Idiot driver makes his Company look bad
 

So had an interesting experience in traffic today on 466 continuing onto s/b 27. This male white idiot driver was tailgating this car on 466. Anytime he got more than Few feet off the bumper of this car he sped up and got way too close to it.
Then as I passed him he gave me the stink eye like I did something. We both end up turning s/b on 27 with him tailgating me now. Then as I make a left turn, he had to swerve to the right because he was soo close to me now and then he proceeded to Flip me off like I was wrong for wanting to turn. Not a good look or this business ~ Morgan’s Whole 9 yards. I would definitely NOT hire this company based on this guys action and behavior

So? You know that we want to know. Lots of companies want to know about employees driving. They would rather find out here than through a law suit.

The fact that he was "white" added so much more to the interesting experience you had.

Hmmmmmmmm

And a "HE". Idiots come in all colors, sexs, sizes and ages.

I had an interesting experience many years ago up north driving to work on ice-covered roads. The maximum speed I could travel without losing control was 30 MPH. A guy pulled in back of me from a side street and decided to tailgate me. There was no way to go faster without losing control, so I lightly tapped my brake to flash my taillights. He must have discovered that there was no traction on the road because a minute later, I could see his headlights pointed at a crazy angle way in the back of me.

Just imagine the totally different responses that post would get if he stated "black":1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

If they had mentioned age it would have been a trifecta.

True, but stereotypes exist for a reason.

I had a very similar experience when I was sixteen. Ice covered roads out in the middle of nowhere, 5:30 am so still pitch black, I'm in an old 2 wheel drive pickup with worn out tires. Aggressive driver catches me from behind and gets so close I can't see much of his vehicle over the tailgate. I tap my brakes just enough to light the brake lights. In my rear view mirror all I can see is headlights, darkness, headlights, darkness as he spins 360s then off into the ditch. I didn't go back to help.

I had an interesting event. Traveling home on a residential portion of a highway and approached a vehicle waiting to make a left turn. The intersection had a right turn lane but I noticed a police car off to right, so I did the right thing and stopped and waited. A truck came racing up behind me and was going to use the right turn lane to pass us when the car in front of me turned so I proceeded. The truck was going too fast and ran out of space and ended up in the ditch ahead of us, with the police there right away...

Proud of yourself????

Any idea if the victim was alive or dead? Brain dead? (no pun intended). Transferred to a level 1 trauma center? Did he have a family? Will the rest of us be supporting him for life on SSDI?

Good job, not.

That wouldn't be politically correct!

So you performed an unnecessary action intending to startle and disrupt the driver behind you. That action was effective and caused a crash and may have caused injuries (you don't know, you didn't go back to help). You are proud enough of that behavior that you are on here bragging about it. Interesting.

Why mention "white" sounds racist to me.

Some insight from an idiot friend of mine. He’s driving back from golf with me on these windy hilly two land tennessee roads and is terribly tailgating the pick up in front of us. I ask if he always drives like this. He replies, I’m trying to make him go faster.

The truck was going under the posted limit but he apparently was looking for his turn. Still, back off, be curtious, what’s the rush. The life you save may be your own and the auto damage you may cause may also be your own.

You know all 'white' people drive alike! Smh

Correct. Not only that---how often can you make a slug go faster by tailgating? More often they'll get nervous and do something even worse than driving slowly. Most of the time they're oblivious to their rear-view mirror anyway, and for some reason shocked when someone passes them, even though they get passed frequently every time they drive.

Well, in Boston anyway :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Cold case TN style!
Those are the stories you tell to trusted sources, Leroy ;)

Yes. That other person endangered my life, screw them.

It was the Midwest, the ditches are flat and wide. I don't care if he was hurt or not, entirely his doing.

I wouldn't say I was proud, more like indifferent. I think he was already braindead based on his driving on dangerous roads. Endangering my life and anyone else unlucky enough to be going to work that early.

All evidence to the contrary

LRS really showing his/her true colors.

Wow.

Yep, that makes it all OK :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Please don't EVER drive anywhere near me

Exactly…. But the story is not about colors. I hate tailgating people .

Then don't tailgate them :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

I think you're correct.

I reread the thread, my posts and the critical replies thinking I may have misspoke or could have been misinterpreted. Thinking back to the incident and 55ish years later and I'd do the exact same thing if it happened today.

So if that shows my true colors, so be it.

55 years to grow up but would still use the same poor judgement. Peter Pan syndrome?????

I remember winter driving back in Minnesota (seems like a long time ago). But any other Minnesotan, especially if he/she drives around Minneapolis - St. Paul and the surrounding suburbs, will know instantly what I mean when I say that it takes at least two good snowstorms for the "stupid" to wear off. There've been innumerable times when, on icy or snowy freeways, I'd have some cowboy pass me like his tail was on fire, only to find him a couple of miles ahead spun out in the median, or with a highway patrol having him pulled over.

You might break the rules of the road and get by with it for awhile, but eventually the laws of physics will get you.

Bait To boost responses

You come to the 617 with a four wheeler....you’re in the major leagues Doc! Not for the feeble or faint of heart! :1rotfl:

I deal with tailgaters by just getting slower and slower.
I even got below the speed limit on one occasion.

At least your honest and not walking it back like many do here when challenged.

I was ok with your story, initially, because ‘55’ yrs ago....16yr olds were considered juveniles in this country (legally speaking). There’s a reason why they seal juvenile records so as to not damage their future as adults (obvious exceptions). But fast forward ‘55 yrs’ and you’re still doubling down on the incident and your actions. The ‘critical replies’ you’re receiving seem warranted given your responses to each and every one of them. I enjoy your posts/stories on here Leroy...this one is not one of them. But that’s on me!

or overweight:sing:

Sorry it took so long to reply, I was driving and had to look up peter syndrome so I'd know if I should be offended. No dice.

Deliberately brake checking is illegal. If it causes an accident, it's a felony.
Deliberately driving below the speed limit - with no rational reason other than to annoy other drivers - is also illegal.
Being involved in an accident you caused, even if you are damage free, and then leaving the scene, is a felony.

Why do people think they are immune from the law by trying to rationalize their illegal actions.

I have immunity because my dad was very influential, I never had to grow up.

This just gets better and better as the hole gets deeper and deeper :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: