webdriver_catch_timeouts.rb

class Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::DefaultHttpClient
  def request_with_catch_timeout(*args)
    begin
      request_without_catch_timeout(*args)
    rescue Timeout::Error # Timeout::Error.superclass == Interrupt, so rspec thinks its Ctrl-c and exits
      raise Exception.new('request timeout') # Exception isn't a subclass of Interrupt so won't cause the whole test suite to exit
    end
  end
  alias_method_chain :request, :catch_timeout
end