Wow.. what a way to start off my first RANT.. this one is a doosie. Tailgating.. why do people find it necessary to do this? I'm not talking about what you do before a sporting event either..
I'm talking about the nail biting situation when you are traveling over 60mph on a crowded highway and some jerk-off in a big, honkin SUV comes barreling down your lane and latches on to your rear like a baby monkey.
This morning at approx 7:30am.. I'm doing my usual commute down the PA Turnpike and there is a steady stream of cars for at least a mile or two. I am leaving approx 1-2 car lengths between me and the guy in front of me.. and in front of him is about 15 other cars all doing about the same.
I look into my rear-view and I see this gas guzzling SUV getting cozy in my trunk. All I can see is the grill and the head lights.. I sped up a little just so I can see the driver's nose hairs.. THAT is how close this guy was.
Of course he is on his cell phone and he's swerveing back and forth like he's had a few too many RedBull and Vodkas for breakfast. At first.. I was ready to give him a mulligan, due to the fact that he was trying to multi-task. Who am I to fault a guy for being on his cell phone while driving? Hell, I have been guilty of sending Blackberry messages while driving.. BUT NOT while trying to inspect a tail-pipe at the same time.
So I tried my usual tactics to get him to back off.. tap the brakes.. overly exaggerate calling him out in the mirror.. nuttin ! This guy was on cloud nine.. so I finally found a break in the other lane and I jumped over.. I tried to stare him down when he drove past..but he was oblivious.. smiling away .. like he was listening to a good joke..
The guy just kept on going.. smelling bumpers as he weaved in and out of traffic until I lost sight of him.
What the hell gets into people like that? How do you handle those kinds of things?
I KNOW im not the only road rage candidate out there.. I'll tell you another funny story about one of my wife's run ins with a tailgaiter later.. but right now.. I wanna hear what YOU have to say.
I'm talking about the nail biting situation when you are traveling over 60mph on a crowded highway and some jerk-off in a big, honkin SUV comes barreling down your lane and latches on to your rear like a baby monkey.
This morning at approx 7:30am.. I'm doing my usual commute down the PA Turnpike and there is a steady stream of cars for at least a mile or two. I am leaving approx 1-2 car lengths between me and the guy in front of me.. and in front of him is about 15 other cars all doing about the same.
I look into my rear-view and I see this gas guzzling SUV getting cozy in my trunk. All I can see is the grill and the head lights.. I sped up a little just so I can see the driver's nose hairs.. THAT is how close this guy was.
Of course he is on his cell phone and he's swerveing back and forth like he's had a few too many RedBull and Vodkas for breakfast. At first.. I was ready to give him a mulligan, due to the fact that he was trying to multi-task. Who am I to fault a guy for being on his cell phone while driving? Hell, I have been guilty of sending Blackberry messages while driving.. BUT NOT while trying to inspect a tail-pipe at the same time.
So I tried my usual tactics to get him to back off.. tap the brakes.. overly exaggerate calling him out in the mirror.. nuttin ! This guy was on cloud nine.. so I finally found a break in the other lane and I jumped over.. I tried to stare him down when he drove past..but he was oblivious.. smiling away .. like he was listening to a good joke..
The guy just kept on going.. smelling bumpers as he weaved in and out of traffic until I lost sight of him.
What the hell gets into people like that? How do you handle those kinds of things?
I KNOW im not the only road rage candidate out there.. I'll tell you another funny story about one of my wife's run ins with a tailgaiter later.. but right now.. I wanna hear what YOU have to say.
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Someone that I know avowed to mount a cannon on the back of his vehichle that fired "horse cocky" balls at the offending tailgaters.
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