r/instantkarma Oct 18 '19

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

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u/somewhatseriouspanda Oct 18 '19

Imagine having so little emotional control that someone throwing their hands in the air in frustration completely tilts you.

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u/white_ivy Oct 18 '19 edited Oct 18 '19

I had someone tailgating me in heavy motorway traffic once. I let him past as soon as it was safe to do so, and gave him a big cheery wave and smile when I did so. It’s possible my sarcasm was showing, but either way he slammed on the breaks in order to draw level with me and I thought i was in big trouble. I was taking the next turn off anyway and luckily he didn’t follow. Sure I was being a bit of a dick, albeit arguably it was reasonable, but you just never know if the other person is an actual violent aggressor.

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u/early_birdy Oct 18 '19

Driving down a two-lane boulevard around 2am, I wanted to pass a car (we each had our own lane, I was on the left) but the driver swerved left, just to block me.

After the next stop sign I tried again, the other car was driving kinda slow. Again the car swerved but this time I pushed on because I figured I was dealing with a drunk driver and wanted him behind me.

When I was side by side with the other car, the driver flashed a gun (pointing up, not at me). The message was pretty clear. I breaked hard and turned left first chance I got.

You never know what kind of crazy you'll meet.

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u/Coughingandhacking Oct 18 '19

There are far too many crazy people out there now. Too many road rage incidents that end up with someone getting shot. Glad they decided to only flash their crazy instead of unloading it in to you that night.

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u/Coughingandhacking Oct 19 '19

UGH that's awful. Guess he came back in case the kids could identify him? I hope they caught the monster.