American drivers!!

[GreenMtns]

Exactly..............

Driving home last night in the right lane I came up on some slower moving traffic and moved left between two cars till I cleared them, then went to move over again - I have to mention here that when I do this I always speed way up so as not to slow down oncoming faster traffic in the left lane, then slow down again after I move over - and the fellow I pulled in front of took great exception to my manuver, even tho he wasn't close to me. Once traffic cleared to my right I went to pull over but he jumped in there ahead of me, then when he got alongside me he turned right into me! I swerved and hit the horn and he missed me, then he just drove on by. A little further up the road I found myself behind him again and he brake checked me - hard!

This kind of stuff really torques my shorts - it's just not necessary.........

Thats a perfect example of road rage. It is something we CDL drivers face everyday multiple times. The larger the vehicle your driving the quicker it seems that drivers will loose it when you are near them. The best thing to do in this case is to ignore them. Any response to their actions may well push them over the edge. It is hard sometimes not to react but it is necessary.

In this case patience is your best friend.

Al

 

[czechsonofagun]

I'm frequently in the left lane (passing) and commonly exceeding the posted limit . If someone approaches from behind, they are obviously in a greater hurry than I am and I always move right and let them by. I just think that is courtesy. Why others don't think so baffles me.

Right thing to do. Also letting him go makes one excellent cop cleaner

 

[czechsonofagun]

Got my Car and Driver magazine yesterday and there is a story about Buckeye in the sky - Ohio airplane trooper. He says the most dangerous activity is not speed, but following too close or moving lane to lane to lane again to go around cars. Empty passing lane makes road safer - to some extent.

 

[turnkey4099]

Thats a perfect example of road rage. It is something we CDL drivers face everyday multiple times. The larger the vehicle your driving the quicker it seems that drivers will loose it when you are near them. The best thing to do in this case is to ignore them. Any response to their actions may well push them over the edge. It is hard sometimes not to react but it is necessary.

In this case patience is your best friend.

Al

Road ragers are becoming more and more common. They are also getting caught more by stealth squad cars. Penalties are going up also. We have a local guy sitting in prison for murder, not manslaughter, for running over a woman in a road rage incident and I saw recently another one is headed down the same route elsewhere.

Harry K

 

[milkman]

It is something we CDL drivers face everyday multiple times. Al

You said it right only day, after day, after day, after day, after day, and after it happens for the fifteenth time in a row, in the same day, you begin to understand why cars cost so much to idiot proof them.