oscarzeus:
i had a bad one on friday 3 girls in a car from gloucester to forrest of dean deciding to play chicken with , doing 30 and under in a 50 to start with constantly blowing theis horns , a cop overtook me almost went into her obvisouly thought no one was infront , so i backed let them get on with it until they decided to slam the brakes on in a 30 zone which resulted in me nearly slamming into them!!!
sped up not realising there was traffic lights up front again slammed their brakes so i got out well their faces were innocent what we done so banged on the window shouted so on …
anyway all of a suddeen this guy wips out and take a photos after trhe incident so i questioned him told him what went on as he was on one later to be told his daughter was in the passenger seat ~!!!
he then told me his father and brother were hgv drivers![]()
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well it all calmed down with he apogised and id advised him to have a talk to her about it as if was 100% concentrated i have no doubt someone else would have ended flatting in the car plus also i said she got lightly now im not right in the head but no where to stop so dont i told him his face went white…
while writing this im now angry and my blood pressure is up …
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RANT OVER…
From what I can gather from what you’ve written, it sounds as if you have an anger problem and are in the wrong job.
Did it make you feel like a big man to intimidate three young girls by banging on their window and shouting at them? Sure, they were in the wrong from what you’ve said, but things like this happen a lot in the job we do and to react like you did is bang out of order.
It’s not exactly putting our profession in the best light if those photo’s were published of, “a knuckle dragging typical juggernaut driver intimidating car drivers again.”
I think you should learn to chill a bit more and let things wash off you. We all get frustrated in the heat of the moment, I more than most, but we can’t all be jumping out and banging on cars, shouting at the occupants.