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Originally Posted by dropnosky
yeah.  I was more than a little pissed, now I feel happy, less likely to beat this guy to a bloody pulp if I see him again. I can't stand liars, and his lying made the cop also assume I was lying, which made me even angrier. |
Sounds like a first class dick. I'm with you though, I'm trying hard to ween myself off of any and all agressive shenanigans in traffic. I got a tailgating ticket a few months back for retaliating to a guy who flashed his brights at me for the crime of moving into the slow lane a safe distance ahead of him. I guess he thought it was too close but I wanted to get away from the other two lanes as their was some weird stuff going on with two other vehicles and I wanted to let them by.
So brilliant me, I got the notion to be weird myself. After the guy got up close and the passed me, brights on, I got up close on him with my brights on. Flashing blue came on immediately.
The cop says "first off, I don't even want to hear about what the other guy did!" I felt like an idiot, told the cop he was exactly right, which he was. He could have taken me in for an overnight stay if he'd wanted - wreckless driving or something, 2 points on the record, no driving school.
Saw this piece in the Chron a while back about a guy going one step (allegedly), a big step, further than you and paid for it with his life:
Fatal Richmond crash may be connected to road rage
Zerangue, who died at the scene, may have been trying to "brake-check" the driver of the 2004 GMC pickup truck at the time of the crash, said Officer Sam Morgan, a CHP spokesman.
Brake-checking involves intentionally swerving in front of a car and slamming on the brakes, Morgan said.
Zerangue, the lone occupant of the minivan, was driving behind the GMC driver before he swerved into the next lane and sped past the pickup, the CHP said.
He then apparently tried to cut in front of the GMC and hit the brakes, but clipped the pickup before slamming into the center divide, Morgan said.