Lots of good points about just getting out the way and letting an aggravated driver move along. If the situation allows, I move over. Even on a two lane, I'll move over to the shoulder if the shoulder seems reasonably clear of debris. I like this practice. I've rarely ever seen it outside of Texas, so I feel very "Texan" when I do it. I've also slowed down and moved over to enable someone to more safely pass me in a passing zone. And when I'm on my motorcycle, I get out of the way of aggressive drivers as quickly as I can do so safely, many times that means just twisting the throttle and creating distance, then getting out of the way asap.
In the case of the original post, in a construction zone that I knew was about 2 miles long, I chose to just proceed on my way without making any changes to my driving. I didn't consciously decide that it would cause more trouble than it fixed if I was to turn into a side street and u-turn, but that would have been the only way for me to to let the guy by. There was no shoulder, just two-way traffic in 2 tight lanes with cones on the outside blocking the shoulders and workers on the shoulders. I do recall thinking that since I was already over the limit, speeding up further was not an available solution.
So from what still seems like 2 "reasonable" options, stay the course or turn off the road, I figured just staying the course for another mile or so was the best solution. There were no indicators that the guy was having any emergency, and there was nobody else in his car.
Some other good suggestions about the car cameras.... Definitely going to add that to my wish list for Christmas.
Thanks to all for a good discussion..
