the car that cuts you off...

When I was a teen I was in my friend's car when we were cut off by another car. My buddy flipped the guy off and we drove on, forgetting all about it. About five minutes later we pull up to our destination and get out of the car. The guy who cut us off pulls up behind us and gets out of his car. He's a Samoan dude, 6'2'' and 230ish. He walks up to my buddy and says "you got a problem?" Before my buddy can answer the guy hits him on the jaw. My buddy drops, immediately unconscious. Two teeth knocked clean out, a broken jaw and a nasty cut on his cheek.

It only takes flipping the wrong person off or slapping their car before you get the crap beat out of you, or you get shot, or run over. It just isn't worth it.

I was in that position today. I'm traveling within my lane and a car turned right, against a yield sign, in front of me going way slower than my traveling speed. I laid on the brakes and hit the brights, I should have hit the horn if not just tapped the bitch on the rear bumper to wake her the fuk up.

I hope your pal sued the cellulite off that jerk. Cut-off and then knocked-out by him, what a great sense of entitlement.

I know what you are saying, but I get overcome by like some kind of pedestrian righteousness or something. Seriously, I just do it without thinking, but think I'm right in my action as I do it. My closest call. On an open road. Some pickup crossed from the other side of the road (as he was behind me) and onto my shoulder; he drops the pedal spitting gravel. I just started hauling handfuls of rocks at his truck. He slammed on the brakes and I ran through a field. I never saw him again.

The wrong guy wrote:

It only takes flipping the wrong person off or slapping their car before you get the crap beat out of you, or you get shot, or run over. It just isn't worth it.

Yeah and car-on-car road rage is different. I'm talking about when you're a runner vs. cars.

Well if people don't care enough and exercise enough caution to avoid cutting off other motorists then there's no chance that they'll give a damn about pedestrians.

Hasn't happened in a while. I assume you mean while running. I used to run with this guy all the time and we were a very agressive combo together when it came to cars getting in our space. ONe intersection 200m in a twelve miler a car cut us off in an intersection then cut us off again while we were on the sidewalk and he was going into a gas station. My buddy banged on his trunk. He grabbed something, either a screw driver or a knife and got out and came after us. He was wearing cheap shoes, cheap suita suit, and had a cigarette. He came at us at about 8min pace. I had just run sub 25 for 8km the week before and my buddy was in the same shape. We started taunting him, insulted he thought he could catch us. He through down his cigarette and dropped it down to 7 min pace! HE chased us for 1/2 a mile!

Now I just chill and let the cars go ahead. I'm not in that much of a hurry.

On a run several years ago in Colorado (wintertime) with two other guys, and a carload of teenagers hooked a left turn right in front of us and we were pretty irate. It was colder than snot out so I was wearing thick gloves, and I punched that car really hard. I hit the hollow part of the door full force and dented the crap out of that car and swore at them. It must have made a hell of a noise because they hauled ass out of there. We were pretty pissed off though and there were three of us so they knew it wasn't going to be a walk-over if they all got out of the car and started some shit.

You guys must not have been paying any attention to the guy in the car. If you flick someone off while driving, ALWAYS keep your eyes open for retribution. It's self preservation.

As for an incident while running, well you have to be aware of the consequences. On foot vs. someone in a car, I'll take my chances- you have far greater mobility (assuming you are smart enough to stay out of the street). You've gotta be a moron to get caught by guys in a car. However, once you've made your getaway, then you have to be careful when you're running that same route in the future. Always watch your back.

Flipping guys off or yelling at someone should not be much of an issue. Punching a guy's car is asking for trouble. Just be ready to haul ass out of there...

i was running quarters at a local university in southern california in 2004 one time. it was a saturday in the fall, and there was a soccer game going on at the time on the infield. i came by in lane one at 200m mark and this guy was standing there--i'm barreling down, and he doesn't move. i go outside to lane 2. during my recovery, i jog over and explain that i'm running 12x400m for time, and i'd like to use lane one. no big deal right? apparently, he HAS to stand there. he can't move 2 feet forward. so on the 3rd one, i'm right one the paint, and i kinda brushed him. i said sorry.

on the 4th one, he pushes me and i go flying. there were a lot of parents, and since he was black and i am white, i yelled, "hate crime! i'm running, minding my own business and this guy pushes me with the intention to cause bodily harm!" people start lookin at him, then me, and i keep saying this. and then i said some stuff like, "you are all eye-witnesses. remember this course of action--white runner gets attacked by black man." his wife saw the whole thing, got real mad at him, and she got in the car and left. i kept running, and everytime i came by, he gave me dirty looks. however, he stood on the grass on the infield after that. he left before my workout was complete, and i never saw him again.

i call bullshit - you're doing repeat quarters and you have enough breath to say all that shit at the 200m mark?

1. That's immature

2. It's irresponsible.

3. The other guy might have a gun or RPG.

no tats for me wrote:

his wife saw the whole thing, got real mad at him, and she got in the car and left.

no tats for me wrote:

he left before my workout was complete, and i never saw him again.

what'd he run home or catch a taxi?

Don't hit cars. I am bigger than most runners and I am not stupid enough to hit cars. You never know what is going to happen. There are some crazy people out there looking for something to set them off. Not worth it. Yell something, just don't hit their personal property. If someone hit your car, barring it is not a complete piece of crap, you would be pissed and possilby do something you would regret. Think about someone whos life sucks and you hit their car. Bad combo.

Sure you could get away but if you mess with the wrong person and you are not always watching your back, they could get you later down the road when you least expect it. Not a fun way to go for a run.

do you smack it? wrote: Do you ever hit cars?

Several guys in my running group (including myself) routinely slap cars that cut us off in an intersection. Never gotten anymore than a bird in return. We always talk about trying to do a hood slide, Dukes of Hazard style, sometime, but none of us has ever thought quick enough or had the balls to do it. Has anyone ever tried that?

do you smack it? wrote:Do you ever hit cars?

Yes. But being deficient in testosterone, I rarely manage to do it very hard. I'm not sure how many drivers even notice.

B.S. - and if you really said all that, I'd probably smack you myself. Not only would you sound like a complete moron, you'd have been the one that racialized the issue, NOT the other guy.

I have been whacking cars for almost 15 years and never had a motorist try to come after me.

One time during a fresh snowfall some lady in a Ford Probe took a corner way too fast and slid right into our group of about five guys. Most of us jumped into a snowbank on the shoulder, but one of us managed to smack the car real good. We dusted ourselves off and kept running, but the lady got out of the car and started yelling about calling the police. Another guy on our team who was not running with us got stopped by the police about a half hour later. He obviously knew nothing about what happened to us, so the police got no info.