You've missed my point there Josh, which is that by retaliating you just put yourself in exactly the same group as the "twat" you're having a disagreement with. Ok, so he wants to drive like a tosser, that's up to him, but you retaliated by forcing him into a corner, which increases the chance of an accident even further.
What did you gain from it? Elevated adrenaline levels which reduce your attention on the road and encourages further aggressive behaviour. A vendetta-type distraction with the taxi which means you're spending more time looking behind than you should be, just to see what the taxi is playing at now. Increased stress levels which will most likely have impacted a good part of the following hours. Oh but you kept 1 car's length further ahead than you would have been and showed some tosser that you can drive just as badly... See what i mean yet? Not having a go at you, just trying to get you to realise what you're doing.
Taking it a step further, what if you'd actually ended up having an accident as a result..? Would you have admitted to yourself that you were just as much to blame, or would you have planted it all on the taxi driver? Being honest with ourselves about our own short-comings is most of the battle to avoid becoming just another muppet on the road, which most seem to agree is the major problem with our roads. As Niall says, we have to take responsibility for our own actions.
Again, not meant as a personal attack, you just happened to be the person to provide the ideal material for me to use as an example.
What did you gain from it? Elevated adrenaline levels which reduce your attention on the road and encourages further aggressive behaviour. A vendetta-type distraction with the taxi which means you're spending more time looking behind than you should be, just to see what the taxi is playing at now. Increased stress levels which will most likely have impacted a good part of the following hours. Oh but you kept 1 car's length further ahead than you would have been and showed some tosser that you can drive just as badly... See what i mean yet? Not having a go at you, just trying to get you to realise what you're doing.
Taking it a step further, what if you'd actually ended up having an accident as a result..? Would you have admitted to yourself that you were just as much to blame, or would you have planted it all on the taxi driver? Being honest with ourselves about our own short-comings is most of the battle to avoid becoming just another muppet on the road, which most seem to agree is the major problem with our roads. As Niall says, we have to take responsibility for our own actions.
Again, not meant as a personal attack, you just happened to be the person to provide the ideal material for me to use as an example.