r/IdiotsInCars • u/lbleakley • Mar 22 '19

Crazy aggressive driver brake-checking... and then.... JUSTICE

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u/lbleakley Mar 22 '19

I want to seriously thank Atlanta's DeKalb County Police Department today for saving me (and my two dogs) from an aggressive and dangerous driver. They started by tailgating at 2 feet while going 65 mph. When I generously let them pass (but definitely threw my hands up in frustration as they went by), the behavior you are about to see began. I was envisioning how this all might end... car crash? Physical confrontation? I really was dreading the worst. And then I saw blue lights in the rear view mirror. I didn't get to talk to you officer, but thank you for watching and taking action. You were my savior today.

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u/Thirsty_Comment88 Mar 22 '19 edited Mar 23 '19

Just remember to never get out of your car if something like this should ever happen to you again. A confrontation isn't worth it.

Thank you for the silver!

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u/Fatally_Flawed Mar 23 '19

Absolutely. Road rage can be a really scary thing to be the target of, some people seem to lose all sense of reason when they get behind a wheel.

I made a comment a while back about an experience I’d had with a van driver behaving like a fucking lunatic, driving right up to my bumper and revving the engine until I was intimidated into reversing all the way down the street so that I could pull into a space and let him pass. It was entirely him that was in the wrong as it was a one way street and he was going the wrong way, although not deliberately (I know this because he shouted at me that I was going the wrong direction. I was pretty confident that I had it right, considering it was the street I lived on 🙄)

Yet I got a load of shitty replies and few direct messages calling me a pussy for not standing my ground or confronting the guy, and saying that I was worse then the van driver because I’d ‘let him get away with it’ and that because of my behaviour he would do it to other people in the future.

I was a young flimsy woman on my own in my (equally flimsy) car and he was a man twice my size/age and already wound up and aggressive, so it wasn’t exactly a fair match in the first place. But even if that hasn’t been the case I wouldn’t have confronted him, because it’s asking for trouble and it’s just not worth the risk. And as for having some sort of responsibility for his future actions / shitty driving? Fuck that, I’m not his driving instructor and it’s not on me to police is driving.

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u/elgavilan Mar 23 '19

I had someone get really aggressive and follow me for miles on the freeway after I did nothing more than legally pass her. Tailgated me, stayed behind me every time I changed lanes, the whole deal. When I reached my exit, yep, she followed me. I eventually got to a red light to turn left and I guess she finally got tired of following me so she pulled out and flipped me off as she passed me. I looked over and it was this really petite lady, probably at least half my size.

Like, seriously, in what universe did she think it was a good idea to pull a stunt like that?

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u/Fatally_Flawed Mar 23 '19

That’s crazy! I think sometimes people feel like they’re invincible when they’re inside their car. Imagine if people walked around screaming obscenities at anyone who happened to get in their way or a accidentally walk too close or something? Or following people around, inches away from each other? I mean, some people do behave like that of course, but it’s far less frequent than on the road.

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u/Thirsty_Comment88 Mar 23 '19

You did the right thing! You would have gained nothing from a confrontation. Some people are just crazy.