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Old 07-03-2014, 11:42 AM
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Witnessed a Fuel Tanker Truck driver with road rage

A real eye opener when you see 2 ordinary drivers play out their road games of rage on each other ,most run thru the usual and end harmlessly as they split their ways in traffic ,this one was a little different in that it started off with the tanker needing to merg in the next 100yrds ,I was keeping back knowing the respect of what should be considered a rolling bomb on wheels ,one lady in frt of me decided she was needing that space so speed up cutting the access from the semi to merg ,the truck kept its speed and had to roll thru the painted lane while slowly increasing speed up an overpass crossing the freeway below ,now I can CALL her the crazy lady because for the reason of the insane move she makes IN ONE SPEEDY MOTION to over take the now massive rolling semi up the overpass to merg in his lane ,she makes the lane but has traffic in frt of her as she tops the overpass with a semi on her tail ,all this time Im making a slower speed for concern of the witnessess behind me ,the tanker is able to stop in time and in the traffic gets out of his rig to confront this driver ,as I drive by a can hear more EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE from her than him ,it sounds like she was having a bad day which could have been alot worse for all involved ,HOPE SHE GETS SOME HELP,maybe Dr. Phil can be called in on this one.

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Old 07-03-2014, 12:10 PM
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You need a dashcam
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Old 07-03-2014, 01:44 PM
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You never know who/what you're dealing with on the roads. I will never exit my vehicle to "go at" someone, nor will I open my door/window to someone coming at me in a hostile manner.

This is the real world and there's no code of conduct. If someone is coming at me, I have no idea what's on their mind and if they start attacking me/my vehicle, I will assume they are trying to kill me and will not stop defending myself until the threat is neutralized.

By the same token, I will never approach another vehicle following an on-road altercation as I expect that there's a chance that person may be crazy and may be armed.
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Old 07-03-2014, 02:37 PM
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Work in retail for a bit and you will see how crazy people are. My HS/college experience in retail taught me to avoid anyone who shows any deviation from normal behavior, I'm also good at spotting it.

The same lady who might go berserk if her cheese is cut wrong might stab you with a steak knife if you cut her off.
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Old 07-15-2014, 06:26 PM
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Don't fark with this tanker...
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