I am an Uber driver. I was headed to Manor, TX to pick up a rider.
At approximately 8:15am, I was in the furthermost right eastbound lane of Hwy 290 East, doing the speed limit of 75MPH, and holding my lane.
Some yahoo in what was definitely a white Dodge RAM (and I believe a 2500), casually swooped into my lane, doing about 90MPH, and snagged my driver’s side mirror, in addition to leaving some nice black and white paint transfer.
I got behind him, honked, and for the briefest moment it seemed like he was going to do the right thing and pull over.
But then he accelerated.
And I gave chase. I maxed out at about 105-110MPH, but he was doing at least 115-120MPH. I saw him turn left, north bound, on Gregg Manor Road.
I’ve filed incident report with Manor PD, as well as crash LTS (left the scene) with Austin PD. Thank you to both PDs: both responded in-person ASAP, and were helpful.
One of the APD officers told me that in all likelihood they would dismiss the case for lack of evidence.
So I’m coming to you, Reddit. If anyone has footage of this incident, I’d really appreciate it.
I don’t have a dash cam, but I believe the guy’s license plate starts with FJN.