Normally I am a confident person and little rattles my cage. I have always felt safe driving my TF, whether with the hood up or down. However....I had a nasty incident travelling west on the A303 yesterday and it unnerved me slightly.
I was on the dual carriageway and there was a B*W 318 behind me....as the dual carriageway ended he pulled in behind me and was so close to may rear that I felt intimidated and scared that if I braked the car would smash into me. A quick glance in the rear mirror and I saw it was two heavily built guys, shaven headed and late 20s or so. They kept gesticulating....probably because they hadn't been able to overtake me on the dual carriageway and maybe it peed them off.
We continued in a queue of heavy traffic until the next piece of dual carriageway....slow caravan in front, as soon as we neared the dual carriageway, I indicated to pull out only to find as I checked my mirrors that the B*W was coming up the side of me on the chevrons, before the dual carriageway had even started....I looked across as they drew level, they had the passenger window down and saw that both car occupants were gesticulating in a very 'sexual' way....and they wouldn't go past, continued driving alongside.
This is the first time I have ever felt intimidated like this...this was at 5.30pm on a weekday on a busy road. It made me wonder how scared I would have been if it had been on a quiet country road. And then I also wondered what the best way would have been to handle this sort of thing.
Has anyone else had any problems of this kind whilst driving topless? Or any road rage incidents??? And if so, how did they handle it? Any tips would be appreciated as I really do not want to feel like I did yesterday....and not being cocooned in a tintop makes the situation feel worse.
BTW, said ar$eholes then drove like they were out to kill anyone coming in the other direction when the dual ended....reinforcing the stereotypical view of B*W drivers.
I was on the dual carriageway and there was a B*W 318 behind me....as the dual carriageway ended he pulled in behind me and was so close to may rear that I felt intimidated and scared that if I braked the car would smash into me. A quick glance in the rear mirror and I saw it was two heavily built guys, shaven headed and late 20s or so. They kept gesticulating....probably because they hadn't been able to overtake me on the dual carriageway and maybe it peed them off.
We continued in a queue of heavy traffic until the next piece of dual carriageway....slow caravan in front, as soon as we neared the dual carriageway, I indicated to pull out only to find as I checked my mirrors that the B*W was coming up the side of me on the chevrons, before the dual carriageway had even started....I looked across as they drew level, they had the passenger window down and saw that both car occupants were gesticulating in a very 'sexual' way....and they wouldn't go past, continued driving alongside.
This is the first time I have ever felt intimidated like this...this was at 5.30pm on a weekday on a busy road. It made me wonder how scared I would have been if it had been on a quiet country road. And then I also wondered what the best way would have been to handle this sort of thing.
Has anyone else had any problems of this kind whilst driving topless? Or any road rage incidents??? And if so, how did they handle it? Any tips would be appreciated as I really do not want to feel like I did yesterday....and not being cocooned in a tintop makes the situation feel worse.
BTW, said ar$eholes then drove like they were out to kill anyone coming in the other direction when the dual ended....reinforcing the stereotypical view of B*W drivers.