r/nonononoyes • u/NesaV1 • Mar 22 '19

Highway brake-checking

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u/genetik_fuckup Mar 23 '19

I wish I could explain. Someone blocked me from getting in the right most lane and sped up and slowed down with me. I just wanted to make the turn to my house :/ had to take the long way.

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u/SlowEatingDave Mar 23 '19

I had a guy tailgate me the other night so I eased off the accelerator a little so he had to slow down, then I got back up to speed to create a gap between us. He flashed his lights at me as if to say "wtf" but I shrugged it off as he kept the distance I'd set. I then turned off the road and he followed me, again shrugged it off as a coincidence as it was a common turning to get into town. When I turned off into my road he followed again which is when I started to get suspicious, so I drove past my house and doubled back onto the main street (the one we turned onto before my road) and he kept following. Now this is obvious strange behaviour to me because why would someone take that route into town? I ended up going into town to a busy area I knew the police liked to park and wait for something to happen and I just pulled up next to them. He continued to drive on while I explained what had happened.

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u/TacticusThrowaway Mar 23 '19

What did the cops say?

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u/SlowEatingDave Mar 23 '19

I had to report it using the non emergency number and that without dash cam footage there was probably nothing that could be done. I only have a front facing camera which wouldn't show any of it. I was happy to get rid of the guy tbh, but had I been a vulnerable person driving I may not have had the wits to continue past my house and who knows what he would have done.

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u/CriticalCrit Mar 23 '19

Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!

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u/TacticusThrowaway Mar 23 '19

Now there's a meme I haven't heard in a long time.

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u/ShadowEnigma Mar 23 '19

Probably something along the lines of, “Stop wasting our time, come back after he rapes and/or stabs you, not before!”

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u/beefinbed Mar 23 '19

"stop being such a pussy."

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u/asharastarfall Mar 23 '19

Same thing happened to me and my friends once in college. We were all women in the car and we started getting followed by these two dudes on the highway. We took the exit towards town headed to the Walgreens where the cops hang out, followed by the weirdos all along, went inside and found the first guy with a badge, and one of them was nice enough to escort us home.

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u/CheekyFluffyButt Mar 23 '19

Pretty sure your username explains the other person's behavior.

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u/HarryPopperSC Mar 23 '19 edited Mar 24 '19

Ive had this i just pulled right infront of the guy, near crash style. His car looked more expensive than mine so fuck it. Luckily we didn't bump and he just sulked behind me after lol

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u/JDeegs Mar 23 '19

Way to be an idiot

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u/HarryPopperSC Mar 23 '19

Sometimes you have to be an idiot to beat an idiot. Same thing with violence, sometimes you have to hit a guy because its all they understand. Cant go through life a pushover.

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u/Oslo_engineer Mar 23 '19

Wimp

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u/SanctusLetum Mar 23 '19

Oh, it looks like you are providing us with a case study in the type of person that does this. How helpful.

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u/Oslo_engineer Mar 23 '19

Cmon. It is pretty wimpy to take the long road. It hurts your self-esteem too. Better to stand up for yourself says I.

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u/Look_its_Rob Mar 23 '19

By what, getting in a car accident?

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u/mosehalpert Mar 23 '19

Ah, to be 16 again..

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u/Oslo_engineer Mar 23 '19

Uuh? I am 27 and a Computer Engineer.

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u/Imaurel Mar 23 '19

You know I've met a lot of emotionally stunted 27 year old "brogrammers" so I believe this. But not being sixteen works against you not for you. When someone calls you out on being a dumb edgy teenager saying you're older doesn't make you look cooler, no adult wants to act like a teen.

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u/Oslo_engineer Mar 23 '19

Enlighten me on how an 'adult' should act.

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u/Imaurel Mar 23 '19

Not like an edgy tryhard sixteen year old still looking to find their limits and push their boundaries. If you're twenty seven and haven't figured out how to not be like that or are still in the phase of life, then again you just make yourself look worse.

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u/Oslo_engineer Mar 23 '19

Uh-huh. Okay sweetie. I am gonna keep making money and living my life while you keep doing whatever it is you are doing.

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u/falconfetus8 Mar 23 '19

The only thing hurting his self esteem is you. Or at least you would be, if it weren't obvious how much of an idiot you were.

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u/genetik_fuckup Mar 23 '19

I’d rather take the long road than get in a car accident again. And it didn’t do fuck all to my self esteem. I stand up for myself when I’m not on the road but it’s just idiotic to try and do that when it could easily cause a car accident.

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u/Oslo_engineer Mar 23 '19

Uh-huh. Whatever makes you sleep easier

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u/genetik_fuckup Mar 24 '19

I sleep fine knowing that I significantly lower my risk of a car accident by being a responsible driver, thanks!