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Crazy Fool Driver!
Some delivery van driver almost t-boned me today. I was about to turn left when I saw this jerk swerve around a car that was apparently turning right too slowly for him. He swung out into the opposing lane of traffic and came speeding up towards my rear. I didn't turn left because I was afraid he'd stay in that lane and hit me so I just looked in the rear view mirror and prepared for the hit.
The fool slammed on his brakes, narrowly missing me and then proceeded to honk and scream at me. For turning left? On a surface street where the posted limit is 30? OH HELL NO. I actually opened my door in the middle of the road and was stepping out to call 911 and he drove up on the sidewalk and went around me, cussing me the whole way.
The drive back to my office was where I had my daydream of grabbing my tire iron and pulling him out of that van and beating his skull until it was just a soggy pink foamy mess on the road.
That's when I decided I have to take a day off of work and go to a spa. I'm tightly wound. But, seriously...that jerk? OMG if he had hit my car? With his wreckless driving? The call to my lawyer would have been delicious.
March 13 at 12:11 AM
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"I actually opened my door in the middle of the road and was stepping out to call 911 and he drove up on the sidewalk and went around me, cussing me the whole way. "
We hate people that do that...mainly because the situation just escalates because they got involved when they'd have been better off just calling the police as an uninvolved party. Just deal and move on, less likely to get killed like that, and less likely to further exacerbate the already moronic driver of the suspect vehicle.
Chris M at March 13, 2008 5:10 AM
I would have dialed 311 on that SOB.
Eric at March 13, 2008 9:26 AM
Yep--spa time, hon. Have fun.
PandoraWilde at March 13, 2008 2:27 PM
do not get out of your car like that! anger does not turn you into the Incredible Hulk!
willnyc at March 13, 2008 4:32 PM
Will, are you sure? I am so like the incredible hulk!
charlie at March 13, 2008 6:56 PM
