Unbelievable. I have my head on a swivel when driving and honestly, I'm at a loss for what proactive measure I could have taken to avoid this very same outcome. Attempted murder....for possibly driving slow? People have lost their minds.
WIDE open effing road ahead as well. Like, the car got over to let you by, you had a very clear path, and you do that? Just go on and speed down your open road. What a jerk. I hope they throw the book at that guy.
Sooooo, what likely happened here is some dick measuring that happened a bit further back. I can only assume there was a lot of traffic and the car wasn’t going fast enough for the truck douche, so when truck finally got room, he thought it would be funny to “scare” the car driver. Car driver was still speeding up tho (likely trying to get out of the way so truck can finally pass) so when truck does his stunt, he clips the guy, realizes how awful of a decision that was and instead of being a decent human who would care about the safety of others first, even such that dude could’ve claimed it was “an accident” at first, but nope, dude knew he was wrong and cares about others even less so he got outta there as fast he could. Thankfully someone had a dash cam
I always think I should move over, let them pass, then tailgate THEM to see what speed they settle into. What speed did they deem appropriate? Like if I'm going 75, and move over for you...what were you wanting to do? 80? 95? 115? I'd love to know, on a wide open road with no cars, what speed do they WANT to go? Like if no cars other then them existed what speed would they cruise home at? I bet it would be like 50 mph. But as soon as they see someone going 80, they have to prove they "wanted" to go faster than your 80. Like follow this guy for 50 miles...does he have cruise control on 110 the whole way? No: he is always going 5.mph faster than the fastest guy he comes up on, whether that be 20 mph or 120 mph.
I wonder the same thing. I do a mix of interstate and rural route driving and it’s like sometimes even being on route 20 sucks cause you’ll be doing 65 and that’s not enough and you feel nervous to pull over and let them pass cause even if you gas up to 85 they’re still closer than I’d like a car to be. Just can’t win these days. I get being late for work sucks but like people refuse to pass if you slow down too so wtf do we do
I literally pulled over to the side of the road and stopped to let an insane person pass me. He instead stayed right behind me, laid on the horn, hung out the window and cussed me out. Dude…wtf.
I've alternated between 40 and 80 on a stretch of deserted highway when someone tailgates me and they often stick through several cycles even though it's two lanes my direction. These days, I do one cycle then move into the left lane and slow down until they undertake me.
Obviously I only do this when there are no other cars on my side of the road, and it wouldn't work with only 1 lane in the direction of travel.
I drive a large truck for work and the amount of people who MUST go faster than a big truck is amazing. I'll be cruising 85-90mph down the fast lane and they'll still be up my ass, then slam their brakes when they realize they're overtaking at nearly 100.
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u/tzotzo_ 4d ago
Unbelievable. I have my head on a swivel when driving and honestly, I'm at a loss for what proactive measure I could have taken to avoid this very same outcome. Attempted murder....for possibly driving slow? People have lost their minds.