tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post1612897897651902893..comments2024-01-26T01:49:56.783-06:00Comments on Lagniappe's Lair: Road-rage, the Liberal version.Murphy's Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-21911202037103434462017-03-20T03:55:38.191-05:002017-03-20T03:55:38.191-05:00What was the speed limit here?What was the speed limit here?fel123_2000https://www.blogger.com/profile/16398179674482393841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-34099515781892140122011-02-23T15:31:00.387-06:002011-02-23T15:31:00.387-06:00Driving home a winter ago, in my little scooty car...Driving home a winter ago, in my little scooty car, not the truck. Unexpected freezing rain. They let us out of the office a bit early if we wanted to use leave and I did.<br /><br />There's one long stretch of road that's a freeway that was going in a rural area, cutting between two other highways and then never got finished so it just ends in the middle of no where, T-ing off to a couple of small country roads, but it provides a good shortcut to the Range. There are usually few cars on it, four lanes and all.<br /><br />I'm driving, about 5 under, it's an ice rink. This car comes up behind me, on my bumper flashing the lights (remember the part about it's FOUR lanes). I just hold my position, but pull over just a little to the right to give him more room. He continues to ride my bumper. Finally he zips past waving the middle finger at me.<br /><br />I note the hopey changy bumper sticker on his clapped out car. Sure enough, about a hundred yards down, off he goes into the weeds. Do I drive past and wave? I do not, It's cold, it's isolated. I pull over and roll my window down. He looks VERY sheepish. I ask "are you hurt?" He sas, "no, thanks". I say "are there any little kids in the car?" He says "no, just me". I hold up my phone. "It's pretty isolated out here, probably an hour before the next car, do you have a phone? " He looks around, frantic, and says "Shit, no I left it at the office"<br /><br />I hold up my phone.<br /><br />"Sucks to be you".<br /><br />And drove off (though I did call the cops to let them know he was in the ditch).<br /><br />Car-Ma. It's a wonderful thing.Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-70897413171154127382011-02-16T18:07:50.365-06:002011-02-16T18:07:50.365-06:00Not at all. I don't pretend to be the world...Not at all. I don't pretend to be the world's most courteous driver. However I also don't deliberately drive slow in the passing lane and screw with damn near everyone on the highway by doing so. People who do that sort of thing are usually either talking on their phone or just doing it deliberately as some sort of power trip. Both of those call for a bit of correction and this person got a bit.<br /><br />But following me for almost five minutes, flashing and honking constantly? That's not normal or sane. Lucky for them it also wasn't annoying. I have ways of dealing with that that I chose not to implement. I also have a steel bumper and a trailer hitch that sits right about radiator-level of those little Toyotas.<br /><br />And the little fool is lucky that it was just nice old me ahead. Do that sort of thing to some people and all sorts of bad things can happen. You don't know who's in those other cars. Could be the Dali Lama, could be Charles Manson; you roll the dice when you start messing with people. And not to stereotype, but I'm thinking that anyone who basically drives around looking like a caricature of the modern-day liberal is probably not packing much heat.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-77546065969634113582011-02-16T17:39:38.876-06:002011-02-16T17:39:38.876-06:00This is basically the road rage equivalent of the ...This is basically the road rage equivalent of the bitter old man sitting on his porch yelling "you crazy kids get off my lawn."<br /><br />Don't you find it a bit hypocritical that showed that guy how to drive by driving badly yourself?NEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359866004589529509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-59453617573634149572011-02-16T15:23:03.973-06:002011-02-16T15:23:03.973-06:00If I had enough patience to read any liberal blogs...If I had enough patience to read any liberal blogs I'd have to be looking for the other end of that story. Bet he/she/it was just spewing broadmineded benevolence at you.Spikessibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586799040314152959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-3612986511783473942011-02-16T09:43:08.367-06:002011-02-16T09:43:08.367-06:00It most likely has its panties in a wad.Good for y...It most likely has its panties in a wad.Good for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-88515852901974959162011-02-15T21:30:24.718-06:002011-02-15T21:30:24.718-06:00Oh man, I feel your pain! Yesterday must've be...Oh man, I feel your pain! Yesterday must've been drive like a moron day or something.<br /><br />I posted the long version on my blog, but short version is that in the space of about 5 minutes, I was almost hit head on by an SUV driving in the center of the road, then flipped off by a bunch of kids who entered the crosswalk against the light and stopped walking right in front of my car.<br /><br />Don't you sometimes wish you owned a monster truck, or a HUMVEE with a .50-cal machine gun on the roof? I know I sure do.<br /><br />-RaptorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-54376447693487396302011-02-15T20:11:24.746-06:002011-02-15T20:11:24.746-06:00OH THAT is just too funny... eeep... eeep.... :-)...OH THAT is just too funny... eeep... eeep.... :-) I can 'feel' the hate from here...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-28060189005940774152011-02-15T13:43:15.391-06:002011-02-15T13:43:15.391-06:00Oh, that was rich! :):)
As for drivers who do as ...Oh, that was rich! :):)<br />As for drivers who do as you described, it should be legal to use the PIT maneuver on them, those inconsiderate dimwits..Just me...https://www.blogger.com/profile/03322529723502053371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-68725951892569848752011-02-15T13:41:44.053-06:002011-02-15T13:41:44.053-06:00I'd laugh out loud if this very thing doesn...I'd laugh out loud if this very thing doesn't tick me off so badly that I see purple. <br /><br />After your recon of the car, you were fairly safe in giving your "lesson" to the self-centered, androgynous, thoughtless jerk because he/she clearly wouldn't be carrying.<br /><br />Glad you could turn the whole situation into something that amused you on your commute!Moogie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665429537064900337noreply@blogger.com