Idiot drivers... 
So im on my way home from work this evening. I turn right, onto a 4 way road (two lanes going each way). Turning into the right lane I put my left turn signal on to move over to the next lane. I do some heavy accelerating to enter the gap in traffic. All is well so far and I'm now in the lane going with the flow of traffic. I gave the truck I merged in front of at least 20 car lengths of room. Keep in mind that I'm now going with the flow of traffic.
About 3 seconds later the guy I merged in front of lays on the gas (black diesel smoke spewing from his pipes) and in about 5 seconds is right up on my arse. He finally slammed the brakes on at the last moment, I honestly thought he was about to ram me. Then as I turn into the left turning lane he pulls up beside me and forces me about 1/3 of a lane width into oncoming traffic!
The oncoming traffic had to swerve to avoid hitting me.
We stop and he starts shouting swears and random insults to me as if I'm somehow the guy in the wrong. I roll down my window calm and curtious and try to explain that when you push the gas peddle down, it causes the truck to accelerate. He says "are you trying to be a smart a**". I forget what I said in response but it caused him to keep quite for about 5 seconds. Possibly he was thinking in that time frame but I'll never know.
The light turned green, I made my turn and he went straight. About 2 minuets later someone was tailgating me again. I couldn't make out the face in my rear view mirror cause it was dark. I pulled into an empty parking lot just to see what would happen and sure enough the truck followed me in. *ding* ok its him again. How he managed to find me, I'll never know.
I parked my truck and he parked his several feet away. I grabbed my refurbished police 6 cell flashlight, Solid, metal and heavy intending to use it for self defense should he decide to push his luck. He was a bigger guy but I've fought much larger people then me before with very few problems. I figured the 5 years of marshal arts training I have (and my flashlight
) would give me the edge in case this idiot decided to throw a punch.
It never got to that though. I stepped out of my truck with flashlight in hand (making sure he could see it) and aggressively walked toward him, a tactic that puts fear into your opponent and shows that your not messing around. Even though I wasn't going to hit him, me taking the aggressor roll paid off. He got back in his truck and quickly drove backwards away from me. As he left the parking lot he yelled some more insults out the window. I yelled back "Not so tough when your not on the road are ya!"
I hope he learned something out of the ordeal because I sure had. "never leave my flashlight at home again"
End vent:
*deep breath*
So im on my way home from work this evening. I turn right, onto a 4 way road (two lanes going each way). Turning into the right lane I put my left turn signal on to move over to the next lane. I do some heavy accelerating to enter the gap in traffic. All is well so far and I'm now in the lane going with the flow of traffic. I gave the truck I merged in front of at least 20 car lengths of room. Keep in mind that I'm now going with the flow of traffic.
About 3 seconds later the guy I merged in front of lays on the gas (black diesel smoke spewing from his pipes) and in about 5 seconds is right up on my arse. He finally slammed the brakes on at the last moment, I honestly thought he was about to ram me. Then as I turn into the left turning lane he pulls up beside me and forces me about 1/3 of a lane width into oncoming traffic!
The oncoming traffic had to swerve to avoid hitting me.We stop and he starts shouting swears and random insults to me as if I'm somehow the guy in the wrong. I roll down my window calm and curtious and try to explain that when you push the gas peddle down, it causes the truck to accelerate. He says "are you trying to be a smart a**". I forget what I said in response but it caused him to keep quite for about 5 seconds. Possibly he was thinking in that time frame but I'll never know.
The light turned green, I made my turn and he went straight. About 2 minuets later someone was tailgating me again. I couldn't make out the face in my rear view mirror cause it was dark. I pulled into an empty parking lot just to see what would happen and sure enough the truck followed me in. *ding* ok its him again. How he managed to find me, I'll never know.
I parked my truck and he parked his several feet away. I grabbed my refurbished police 6 cell flashlight, Solid, metal and heavy intending to use it for self defense should he decide to push his luck. He was a bigger guy but I've fought much larger people then me before with very few problems. I figured the 5 years of marshal arts training I have (and my flashlight
) would give me the edge in case this idiot decided to throw a punch.It never got to that though. I stepped out of my truck with flashlight in hand (making sure he could see it) and aggressively walked toward him, a tactic that puts fear into your opponent and shows that your not messing around. Even though I wasn't going to hit him, me taking the aggressor roll paid off. He got back in his truck and quickly drove backwards away from me. As he left the parking lot he yelled some more insults out the window. I yelled back "Not so tough when your not on the road are ya!"
I hope he learned something out of the ordeal because I sure had. "never leave my flashlight at home again"
End vent:
*deep breath*
