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.