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Pavy did you kick his ass? I bet you did!!!
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No I stayed in the car. This was while I was in college and only a few years after I came to the States. I figured I had more power being behind the wheels with my engine running once the redneck got out of his truck. My old 70's Trans Am would have run him over if he made the wrong move.
 
I do have one fault that I can admit to recognozing while driving. On the Interstate if it's 3 lanes I set my cruise control to 78 mph and that is my lane. I am slower than the outside lane and faster than the inside lane and I hate switching lanes. This ultimately upsets the guy doing 80 in the middle lane who for some reason doesn't realize he can pass on the left. So I am not painting myself as perfect either.
 
Ok, this might be a bit long. Some background is needed, since this wasn't a random encounter with another motorist -- it had been brewing for a couple weeks. It ended with a gun pointed at me. The only other time in my life I've had a gun pointed at me was courtesy of a cop.

Was in my early 20's. I was an angry young man, often looking for trouble. I'm a different person now. Had been in trouble with the law, upcoming court date, needed to keep busy on a straight path. Took a job delivering newspapers in the early morning (middle of the night would be more accurate). It was a large route, I had to ride for a week with the guy I was taking over for, in his car. Yeah, training for this. *eyeroll*

There was a guy in the area delivering papers for another company. He and the guy I was taking over for would stop and give each other a paper. Not much conversation, just a paper exchange it seemed. I was told that the guy was unusual. I'll call this guy Mad Dog because he kinda looked like the wrestler Mad Dog Vachon, not quite as big. Ugly dude. He's the guy who would later pull the gun on me.

I took over the route and somewhere along the way each night Mad Dog and I would pass each other. I didn't want to be bothered with this paper exchange. I would wave or nod. You don't see many people out there at 4:00 AM, I thought it was courteous to acknowledge him. After a week of this, I noticed Mad Dog was giving me dirty looks as we passed each other, sometimes the finger. He was also driving like a maniac, like he owned the road and I shouldn't be on it.

One night he almost drove me off the road, and I decided to find out what his problem was. I followed him. He stopped. I grabbed a homemade billy club from the floor in the back (a year later this billy club would become the property of the Hull police). As I approached his car, he got out and pointed a gun at me, from about 10 feet away. I backed up, jumped in the car and got the hell out of there. Dunno if the gun was real or loaded. Sure as hell looked like a real gun, though it was dark.

I think the guy was crazy and was pissed because I didn't stop for a paper exchange. Don't fuck with crazy people.

Unlike Bread's wrench-tossing, nobody got hurt in the end.
 
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Found a pic of what my billy club looked like. As we were leaving the police station that day, I asked for it back. My buddy broke out laughing. It was actually Aylmer, not Hull as I posted above. I get those two mixed up sometimes.


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Pavy
There was one time I was driving alone in a country road. All of sudden the car in front of me hit the brakes and stopped and a guy comes out of the vehicle in the middle of the road. He tells me why are you following me so closely? I said I am not trying too but why are you driving so slow? I don't understand why people don't pull over and let people pass them on country roads if they are not in a hurry.
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You should try driving up here in Amish land. I can't tell you how many times I drive around a blind mountain road corner doing 50 only to come to a dead stop behind a horse carriage at 10PM.
 
RageWizard
You should try driving up here in Amish land. I can't tell you how many times I drive around a blind mountain road corner doing 50 only to come to a dead stop behind a horse carriage at 10PM.
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:pballs: Just wanted to try this avatar :grin:

Rage,

I almost hit a carriage in New Orleans on my first trip there. Apparently horse carriages do not stop at four way stops in NO. How the fukk should I know that? I hit the gas and the horse went up with his feet trying to hit me.
 
wal66
Okay so by now it is well known that I like to analyze things. People, events, situations, it doesn't really matter if I am interested I like to break them down. Well I have another passion as well. I like to bitch about stuff. Not mindless bitching just for the sake of going off, no I attempt to have a purpose and a direction if I am gonna bitch about something.

Many have already complained about bad drivers, tailgaters, too slow drivers, not dimming your highbeams and so on. Well I got a type of driver that absolutely pisses me off to the point of wanting to yank them out of their vehicle and making them a human speedbump. Those people who while stopping for a train, a light signal or some other reason on a main road and in doing so block the access of the side streets. IT'S A FRIGGIN INTERSECTION YOU MORONS!!!!!!!!! Sure it's an off street and maybe you think noone really uses it but that isn't the point. The point is you shouldn't block an intersection regardless.

People have no consideration for others. Everyone is in their own little world. Talking on the phone, applying their makeup just zoning out to the tunes or talk radio. Why should they care that myself or any number of other people lived down that side street and are on out way to work as well and we need to cross the street that you just blocked access too? There is a train crossing, there are 25 cars in front of you and there are at least 30 more cars behind you and you couldn't have just left enough room for those couple of people on the side streets to cross over.

When this happens to me and I am the first in line on that side street this is what I have done to send a very clear message. I ease ever so slowly out to where my bumper is mere inches from the blockers side door, then I LAY ON MY HORN UNTIL THAT BASTURD GETS THE POINT THAT HIS SELF CONSUMED WORLD ISN'T THE ONLY WORLD IN ORBIT TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!! I will warn you this could lead to an altercation of a phusical nature but such is the price with certain protest.

I implore you good people to be more considerate. It's not that difficult and the world would be a much better place if we all just did a few small things in life. You are not gonna be any ealier or later to or from your destination simply from allowing a 20 foot space between you and the other car in front of you at any intersection.
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so many bad drivers in chicago its unreal.

and many of them also have guns. yikes
 
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