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Brake check = road rage death

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CrazyAznDriver said:
The other day I was doing 30 in a 25 residential area and this asshole in a dealer plated bmw started to ride my ass. Naturally I slow down to the speed limit. He proceeds to flash me and act like a dick, getting really close to me. I keep watching him in the mirror, thinking of break checking but don't really want an accident so I just cruise at 25. He flips me the bird and turns into a bank lol. I turn around and sit behind him at the atm, he realized it was me and took the fuck off rofl. I follow him for a few blocks and he is on the cell phone probably calling the cops. We stop at a light and he starts yelling out the window 'did you really just start following me?!!' He seemed pretty scared. I just stared at him. He took off again and I followed him a few more blocks but decided to leave him alone just in case he called the cops... I don't know if is legal to follow someone but I didn't really want to find out. I don't think I would flip anyone off, there are some crazy people out there...
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Pics of your riceburner.
 
Weak. There was a road rage on the bridge in nearby town. Both parties got out of their cars and one shot the other and then turned the gun on himself. Now, this is epic ending of any argument.
 
CrazyAznDriver said:
The other day I was doing 30 in a 25 residential area and this asshole in a dealer plated bmw started to ride my ass. Naturally I slow down to the speed limit. He proceeds to flash me and act like a dick, getting really close to me. I keep watching him in the mirror, thinking of break checking but don't really want an accident so I just cruise at 25. He flips me the bird and turns into a bank lol. I turn around and sit behind him at the atm, he realized it was me and took the fuck off rofl. I follow him for a few blocks and he is on the cell phone probably calling the cops. We stop at a light and he starts yelling out the window 'did you really just start following me?!!' He seemed pretty scared. I just stared at him. He took off again and I followed him a few more blocks but decided to leave him alone just in case he called the cops... I don't know if is legal to follow someone but I didn't really want to find out. I don't think I would flip anyone off, there are some crazy people out there...
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Sorry, but you sound like a crazy person.
 
Someone break checked me some time ago on an offramp... Apparently he thought I was following him too close (was in a lifted jeep at the time and I really wasn't tailgating, my guess is it appeared so in his mirror though). However the ramp was wide enough when he slammed on his breaks I just went around him.

But we got to the stop sign and I saw him open his door :O Luckily he never got out because I wasn't prepared to deal with that.
 
arcenite said:
Someone break checked me some time ago on an offramp... Apparently he thought I was following him too close (was in a lifted jeep at the time and I really wasn't tailgating, my guess is it appeared so in his mirror though). However the ramp was wide enough when he slammed on his breaks I just went around him.

But we got to the stop sign and I saw him open his door :O Luckily he never got out because I wasn't prepared to deal with that.
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Wait until he gets out of his car and comes to your door, then drive away with a big grin.

I do not understand road rage. At the most, I'd think what happened on the road would be covered under the "Shit Happens" policy. It's kind of humorous to me how upset people can get over small shit.
 
1sikbITCH said:
25 year old dumbass cuts off an old man in traffic, slams on his brakes and then jumps out and starts beating on the old man's car.

Old man 1, dead dumbass 0.
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Old man needed a loaded .40 in his car, like mine.

"Get your ass back in your car or you're dead." Would have worked wonders. :thumbsup:
 
The only time I get grumpy with slow drivers is when they are not elderly. By elderly I mean 70 plus. Anyone over that age has a valid excuse. Anyone under it, drive the speed limit damnit!
 
Ancalagon44 said:
The only time I get grumpy with slow drivers is when they are not elderly. By elderly I mean 70 plus. Anyone over that age has a valid excuse. Anyone under it, drive the speed limit damnit!
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That doesn't make any sense. Old people should be driving faster, they don't have much time left!
 
Nebor said:
Do you have any physical evidence from the scene?

Because that stuff could be worth some money.
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Only the image of a man being flung in the air and crushed by that Silver Nissan and the sound of bone being crushed and blood on the pavement burned into my memory.
 
Fissility said:
Only the image of a man being flung in the air and crushed by that Silver Nissan and the sound of bone being crushed and blood on the pavement burned into my memory.
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No sympathy here. If that's the worst thing you have to see in your life, two idiots, that by all accounts had it coming, getting hit by a car, count yourself lucky. I feel worse for the driver of the Nissan. Hopefully they don't blame themselves.
 
Nebor said:
No sympathy here. If that's the worst thing you have to see in your life, two idiots, that by all accounts had it coming, getting hit by a car, count yourself lucky. I feel worse for the driver of the Nissan. Hopefully they don't blame themselves.
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Don't need the sympathy. You can find worse with a simple Google search.
 
HamburgerBoy said:
Pics of your riceburner.
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darkswordsman17 said:
Sorry, but you sound like a crazy person.
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That is what my doctor says too. Think of that next time you flip a stranger the bird 😛
 
I get that some people are slow drivers. I really do. But if you're not in a hurry...why did you have to cut out of your driveway in front of me forcing me to slam on my brakes so that you could go 10 under the speed limit? Wouldn't you just let me go by first if you weren't in a hurry? And how come if you're 'not in a hurry' when I go to pass you while you're going 10 under the speed limit you floor it trying to block my pass/kill me?

Slow drivers aren't always patient saints...a lot of them are huge fucking assholes just like the rest of us in my experience. I usually have less problem with the crazy fast drivers. All I have to do is let them win and they're out of my hair.
 
Back when I first moved to Arlington, I remember this one incident where this big SUV was following this small ford festiva and was tailgating it. It kept honking at the festiva until the festiva stopped in it's lane on the exit ramp (exit ramp from a road, not a highway). The SUV stopped as well and kept honking at it. Then this huge mother fucker (think Andre the giant huge) got out of the festiva with one of those security clubs and started stomping towards the SUV. That bastard threw it in reverse, and floored it around the festiva. The wife and I had a good laugh about that.
 
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