>I was driving down a rural gravel road last week, after dark, and I > was looking for a driveway that is hard to find in the dark since it > just goes up an incline into a farm field, and nothing as far as the > house is visible from the road. I am not driving excessively slow, > but not rushing either, since I got to watch for the driveway. I am > near my destination, when some asshole pulls up right on my bumper > with his brights and his spot lights turned on. I was literally > blinded, even after flipping my mirrors, so I cant see anything, much > less the driveway I am looking for. There was no other traffic, so I > slowed down, figuring the ahole would pass me. No, he just got closer > and stayed right on my ass. I pulled over onto the shoulder, but > there is not much of a shoulder, so I was only halfway off the road. > The fucker still stayed behind me, even after I almost stopped. By > this time I had enough. I put my foot to the floor and spun out, > tossing gravel all over the fuckers vehicle. By this time I am pretty > sure I passed the driveway I was looking for, and the son of a bitch > is still right on my ass. I got my truck up to 60, and knowing my > rear bumper is a piece of heavy I-Beam, I was ready to get rear ended, > and not too worried about it. This cocksucker still stayed right on > my ass. With this fucker less than 6 feet from my bumper, I locked up > the brakes and headed toward the shoulder at the same time. Then I > let the gravel pull me toward the center of the road, and ended up in > the other lane, facing the opposite direction. (I have practiced this > manuver). I stopped the spin just in time to watch this dumb fuck > assrider go into the ditch, and took pleasure as his headlights > smashed against the other side of the ditch, and went dark. I slowed > down just enough to see this assfuck get out of his car, cussing like > a madman. I decided to play it cool, and I yelled to the guy "you > alright?", as I stopped my truck. He starts yelling "what the fuck is > wrong with you, #%$&^#! etc etc." I yelled back, "you mean you didn’t > see that huge deer that ran in front of me, I guess you must have been > driving too close to my bumper to see it". "geezzz, I just barely > missed it…. Then I yelled "I’ll send a cop for you if I run across > one". > Then I drove away. laughing my ass off !!! I ended up 3 miles past > the driveway I wanted because of this fuckhead, but it was worth the > fun of crashing the fucker.
> I think this assfucker may have learned a lesson !!!! (or maybe not, > the guy looked like a total idiot).
I used to do the same thing just hit the brakes when I was in a company van or car. 99% of the time it worked especially when they see the company logo and know that you do not gave a crap if the car gets rear-ended since it’s not mine.
Suppose the guy had been a wacko with a gun? You sound tuff, but I doubt you are bullet proof. I would recommend either ignoring the guy, or if you can’t, just pull off at the first convenient location (shoulder or driveway) and let the guy go.
And the little truck with slamming on the brakes is a good way to get somebody killed – maybe even you.
It also seems to me that posting this little tale exposes you to a lawsuit if the person you "fixed" is computer literate.
Sometimes it is better to just let the idiots pass you by.
In article <1130203270.486150.262…@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, Ed White wrote: > Suppose the guy had been a wacko with a gun? You sound tuff, but I > doubt you are bullet proof. I would recommend either ignoring the guy, > or if you can’t, just pull off at the first convenient location > (shoulder or driveway) and let the guy go.
I think the OP was just someone making up a story, but this ‘what if he had a gun nonsense’ is annoying. Saturday I am stuck behind this gravel truck when someone comes right up on my ass. I do my usual and point at the truck in front of me. Usually, this gets people to back off, realize that I am stuck too and not any happier about it than they are.
This guy doesn’t back off. So then I do what I usually do, I pull over and motion out the window for the person to go ahead. This guy didn’t. He stops. He’s pissed now… What if he had a gun? I yielded to him, but he could have still been a wacko with a gun. Anyone can be wacko with a gun and a wacko could be set off by anything, including leting them get by.
If we live our lives under this concept that anyone might have a gun, all we do is further the sense of entitlement that aggressive, MFFY types have. I think they should think about the rest of having guns. If I lived by this fear of someone being armed I couldn’t get through the day, certainly couldn’t bike to work. Just being on the road with a bicycle sets some people off. Don’t have to do anything, they go off.
We shouldn’t live under this fear. If each of us held our ground, if we as in the majority of people weren’t a bunch of enablers, the bad behaviors would go away. But instead the majority is a bunch of enablers because of teachings like this. So we have a aggressive minority and passive majority that thinks the cops ought to do something about them. The cops can’t do anything about them effectively. Waiting for them too while giving in to any and all aggression is just going to further the decay and the degree to which the aggressive will push.
If there is one thing I’ve found out about bicycling in traffic it’s give an inch and they will take a mile. Confidence and showing it by taking space and holding it goes longer to keeping me safe than anything else. I simply apply the same thing to driving.
BTW, before you say my pulling over was ‘giving in’ he wasn’t going to go anywhere. I consider it making a point.
On 24 Oct 2005 18:21:10 -0700, Ed White <ce.whi…@gmail.com> said the following in rec.autos.driving…
> Suppose the guy had been a wacko with a gun? You sound tuff, but I > doubt you are bullet proof.
The yellow puddle that represents the OP’s last mark on the earth would serve as indication of his toughness…
> I would recommend either ignoring the guy, > or if you can’t, just pull off at the first convenient location > (shoulder or driveway) and let the guy go.
The smart thing to do. Too bad there are not too many smart people out there…
– Paul
"If a woman tells you she’s 20 and looks 16.. she’s 12 If she tells you she’s 26, and LOOKS 26… she’s damn near 40" –Chris Rock
On 23 Oct 2005 09:08:23 -0700, "Laura Bush murdered her boy friend"
<xeton2…@yahoo.com> was understood to have stated the following:
>This is why you should always keep a nice rock under the driver’s seat.
Along with the butt-pluggs you keep attached to your driver’s seat.
Keeps you in shape for your buddies at the bath house, huh Aunt Judy?
Ted ‘waddya mean you are pregnant and can not swim’ Kennedy wrote:
> On 23 Oct 2005 09:08:23 -0700, "Laura Bush murdered her boy friend"
> <xeton2…@yahoo.com> was understood to have stated the following:
> >This is why you should always keep a nice rock under the driver’s seat.
> Along with the butt-pluggs you keep attached to your driver’s seat.
> Keeps you in shape for your buddies at the bath house, huh Aunt Judy?
HAHA. You repugs are the pervert party. Led by bush the biggest homo
and torture freak in american history.
On 23 Oct 2005 12:30:38 -0700, "Laura Bush murdered her boy friend"
<xeton2…@yahoo.com> was understood to have stated the following:
>HAHA. You repugs are the pervert party. Led by bush the biggest homo
>and torture freak in american history.
And yet you’re the one who brags about respect in the bath houses. Not
sticking to facts after all, huh, cock sucker?
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Did you neuter him?
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>I was driving down a rural gravel road last week, after dark, and I
> was looking for a driveway that is hard to find in the dark since it
> just goes up an incline into a farm field, and nothing as far as the
> house is visible from the road. I am not driving excessively slow,
> but not rushing either, since I got to watch for the driveway. I am
> near my destination, when some asshole pulls up right on my bumper
> with his brights and his spot lights turned on. I was literally
> blinded, even after flipping my mirrors, so I cant see anything, much
> less the driveway I am looking for. There was no other traffic, so I
> slowed down, figuring the ahole would pass me. No, he just got closer
> and stayed right on my ass. I pulled over onto the shoulder, but
> there is not much of a shoulder, so I was only halfway off the road.
> The fucker still stayed behind me, even after I almost stopped. By
> this time I had enough. I put my foot to the floor and spun out,
> tossing gravel all over the fuckers vehicle. By this time I am pretty
> sure I passed the driveway I was looking for, and the son of a bitch
> is still right on my ass. I got my truck up to 60, and knowing my
> rear bumper is a piece of heavy I-Beam, I was ready to get rear ended,
> and not too worried about it. This cocksucker still stayed right on
> my ass. With this fucker less than 6 feet from my bumper, I locked up
> the brakes and headed toward the shoulder at the same time. Then I
> let the gravel pull me toward the center of the road, and ended up in
> the other lane, facing the opposite direction. (I have practiced this
> manuver). I stopped the spin just in time to watch this dumb fuck
> assrider go into the ditch, and took pleasure as his headlights
> smashed against the other side of the ditch, and went dark. I slowed
> down just enough to see this assfuck get out of his car, cussing like
> a madman. I decided to play it cool, and I yelled to the guy "you
> alright?", as I stopped my truck. He starts yelling "what the fuck is
> wrong with you, #%$&^#! etc etc." I yelled back, "you mean you didn’t
> see that huge deer that ran in front of me, I guess you must have been
> driving too close to my bumper to see it". "geezzz, I just barely
> missed it…. Then I yelled "I’ll send a cop for you if I run across
> one".
> Then I drove away. laughing my ass off !!! I ended up 3 miles past
> the driveway I wanted because of this fuckhead, but it was worth the
> fun of crashing the fucker.
> I think this assfucker may have learned a lesson !!!! (or maybe not,
> the guy looked like a total idiot).
van or car. 99% of the time it worked especially when they see the company
logo and know that you do not gave a crap if the car gets rear-ended since
it’s not mine.
He probably sits on fire hydrants..
Suppose the guy had been a wacko with a gun? You sound tuff, but I
doubt you are bullet proof. I would recommend either ignoring the guy,
or if you can’t, just pull off at the first convenient location
(shoulder or driveway) and let the guy go.
And the little truck with slamming on the brakes is a good way to get
somebody killed – maybe even you.
It also seems to me that posting this little tale exposes you to a
lawsuit if the person you "fixed" is computer literate.
Sometimes it is better to just let the idiots pass you by.
Ed
In article <1130203270.486150.262…@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, Ed White wrote:
> Suppose the guy had been a wacko with a gun? You sound tuff, but I
> doubt you are bullet proof. I would recommend either ignoring the guy,
> or if you can’t, just pull off at the first convenient location
> (shoulder or driveway) and let the guy go.
I think the OP was just someone making up a story, but this ‘what if he
had a gun nonsense’ is annoying. Saturday I am stuck behind this gravel
truck when someone comes right up on my ass. I do my usual and point at
the truck in front of me. Usually, this gets people to back off, realize
that I am stuck too and not any happier about it than they are.
This guy doesn’t back off. So then I do what I usually do, I pull over
and motion out the window for the person to go ahead. This guy didn’t. He
stops. He’s pissed now… What if he had a gun? I yielded to him, but he
could have still been a wacko with a gun. Anyone can be wacko with a gun
and a wacko could be set off by anything, including leting them get by.
If we live our lives under this concept that anyone might have a gun, all
we do is further the sense of entitlement that aggressive, MFFY types
have. I think they should think about the rest of having guns. If I lived
by this fear of someone being armed I couldn’t get through the day,
certainly couldn’t bike to work. Just being on the road with a bicycle
sets some people off. Don’t have to do anything, they go off.
We shouldn’t live under this fear. If each of us held our ground, if we
as in the majority of people weren’t a bunch of enablers, the bad
behaviors would go away. But instead the majority is a bunch of enablers
because of teachings like this. So we have a aggressive minority and
passive majority that thinks the cops ought to do something about them.
The cops can’t do anything about them effectively. Waiting for them too
while giving in to any and all aggression is just going to further the
decay and the degree to which the aggressive will push.
If there is one thing I’ve found out about bicycling in traffic it’s give
an inch and they will take a mile. Confidence and showing it by taking
space and holding it goes longer to keeping me safe than anything else. I
simply apply the same thing to driving.
BTW, before you say my pulling over was ‘giving in’ he wasn’t going to go
anywhere. I consider it making a point.
On 24 Oct 2005 18:21:10 -0700, Ed White <ce.whi…@gmail.com> said the
following in rec.autos.driving…
> Suppose the guy had been a wacko with a gun? You sound tuff, but I
> doubt you are bullet proof.
The yellow puddle that represents the OP’s last mark on the earth would
serve as indication of his toughness…
> I would recommend either ignoring the guy,
> or if you can’t, just pull off at the first convenient location
> (shoulder or driveway) and let the guy go.
The smart thing to do. Too bad there are not too many smart people out
there…
–
Paul
"If a woman tells you she’s 20 and looks 16.. she’s 12
If she tells you she’s 26, and LOOKS 26… she’s damn near 40"
–Chris Rock