daavo
11-13-2007, 05:02 PM
I'm minding my own business driving down a major road here today and some guy in a pickup truck gets right on my tail. Not 4 feet away not 2 feet away, I mean right on my tail. I could practically hear his engine running.
Seeing that there was another lane he could pass in I figured he would go around, which he did, but not without cutting right in front of me and flicking ME off in the process :furious:. I didn't tap my brakes, make any lewd gestures or do anything out of the ordinary to warrant this. At this point, I'm thinking what the heck did I do.:dunno: So, not one to back down from the one finger salute, I returned the gesture with a bit more force :furious::furious: at which point the guy seems to go absolutely ballistic :bawling: in the cab of his truck. He keeps flicking me off but then he starts pounding his fist.
This is getting bizarre :confused:.
But get this, we're on a major road (during lunch hour) and we're a 1/2 mile before a major freeway and this guy stops his truck IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD stopping all traffic heading eastbound toward the freeway. How does he stop all the traffic on a two lane road you ask? Because he gets out and stands in the other lane!
I can honestly say that I was really, truly scared for my life. I really thought he was going to shoot me or something. He's in front of me at this point and he's in the same lane that I'm in, the far right lane of a four lane road (two heading east, two heading west with no driveways or streets to turn into). There wasn't any place for me to go if he wanted to shoot me. I'm about 100 feet behind him at this point and I practically get rear ended by a girl in a Mustang. I can see him getting something out of the backseat and he holds it up in the air ... I can't tell what it is but it is definitely some kind of weapon judging by the way he's holding it.
He's standing in the middle of the road yelling at me while he's holding this weapon in his hand. Seeing that what he's holding in his hand doesn't look exactly like a gun I felt some relief but still...wtf? He then comes walking towards my car. I thought he was going to start hitting my car so I cross over into the other lane and unfortunately now I can't see where he's at. At this point the traffic starts honking their horn for this a-hole to move because he is blocking all the traffic.
So he grudgingly crawls into his truck and starts driving down the road. He positions himself so he can get beside me and starts jawing again. I'm really pi**ed at this point and gladly return the insults. Realizing that this is going nowhere fast I just keep repeating over and over and over and over "your 50 years old... GROW UP A-HOLE!!!" like a machine gun. This goes on for probably a 1/4 mile :lmao::lmao::lmao::nuts:. I think he might have been less than 50 but I think this struck a chord with him because he starts licking his chops and blinking like a horse being broken.
There isn't much crime where I live so when I called 911 and they sounded genuinely concerned, especially considering his use of a weapon, and said they are going to try to track him down based off the description of the truck. Good luck.
I've never seen or dealt with road rage like this so it was a real surprise. The strange part was that he was a clean cut, hair combed nicely, well dressed dude ... just nuts I guess.
Seeing that there was another lane he could pass in I figured he would go around, which he did, but not without cutting right in front of me and flicking ME off in the process :furious:. I didn't tap my brakes, make any lewd gestures or do anything out of the ordinary to warrant this. At this point, I'm thinking what the heck did I do.:dunno: So, not one to back down from the one finger salute, I returned the gesture with a bit more force :furious::furious: at which point the guy seems to go absolutely ballistic :bawling: in the cab of his truck. He keeps flicking me off but then he starts pounding his fist.
This is getting bizarre :confused:.
But get this, we're on a major road (during lunch hour) and we're a 1/2 mile before a major freeway and this guy stops his truck IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD stopping all traffic heading eastbound toward the freeway. How does he stop all the traffic on a two lane road you ask? Because he gets out and stands in the other lane!
I can honestly say that I was really, truly scared for my life. I really thought he was going to shoot me or something. He's in front of me at this point and he's in the same lane that I'm in, the far right lane of a four lane road (two heading east, two heading west with no driveways or streets to turn into). There wasn't any place for me to go if he wanted to shoot me. I'm about 100 feet behind him at this point and I practically get rear ended by a girl in a Mustang. I can see him getting something out of the backseat and he holds it up in the air ... I can't tell what it is but it is definitely some kind of weapon judging by the way he's holding it.
He's standing in the middle of the road yelling at me while he's holding this weapon in his hand. Seeing that what he's holding in his hand doesn't look exactly like a gun I felt some relief but still...wtf? He then comes walking towards my car. I thought he was going to start hitting my car so I cross over into the other lane and unfortunately now I can't see where he's at. At this point the traffic starts honking their horn for this a-hole to move because he is blocking all the traffic.
So he grudgingly crawls into his truck and starts driving down the road. He positions himself so he can get beside me and starts jawing again. I'm really pi**ed at this point and gladly return the insults. Realizing that this is going nowhere fast I just keep repeating over and over and over and over "your 50 years old... GROW UP A-HOLE!!!" like a machine gun. This goes on for probably a 1/4 mile :lmao::lmao::lmao::nuts:. I think he might have been less than 50 but I think this struck a chord with him because he starts licking his chops and blinking like a horse being broken.
There isn't much crime where I live so when I called 911 and they sounded genuinely concerned, especially considering his use of a weapon, and said they are going to try to track him down based off the description of the truck. Good luck.
I've never seen or dealt with road rage like this so it was a real surprise. The strange part was that he was a clean cut, hair combed nicely, well dressed dude ... just nuts I guess.