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Article #13000Daily gripe: Saw aggressive driver for first time
From: Walt Horning
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 00:00
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In my 30+ years of driving, I saw my first aggressive driver today. This why I think the campaign against them is a lot of hype designed to get politicians votes, but do absolutely nothing to save lives. I mean, 30+ years and I have only seen one. This is how it went .... This AM rush, traffic was backed up passing a line of trucks and busses. Yes, there were some butt-heads afraid to pass and backing things up. Anyway after about five miles things opened up a bit. I was in the left lane with a bunch of other preparing to pass some trucks on a steep upgrade when all of a sudden this clown comes up on the right and cuts me off with no space to spare. Then we starts waving his finger at me as if to say, "No, No". I could not figure out his behavior. Anyway as I back off a bit he slows and slows backing us up some more. Noticing right lane was free I moved over there to pass him on the right, but then he deliberately cut me off again. I back off some more and I think the world behind me did the same when they saw this idiot. Well, I tryed once more and then he cut me off in the left lane. Well, this was getting dangerous, so I back off altogether. The three times he deliberately cut me off he kept waving his finger at me with the "no-no" gesture. Anwyway I could figure out why he had targeted me for this "attack". I normally drive with the flow, whether its 5,10 or 20 over the limit, so he could not have been mad at me for that. And when it comes to passing trucks, I make sure its at a quick pace, unless blocked by jerks in front. So the only thing I could figure was that he must of thought at one time I was some "snail" at the lead of the pack, but he really mistook me for another driver/vehicle, and he was venting his anger. Anyway, I could see where this kind of driving could result in the accident that occurred on the G.W. Parkway. I mean this guy was not just playing "traffic cop", but "God" because he was putting everyone's life at risk, and his own. So it was a new experience for me. But again, it was the first aggressive driver I have seen in 30+ years.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,6b785b69d5e7fa27,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public From: whorning@pipeline.com (Walt Horning) Subject: Daily gripe: Saw aggressive driver for first time Date: 1999/03/03 Message-ID: <36f0a625.4046738@news.pipeline.com> X-Deja-AN: 450604623 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. X-Server-Date: 3 Mar 1999 02:55:29 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: whorning@pipeline.com Newsgroups: dc.driving