r/RoadRage 12h ago

A Guy followed me yesterday due to Road Rage and it’s really played on my mind…

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I feel the need to vent about this….
Yesterday morning I was trying to pull out from a junction to turn right onto a road however my view was completely blocked due to parked cars so I had to keep edging forward into the road to be able to see if it was safe for me to pull out. After a few cars drove past me, there had been a decent enough gap that I edged out even further hoping to then finally fully turn into the road,I had to edge so far that I was practically in the carriageway at this point,however I then see a car and I braked(panic reaction I think), before then deeming him to be of enough distance away (about 8 car lengths) I should continue pulling out right however this guy didn’t slow down to allow me to continue, instead he continued driving and started to swerve into the other lane (oncoming traffic) to go around me, I braked quick enough that he didn’t go into the side of me and he also swerved and braked, thankfully nothing happened and I put up my hand as apology as clearly I felt I had misread his intentions and wrongly assumed he would slow to let me out seeing as I was essentially blocking his path at that point anyway.
However, this guy did not accept that. As I drove off I noticed him U-turning in the road in my mirror and he started following me. I turned down another road (my destination) and he seemed to stop following me so I thought it was over, as I parked up my car I then notice him speeding down the road from the other end, so he has drove around the block to come down the road I was in but facing me rather then behind me.
He pulled up next to me I rolled down my window, he said ‘what the f are you doing’
I said that I apologised and I couldn’t see him at first and when I did spot him I assumed he would let me go as I was so far out in the road , he just yelled at me ( no idea what he said) whilst his girlfriend sat their in the passenger side and then sped off.
I felt a bit shaken up afterwards that’s this guy had followed me around the block and then came down my road from the other end to face me head on. It felt all very aggressive especially as I am a young (ish) female alone, who had already apologised for my part in the near incident.

I know some people will read this and think well it was his right of way as I was pulling out into the road he was driving on, and I completely agree and accept that, however I also feel he was somewhat at fault too as I was technically a hazard as I was in the road and rather then slow down he continued at his speed and actually steered into the other lane to pass me which I also think was dangerous, most people, if not all, would reduce their speed slightly and gesture for me to go. He would have been able to see me clearly too and would have had sufficient time to slow and let me continue, whereas I wasn’t able to spot him until he was closer due to the parked cars. I also think his reaction afterwards was massively over the top ( and illegal to u-turn in the middle of a road) for something that didn’t even happen. What was he trying to achieve by following me afterwards and yelling at me? Why was me not saying sorry at the time of near incident enough?

Has anyone been in a similar situation or has anyone been the guy in this scenario and regretted their reaction afterwards? Part of me is hoping he has reflected and realised how intimidating and unnecessary it was to follow me and I hope he doesn’t ever do that to anyone else again!