get/be or allow to be followed

Milky > Toby F., Manager 07/21/2016 at 11:27

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I’m usually really aware of what cars around and if they’ve been there for a while. But this guy was pulling out of a parking lot a half mile before where I was going.

I still like loud colors. If I take anything from this, it’ll be to slow down for the last mile before work. Otherwise I’m on the highway or in Detroit.

BJ > Noah - Now with more boost. 07/21/2016 at 11:27

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I live on a one-way where people shortcut a major road two blocks over. It’s not a quiet, dead-end type of neighbourhood so it’s normal to have lots of traffic and I can’t expect to keep people off of my street but I can expect people to drive respectfully.

The speed limit is 30 km/h so it’s pretty obvious when someone is speeding. I have, more than once, stepped to the edge of the road and indicated to passing motorists to slow down. Sometimes, it includes me yelling like an idiot.

Most of the time, they slow down and continue on their way somewhat sheepishly. Sometimes they stop and want to know why the world doesn’t revolve around their very important schedule. I just point out the fact that the dozens of family on the street don’t wish to bury any of their young children. Usually they don’t have much to respond with after that.

Milky > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/21/2016 at 11:29

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Yea I’m not making my car quiet anytime soon. I’ll just be on the lookout for a lowered black Golf when I’m close to work.

Noah - Now with more boost. > BJ 07/21/2016 at 11:40

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Unfortunately I suspect something really unfortunate probably happened in that neighborhood already - which is why I started driving real slow before that happened

Milky > Flyboy is FAA certified insane 07/21/2016 at 11:42

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Ooof. At least this guy didn’t want to fight about it.

finn's arm > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/21/2016 at 11:44

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Hahaha! I was too lazy to shift into second while doing 20 (3K RPM w/ super quiet stock M3 exhaust) in a 30 and was yelled at. I proceeded to plunk into neutral and rev while coasting...

I can only imagine the fervor that would incite in the old fellow if I had a Supersprint or my old E36 w/ resonator delete and catback debaffling.

BJ > Noah - Now with more boost. 07/21/2016 at 11:50

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In a separate story, a friend had someone who was shortcutting traffic in their back alley at very high speeds. The entire neighbourhood was upset, so one day my friend waited in the back alley with a shovel and smacked the windshield of the car as it sped by, breaking the handle in two.

The guy didn’t stop, and he never came back.

WiscoProud > Noah - Now with more boost. 07/21/2016 at 11:57

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As someone with a 2 year old, they have a 15mph speed limit for a reason. Shes made a run for pretty flowers/dogs/whatever several times when I turn my back. 10 over in a 55 isn't special, but 10 over in a 15 is almost doubling the limit.

Noah - Now with more boost. > BJ 07/21/2016 at 12:16

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Thats NUTS

Elumerere > BJ 07/21/2016 at 13:36

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That’s not a good way of dealing with the issue...

jkm7680 > Milky 07/21/2016 at 20:18

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I was going 25 in a 25 and some decrepit looking guy in a Cadillac yelled at me “slow down” and I swiftly responded with “fuck you.”