Laird Lugton Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) So this morning I was on the school run into Edinburgh on a very busy "A" road when I witnessed some overly aggressive behaviour by a driver. There were two vehicles in front, one a Skoda Yeti and the other an Audi 80 convertible with a very noisy exhaust. The lead vehicle was the yeti which was keeping up with traffic at about 30mph and as far as I could see was driving perfectly normally. The Audi 80 sat in a very aggressive manner right on the tail of the yeti always weaving in and out to try and overtake the yeti but being very aggressive. We could hear in our car his engine revving. He eventually overtook and cut right in front of the yeti. Now I don't know what happened next but the Audi slammed on the brakes, came to a halt and sat at 45 degrees to the carriageway to block it, forcing a long line of traffic to come to a halt, he then jumped out and attempted to "discuss" the situation with the yeti driver. All of us who could see what he was doing and some started tooting. He jumped back in and drove off. I have both cars registrations. Now I have no dog in this fight so is it worth dropping into the police station about this or put it down to another idiot on the road? Edited December 11, 2015 by Laird Lugton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonepark Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Drop them a line as Yeti driver may have reported it but without a collaborating wittness, police cannot do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) I think I can see the problem here straight away. The driver of the Audi should not have been driving that car at all! He should have been driving a BMW. Ok, before I get death threats from the BMW drivers on here, I am only joking... ok, there may be a smidgeon of truth in it :wink: Edited December 11, 2015 by Doc Holliday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I would give 101 a call and give the details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laird Lugton Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I will probably give 101 a call see what they say. Audi is the new BMW apparently!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmytree Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Definitely report it, it could have been a lot worse but any aggressive driver is an idiot and usually a bully. Think of it another way, what if it was a mum with young kids driving the Yeti? A relative of yours possibly or maybe an old person? Report the idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern01 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Father Christmas is bringing me a dash cam in a couple of weeks time ,it will record this sort of stuff. A couple of weeks ago on the A19 just South of Middlesborough I saw a small wagon jousting with a Golf and actually force him off the carriageway and down a slip road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laird Lugton Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 A dash cam would have been perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laird Lugton Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Phoned it in on 101 and it took less than 10 minutes. A reasonably efficient service.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaconBoy Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I will probably give 101 a call see what they say. Audi is the new BMW apparently!! have they added the 'drive like an A-hole' button to audi's aswell now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawntredder Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 101 don't do a .......thing its just a bloke inside a box talking ****!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 have they added the 'drive like an A-hole' button to audi's aswell now? They have been fitted for years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I would give 101 a call and give the details. thats a joke you can never get hold of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10gaugewannabee Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I would give 101 a call and give the details. same here i would report it under the 101 call line today that driver discussed it, may be next week he drags the bloke out of the car and gives him a battering seen that happen a few times over the years and at Christmas time people are even more wound up than normal so even easier to snap happened to me once ten years ago when i was driving a jumbo transit, the guy stopped the rood dead and kicked off, even tried to get into the van to get at me and then started to elbow the windows to smash them, thats when i got out of the van with a tyre iron in my hand and at six foot three and very very big with it he decided to leave and drove off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Phoned it in on 101 and it took less than 10 minutes. A reasonably efficient service.. Well done! The roads are dangerous enough without idiots like that on em!.........nothing to do with the fact I drive a Yeti! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imissalot Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Report it I did a couple off years back , best thing about the one I did was the car had been clone car lol, police informed me it had been taken and the driver had been charged happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckyshot Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 So this morning I was on the school run into Edinburgh on a very busy "A" road when I witnessed some overly aggressive behaviour by a driver. There were two vehicles in front, one a Skoda Yeti and the other an Audi 80 convertible with a very noisy exhaust. The lead vehicle was the yeti which was keeping up with traffic at about 30mph and as far as I could see was driving perfectly normally. The Audi 80 sat in a very aggressive manner right on the tail of the yeti always weaving in and out to try and overtake the yeti but being very aggressive. We could hear in our car his engine revving. He eventually overtook and cut right in front of the yeti. Now I don't know what happened next but the Audi slammed on the brakes, came to a halt and sat at 45 degrees to the carriageway to block it, forcing a long line of traffic to come to a halt, he then jumped out and attempted to "discuss" the situation with the yeti driver. All of us who could see what he was doing and some started tooting. He jumped back in and drove off. I have both cars registrations. Now I have no dog in this fight so is it worth dropping into the police station about this or put it down to another idiot on the road? Ile bite, you say you witnessed some aggressive behaviour then in the next sentence you said the other driver was driving perfectly normal as far as you could see, so which was it. How do you know the driver of the Yeti didn't give the driver of the Audi the bird or something similar. There's always 2 sides to every story, there must be some squeaky clean drivers on this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Ile bite, you say you witnessed some aggressive behaviour then in the next sentence you said the other driver was driving perfectly normal as far as you could see, so which was it. How do you know the driver of the Yeti didn't give the driver of the Audi the bird or something similar. There's always 2 sides to every story, there must be some squeaky clean drivers on this forum. RTFQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klatuveradanikto Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 A dash cam would have been perfect. Got a dash cam last xmas ,have'nt recorded anything of interest so far,but then again that s a good thing. Santas getting me a helmet cam this xmas for my daily 50 mile commute on my motorbike now that WILL pick up some incidents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bavarianbrit Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Many moons ago one of our shooting club members was in a group of 4 at a pistol competition. On the way back they got squashed / hassled on an A road by young bucks in the wide wheel big exhausted Ford Escort, the young bucks were shaking fists and generally threatening with their behavior. My mate took his .45 out and held it up at the window = all became very calm and the Escort very quickly left the scene. An armed society is a polite society = a proverb of the Americans. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 My mate took his .45 out and held it up at the window. That's posession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of unlawful violence, which is worth a 10 stretch. I'd rather take my chances with the boy racers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Waving a firearm about puts you in the wrong - whatever provocation from boy racers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Waving a firearm about puts you in the wrong - whatever provocation from boy racers. I'd have shot the tyres out, then shot them and buried the bodies. Job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Many moons ago one of our shooting club members was in a group of 4 at a pistol competition. On the way back they got squashed / hassled on an A road by young bucks in the wide wheel big exhausted Ford Escort, the young bucks were shaking fists and generally threatening with their behavior. My mate took his .45 out and held it up at the window = all became very calm and the Escort very quickly left the scene. An armed society is a polite society = a proverb of the Americans. Martin Your mate who held up the gun was a completely irresponsible idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougall Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Your mate who held up the gun was a completely irresponsible idiot. +1...totally mental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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