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So there's the Mercedes, driven by an oblivious woman who is chatting away on her cell phone and bam! She swerves across five lanes of Orange County traffic, heading for the exit, and then that poor little red car gets in the way ... Here's another one, this time from Sunnyvale: "Driving while applying makeup (DWAM). Even though she needed it... bumper-to-bumper rush-hour traffic is not the place to apply it. Do us all a favor: Wake up earlier... arrive alive." And from Nevada: "Get the... apparently trapper prefers ellipsis, thinks it's a little high in story for f-bomb out...

Man, 79, a victim of road rage Driver followed and then punched elderly motorist, police say Published Thu, Sep 21, 2006 ADVERTISEMENT Links Police report of road rage incident at Sheridan Park By BEN CRITES The Island Packet Comments (0) Add Comment BLUFFTON -- Bluffton police said one motorist on U.S. 278, apparently enraged by slow driving, followed a 79-year-old Sun City Hilton Head man into a parking lot Tuesday afternoon at Sheridan Park and punched the senior citizen in the face. Bonnie Burke, a saleswoman at Hagemeyer Electrical Supplies and Lighting Showroom in Sheridan Park, witnessed it from inside...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A motorist traveling on Interstate 4 in Orlando was injured after he was shot by a motorist he had honked at seconds earlier, according to a Local 6 News report. Police said the driver, who only wanted to be identified as Chad, was apparently cut off by two men in a white pickup while traveling on I-4 near Princeton Street. The police report said the men then threw a soda out of their pickup onto Chad's vehicle and then fired a shot into Chad's vehicle, hitting him in the arm. The bullet traveled through the vehicle's door...

Police have been looking for a disgruntled McDonald's customer who ran into two other customers with her car after a dispute over who was next in line. Melinda Ann Thomas, 34, and Linda Ann Thomas, 51, were standing in a crowded line around 8:30 a.m. Saturday as they waited to order breakfast, police said. A cashier opened a new line and they stepped to the front of it — a move that angered another customer who was waiting to order. According to the report, the unidentified woman started yelling at them and threatened to kill them. The woman then left...

Which is worse? The Hummer at a snail's pace with the driver on a blue tooth? Or a Suburban at full throttle with the driver on a PDA? Okay, what really peeves me is people who eat like Atilla the Hun and say, "I always eat like this and I never gain a pound!" Pfffttt.

Are you really a good, conscientious driver, or are your driving habits the behind-the-wheel equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard to everyone else on the road? A recent survey of 10,000 drivers conducted by Hagerty Insurance, a company that insures collector cars, determined the 10 things that exasperate other drivers the most: 10. You're taking a carefree spin down the road when you notice that the car in front of you has its turn signal on ... and on ... and on. Five or 10 miles later, your left eye twitching, you realize the other driver is clueless to the...

Tonga prince, wife die in Calif. crash By TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press Writer Fri Jul 7, 11:34 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO - A Tongan prince known for promoting political reform in his South Pacific island nation died along with his wife in a crash with a teenager's car, authorities said. Prince Tu'ipelehake, 56, Princess Kaimana, 46, and their driver died Wednesday night, according to Senter Uhilamoelangi, a distant relative and longtime friend of the prince. The 18-year-old driver who hit their sport utility vehicle was traveling as fast as 100 mph in Menlo Park, about 30 miles south of San...

Study: Millions Have 'rage' disorder In a further dumbing down of definitions for mental disorders in our mental health system, now it is claimed that millions have something called "intermittent explosive disorder" which manifests itself in the so-called road rage outbursts across this great land of ours. More proof that our "mental health" practitioners are all too often full of crap. From the AP: (Click here for story) "CHICAGO - To you, that angry, horn-blasting tailgater is suffering from road rage. But doctors have another name for it -- intermittent explosive disorder -- and a new study suggests it...

Road rage is an illness!

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer on Wednesday said he did cut someone off while driving last month, but denied kicking and then backing up into another motorist's vehicle in a road rage incident.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Stressed Miami drivers speed, tailgate and cut off other drivers so frequently that it has earned the city the title of worst road rage in a survey released Tuesday. Norwalk, Conn.-based AutoVantage, an automobile membership club offering travel services and roadside assistance, also listed Phoenix, New York, Los Angeles and Boston among the top five cities for rude driving in its first "In the Driver's Seat Road Rage Survey." "The advent of road rage is part of every day life," said Todd Smith, director of corporate communications for AutoVantage's parent company, Affinion Group, which has offices in...

With gas prices at an all-time high – and more Americans on the road than ever – drivers are bound to be more irritated as they get behind the wheel for a warm-weather road trip or just the daily commute to work. The Hagerty Collector Network – the country’s leading insurance company for collector vehicles and boats – surveyed thousands of members nationwide to find out their top complaints about other drivers. Here are their "Top 10 Driving Peeves.” 1. Distracted drivers talking on cell phones (Motor Mouths) 2. Slow drivers in the fast lane (Turtle Racers) 3. Pushy drivers...

RICHMOND -- Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and General Assembly lawmakers want lousy drivers to help balance the state's budget and ease congested roads. Mr. Kaine, a Democrat, and the Republican-controlled House and Senate are each pushing "abuser-fee" programs that annually fine drivers for the number of points on their driving record or if they have been convicted of a serious offense such as drunken driving. The fines would be in addition to court fees and insurance surcharges. "People who abuse the roads are the ones who should pay for them," said Delegate David B. Albo, Fairfax County Republican. "It...

LIVONIA, Mich. -- A driver was arrested on charges of angrily ramming into a sport utility vehicle that carried two pregnant women and pinning it against a wall. No one was hurt. Earl Boyd also gestured at the women and almost forced their vehicle into oncoming traffic, police said Friday. "Oh my God! He's pushing us!" one screamed on a 911 call as the emergency dispatcher tried to calm her. Boyd, 50, was charged with two counts of felony assault with a motor vehicle and with drunken driving. He was freed on bond, and a court appearance was set for...

Protests are planned for Monday in the same area of campus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where, authorities said, a former student plowed a sport utility vehicle into nine people Friday afternoon. The College Republicans, Americans for an Informed Democracy and the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies are sponsoring the event, scheduled for 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Monday in "The Pit," a central area of the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. The event is open to the public and free of charge. Police said Mohammad Taheri-azar, a 2005 UNC-Chapel Hill graduate, admits he acted to "avenge...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - A recent University of North Carolina graduate faces attempted murder charges after he allegedly drove a sport utility vehicle through a popular campus gathering spot Friday, clipping and scattering startled bystanders. No one was seriously hurt. Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, 22, who graduated in December after studying psychology and philosophy, was in the custody of campus police. They intended to charge him with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, said police Capt. George Hare. Taheri-azar called police to surrender and then awaited officers on a street two miles from the campus,...

GUN lobbyists like to repeat the quote often attributed to American writer Robert Heinlein, that "an armed society is a polite society". But this is certainly not true for motorists. A survey of 2400 drivers carried out by David Hemenway and his colleagues at the Harvard School of Public Health shows that motorists who carry guns in their cars are far more likely to indulge in road rage - driving aggressively or making obscene gestures - than motorists without guns. Some 23 per cent of gun-toting drivers admitted making rude signs, compared with 16 per cent of those who did...

Man Killed by Gunfire Between Vehicles Wednesday, January 11, 2006 Two people are dead following an exchange of gunfire between two vehicles involved in an apparent road rage incident in Gaston County. The shooting happened on Hwy 321 near Ridge Circle Wednesday afternoon. Nicholas Durham, Antonio Duff and Clarence Adams were in a Chevy Tahoe heading south on Hwy 321. Another vehicle, driven by Trivice Sadler, was heading in the same direction as the Chevy Tahoe. Police said there was an altercation between the two vehicles and gunshots were fired. A third vehicle driven by Joshua Camp was also at...

December 21, 2005 -- A cabby belted an Upper East Side woman in the face last night after she argued that she was overcharged on an eight-block ride, police said ......... Lillian Gauna, 34, said she hailed the cab at 88th Street and Third Avenue at around 8:30 p.m. and asked the driver to take her to 81st Street and Second Avenue. The driver, Muhammed Lone, 29, insisted she pay an extra $5 on top of the $10 "single zone" flat fare that the new strike rules call for, she said. When she refused, Lone allegedly leaped out of his...

Richardson police said they were surprised to find a grenade inside a car following a confrontation between two drivers in North Texas. Police said one of the drivers threatened the other with the hand grenade, which wasn't the only alarming object police said they found in the car. They also confiscated additional ammunition that could have been used to create an explosive. "As officers approached the car...they saw what appeared to be a couple of hand grenades inside the car," said Sgt. Kevin Perlich, Richardson Police Department. *** Police checked the grenades and said they were real but did not...