road rage...my first experience tonite..

[Kneale Brownson]

Maybe he was one of those Canadians you outran some time back :~)


At 02:54 PM 02/10/2001 -0500, Alexander van Gerbig wrote:

>     A few months ago I was driving down to campus when I ran into a random
>road rage incident.  Somebody pulled out of a side street in a Prelude VTEC
>in front of me.  Nothing happened, no one hit anyone, no honking, no
>flashing lights, no tailgating.  About a 1/4 miles down the road he started
>to slow dramatically, then he  pulls over.  I stopped besides him to see if
>he needed directions or anything of that sort.  He rolls down his window,
>and I mine, then starts screaming, fu, ffuuu, ffuuck yooo, what the fuck are
>you doing, flipping the bird with his short stubby fingers and just
>screaming his head off.  Then he slams on the gas and peels out.  He goes
>about 20 yards and slams on the brakes.  I pull next to him and just stare
>in awe, I had no idea what I did that pissed him off so much.  He starts
>swearing again, spitting, yelling some incoherent gibberish.  He reached
>down beside himself and at that point I slammed on the gas to get out of
>there as quickly as possible.  I have no idea what he was reaching for, but
>I knew I needed to get out of that situation.  He didn't give chase, thank
>god.  I was just so confused as to why he was so angry at me, that is why I
>sort of froze.  The best thing to do have done was just leave, but I
>couldn't, my mouth was on the floor.  Ever since then I've carried my
>breaker bar in the back seat, hope I never have to use it.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Alexander van Gerbig -- '88 80
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