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They are like this all the time. I was out traipsing along with the dog a couple of months ago as I had flu and a bit of a fever. Narrow pavement and a fella with wife, kid (about 7) and dog. They make no allowance for me and I squish up next to the wall with my dog. The wife who has the lead of their dog allows it to come around behind my dog and up its bum, surprising my dog and illicitly a solitary bark. Woman is somehow offended. I explain that she gave me no space and was about to say my dog doesn't like being surprised by other dogs up his arse, when the husband comes over shouts "viscious c*nt" at my dog (ironic) and gestures to kick him. I pull the dog behind me, saying "woah,woah", at which point he comes nose to nose with me and threatens to "nut me". I take a step back and trip on the dog, wherein he lamps me twice in the right eye. His wife screams at him and his daughter looked upset and they went off. I went to minor injuries unit where I was turned to a&e for a facial x-ray as they wanted to check my orbital wasn't fractured (wasn't) and got 2 stitches in my eyebrow. Spoke to police and they won't do anything because there's no cctv or witnesses, even after I found out the name and address of the guy through neighbours, as he lives a 3 minute walk from my house.
Police said that cps were so busy that they would only take full proof cases. No cctv, so nothing to do. If I had video evidence then he'd be done for ABH and have a bit of time inside. Also, if I understood correctly, you hit someone once it's charged as assault without abh/gbh and can be argued much easier to get off the charge as self defence or whatever.
What I took away from the whole thing was to preemptively hoof people in the balls if they are threatening to attack you, run away, or get your phone out. -
From my experience, defensive and argumentative people are more prone to road rage but the ones that are cool as cucumbers until driving are as common.
It's pretty obvious what causes most RR.
Fear.
You ask angry drivers about driving and most will day 'I just hate it' . What they mean is 'I'm terrified' because they don't trust the people around them, don't trust themselves, rely on satnav, never leave enough time (you put off what you what you dont want to do) etc etc.It's quite telling really.
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I wonder if these insanely aggressive drivers are only like that when driving, or if they are a tiny incident away from going mental at all times. Must be so exhausting to be them, and so terrible to have to be around them (especially partners/kids).