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I do a Jerome and attempt to kick cars that do that.

Seems to be a bit of an over reaction on his part. I assume you had right of way since you were already crossing the road before he turned into it, and even so, ranting like that is a bit much.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Nov 21st, 2008 at 10:33:33 AM EST
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He was also a coward.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Fri Nov 21st, 2008 at 10:48:28 AM EST
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Maybe just as well for you :-) I wouldn't recommend responding like that in the UK, there are some really violent drivers who carry things to use as weapons in their cars. A while ago I read of one young guy who didn't move out of the way quickly enough in the East end of London and the guy got out of the car with  a baseball bat and split his head open!

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Nov 21st, 2008 at 11:06:24 AM EST
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The non-cowards wwould have pulled down their window when shouting at me, as a minimum. Also, this wasn't Budapest, this was a small city.

In Budapest, it happened years ago that I was a co-passenger to my mother on a weekend errands run, and she drove in the inside lane on a 2x2-lane main road with the maximum allowed speed. As it happens, another guy in the outside lane drove not much slower, blocking the way for speeders, which we noticed when one idiot slipped through the "hole" and rushed in front of us just after we started to slow down for a red light. Then the idiot jumped from his car, walked straight up to my mother's window, and began to shout some incoherent and highly inflammatory drivel about why she held him up on purpose. In that case, I judged he'll soon escalate his rage into some physical attack if I don't do anything -- so I emulated him by jumping from the car and shouting, which proved unexpected enough for him to walk away (at least I'd think those who met me at the Prague meetup can confirm I don't look scary).

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Nov 21st, 2008 at 11:20:07 AM EST
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DoDo:
(at least I'd think those who met me at the Prague meetup can confirm I don't look scary).

Well, we met you as DoDo, but what if you turn into the Hulk, when we do not see you? :-D

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Nov 21st, 2008 at 11:25:18 AM EST
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There's the DoDoNut and the DoDoHulk. And quite possibly other DoDoAvatars.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Nov 21st, 2008 at 01:02:14 PM EST
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