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cewait wrote:A few months ago I was turning left out of my culdesac onto a subdivision through street. Speed limit 30. Coming around the bend from the left was a dude traveling at 45-50. He started honking and flashing lights and I just stopped once clear thinking he may need something... then came the one finger salute. He slammed the brakes once he saw me slow up and started to come out of the pickup. The funny stuff starts to happen. He hooked his foot on something as he came out of the truck and did a face plant in the middle of the road. That made him rage a little harder... until he noticed the truck was not in park and he had to decide between me or the pickup starting to move away.

Oldgringo wrote:I reckon a funeral procession really fries your shorts, eh?

Hoosier Daddy wrote:However, if someone is driving 5-10 mph under the posted speed and they're not in the right lane, I call that in. Driving slower than prevailing traffic in the middle lane may or may not be an offense, but it's a typical behavior for drunk drivers, so I will be a good citizen and report it to help keep the roads safe.

smoothoperator wrote:

mikeintexas wrote:What really chapped me was this guy nearly caused 2 accidents within 2 miles of driving and he would swear probably that it was everyone else's fault but his.

That sounds like reasonable suspicion he was driving drunk. I call 911 and report my suspicions.

mikeintexas wrote:What are your comments on this, then? Kind of the opposite.

I was headed down Spur 482 on the way home in Dallas yesterday. Shortly after I got on 482, a clown pulled out in front of the guy in front of the guy I was following, causing me to brake and slow down. The guy in front of me had to hit his brakes pretty hard to avoid hitting the clown.

I didn't think any more about this. We went through the light and the speed limit goes up to 55 or 60 just after the light. Traffic spread out and I was in the right lane so I could exit when I got to Loop 12 southbound.

The clown that pulled out and made everyone slow down was in the left lane and decided he needed to change to the right lane in front of me, where I rolled up behind him because he was going slower. He immediately jammed his brakes because, I guess, he didn't think I should be following closely. I had just been driving along minding my own business. The clown continued jamming on his brakes until he exited on Carl Road and I went south on Loop 12.

What really chapped me was this guy nearly caused 2 accidents within 2 miles of driving and he would swear probably that it was everyone else's fault but his.

barstoolguru wrote:brake stabs are nothing new to people that drive a truck. you can seen most of them coming just by the way the driver comes around you. you at 30 is nothing try being in an 18 wheeler at 55 and a clown does it