James May brings us an interesting piece on Road Rage in the Telegraph (registration required), called "Mine's a pint: pistols at dawn". He advocates the only sensible way to gain satisfaction from an incident with a white van is a duel. He explains:

Duelling is now highly illegal, but as you will have dispatched a van driver, no jury is likely to convict.

He continues:

At the discretion of the wronged party, and for the full mother-he-has-killed-me-dies effect, the duel can be fought to the death. But it is acceptable to fight to "first blood", in which case once you have brought forth the crimson fluid from the van driver he is deemed to be the loser.

As GF is about to take Cousteau-cub back to Brighton, he will ensure that he places his rapier in the back of the car.

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