Restart - what's wrong with these people?

[97tbird]

Last time the topic got OT, partly due my comments, I am still interested to see what feedback people have on reckless driving and how one deals with it.

So, if you have any on topic comments, feel free to post. Sorry for taking it OT last time
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This is not something totally new that hasn't been discussed, but it angered me so much I have to vent; This happened yesterday:
I am driving, minding my own business at around 60 mph (55 limit) on the slow lane
Mustang comes up behind me, getting REALLY close to my bumper, although the fast lane is completely free and he could have easily passed me.
Afraid that he would actually hit me, i get over to the fast lane, and the mustang ROARS past me on the slow lane cuts in WILDLY in front of me into the fast lane...but he slows down immediately after doing that.
Meanwhile I can see the occupants: all young, 2 guys in front, 1 girl in the back - they're wildly headbanging or doing some other stuff judging by how hyper they are.
Then the mustang suddenly decides to get back to the slow lane, and I stay in left (fast) lane because my left turn (branch-off) is coming up soon.
The mustang is riding parallel now and I can see them all looking at me.
I control myself and do not look at them, almost amused now, keeping my eyes on the road.
Now some other car turns on to the road, onto the slow (right) lane where the Mustang is, and the driver suddenly tries to accelerate as If i was racing with him, trying to cut in front of me (trying to cut in between my car and the new car ahead of them that hadn't picked up much speed still)
I still maintain my normal speed, and the Mustang is somehow not able to squeeze in between my car and the new car, I see them brake hard, and all of them flipping me (or the other driver, or both) off.
I pass the new car, (which is still kinda slow) and as soon as there's enough gap, the Mustang, again ROARS coming up behind me, passes the new car, gets on MY right side (on the slow lane now, and in front of new car) and then cuts dangerously in front of me AGAIN (while giving me the finger - all 3 of them), but realizes my lane is branching off, and DANGEROUSLY gets back into the other lane, JUST before they hit the concrete median in the middle (yelling something and still flipping me off).

What's wrong with idiots like this? what are they trying to achieve? In a way, if this is how they get their kicks, it's sad, very sad.
Did the Tbird I was driving annoy them (some people think it's a Mustang rival? not me.), or did they just pick me because I was the nearest one?
As much as i was angry, by the time they barely missed that median, I was laughing pretty hard, especially thinking of the fact that I didn't do a darn

thing to provoke them and they acted like i was trying to street race them or whatever...

oh and I am pretty sure it was a v6 Mustang.

 

[BobFout]

Call the police/sheriff/highway patrol to report erratic, dangerous driving. Include license plate, description, direction of travel.

 

[sicko]

I view it as a combination of selfishness and ignorance. They're idiots not realizing what they're doing, then when they want to switch lanes they can't but they blame you as if you're doing something to them, as if you're preventing them from doing what they're entitled to. The average person doesn't realize the world doesn't revolve around then, nobody outside their car knows them or cares about them.

People are idiots and the population would be a fraction of what it was if we let natural selection do its part

 

[97tbird]

I really was thinking of reporting the license plate number when they cut in front of me the last time...unfortunately they jumped back on to the right side lane, apparently not wanting to go the same direction as me, and realizing it/deciding against it at the last moment...
I guess I could have still given a good description of the car ...
next time, for sure.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: 97tbird

Then the mustang suddenly decides to get back to the slow lane, and I stay in left (fast) lane because my left turn (branch-off) is coming up soon.

The left lane is not the fast lane if it is going to branch-off in short distance, within a mile or so. There is nothing you can do now, just remember this is summer times and kids are running around doing stupid stubs, you're lucky for not getting into more serious problems such as accident.

 

[CROWNVIC4LIFE]

Originally Posted By: BobFout
Call the police/sheriff/highway patrol to report erratic, dangerous driving. Include license plate, description, direction of travel.


If I do that down here the FHP and local authorities would just laugh at you as every other car from downtown Miami to Fort Lauderdale is doing something really stupid...I could have called them at least 75 times today.

 

[CivicFan]

My advice to the OP:

take things like this easy. You should have stayed in the right lane and let the punks pass you.

 

[SaturnIonVue]

I think I would wonder what they were smoking! Teens and young adults sometimes don't demonstate good judgement, and alcohol or drugs don't help much either. Some are not mature enough to realize they don't have to show off for their friends either.

As said earlier, natural selection should be allowed to take its course.

 

[gathermewool]

If traffic was light, then there's no reason for this. I've traveled in the travel lane at just over the speed limit before and passed fast-lane-campers. I've seen people ride the butt (can I say butt?

) of fast-lane campers before. While I'll give a quick flash of my high beams to let the person know I intend to pass, I make a point not to ride that person's butt. I did that when I was younger and the general response was them matching the speed of the person next to them or braking checking out of spite. Usually, a quick double flash will illicit a lane change, and I wave as I pass.


That being said, I doubt they were worried about which lane he was in, but rather that they were goofing off or just plain reckless. Either way, it pays to just stick where you are; where you should be and let terrible drivers maneuver around you. Otherwise, you add confusion to their wrecklessness, which could prove fatal.

 

[Chris Meutsch]

Sounds like the Allstate commercial where two vehicles try to wreck you and make you pay for it.

As I say and heard from others: Good things happen to good people. You are a good person. Sarcasm against the statement above means those against you....well......deal with whatever comes to them.

 

[Blumurder]

Originally Posted By: CivicFan
My advice to the OP:

take things like this easy. You should have stayed in the right lane and let the punks pass you.
Good idea

 

[97tbird]

I only got to the left lane so i can take the left TURN! if I stayed in the right lane I would have gone in a completely different direction. I never got to the left lane otherwise, except when they were riding my bumper in the RIGHT lane.
I don't think the lane mattered to them at all.

 

[crinkles]

it's ancient history now. those punks don't even think about it for a split second after they left you , and you're distressed about it more than a day afterwards. it's over, you're ok. let it go.

 

[mechtech2]

Maybe the best practical solution is to take a picture [maybe video] with your cell phone [or pretend that you are] , making sure that they see you do so.
This should modify their behavior without getting police involved. But you have some evidence if necessary to go further.

 

[Herz]

Originally Posted By: CivicFan
My advice to the OP:

take things like this easy. You should have stayed in the right lane and let the punks pass you.


they tailgated him in the right lane. they had no intention of passing.

 

[oilboy123]

Sounds like even if you stayed in the perfect position they probably wanted to harass you.

They were probably bored and wanted to make drama out of nothing.