Road Rage/Reckless Driver Incident

Forget it and move on.

To Doc - sometimes people do dumb/distracted things, it may not have been deliberate on his part. If it was deliberate, rest assured Karma will catch up with him.

My philosophy has become "If I dwell on an incident on the road, then the other driver wins." It's better to enjoy looking at interesting cars, pretty birds or girls, or whatever than to let some idiot or a-hole ruin my drive.

I do try to dive very defensively, but courteously. Maybe letting the person ahead of me merge is the nicest thing anyone has done for them in a long time. Maybe not, but it's no skin off my nose...

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Originally Posted by FromMyColdDeadHand

While we are here. What do you guys think about 'zippering' . I thought I was taught, and I was definitely told, to get into the lane going through early- even if that lane is backed up and the other lane clear. Now it seems the taught way is to use two lanes until the merge point? Thinking about it, the merge at the actual physical merge makes sense. It should be the fairest if you go left-right-left-right lane when in stop and go traffic. Lots of times the merge traffic starts before you know what is going on because there haven't been signs yet. Plus, when you have a light ahead of the merge, using both lanes allows more people through during the light, which can then bleed off during a red light and traffic is stopped at the light.

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What I do when a lane merges for accident or construction to stop those zippers is weave and try to block both lanes to force them to get in line when getting close to the merge.

OP, nothing you can do, let it go.

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Originally Posted by AndyLate

To Doc - sometimes people do dumb/distracted things, it may not have been deliberate on his part. If it was deliberate, rest assured Karma will catch up with him.
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He deliberately sped up when I had nowhere to go. I know nobody was there, but he came from definitely behind me to almost pushing me into a steel rail. There's no way that was not deliberate. What I thought about doing was using his license number to find out where he works, then writing a nice, long anonymous letter to his boss relating the incident. At the very least it would give him pause.

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Originally Posted by Doc Safari

He deliberately sped up when I had nowhere to go. I know nobody was there, but he came from definitely behind me to almost pushing me into a steel rail. There's no way that was not deliberate. What I thought about doing was using his license number to find out where he works, then writing a nice, long anonymous letter to his boss relating the incident. At the very least it would give him pause.

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Well, I would call it in with the license number, that wouldn't hurt. I had an idiot do something similar getting on the freeway, he locked it up in front of me, very erratic driver. He traveled to my exit ramp, I called it in and police intercepted and stopped the guy.

We now have to cams in the car, front and rear. Always on, these cams capture licenses great up to about 30 ft, decent quality for cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076GYGVY5

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bb38t1l8c6...oav.jpeg?raw=1

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Originally Posted by jmp45

What I do when a lane merges for accident or construction to stop those zippers is weave and try to block both lanes to force them to get in line when getting close to the merge.

OP, nothing you can do, let it go.

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If you are not a cop, thats pretty messed up.
Signs here say “use both lanes to merge point” so thats what you should do.
Only cops should be controlling traffic. Ive seen trucks try to block people like that and it caused unessesary backups.

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Originally Posted by jmp45

Well, I would call it in with the license number, that wouldn't hurt. I had an idiot do something similar getting on the freeway, he locked it up in front of me, very erratic driver. He traveled to my exit ramp, I called it in and police intercepted and stopped the guy.

We now have to cams in the car, front and rear. Always on, these cams capture licenses great up to about 30 yds, decent quality for cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076GYGVY5

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bb38t1l8c6...oav.jpeg?raw=1

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That I can understand doing and as I mentioned earlier about knowing what an aggravation last second passers are in merge areas are, but actually reporting that and the failure to use a turn signal thing got my curiosity up. W
How does that result in getting pulled over? I can't imagine outside of some place operated like the Dukes of Hazzard where that would result in a ticket that would even remotely stick.

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Originally Posted by FromMyColdDeadHand

Californians, high on weed, or just dumb. Here is CO I've given up on expecting anything out of other drivers. We don't have the speed freaks that seem to populate FL highways, but Jesus are there a lot of non-hackers out there not paying attention while driving.

Considering the number of millennials that don't want to drive- image their lack of interest in knowing the finer points of correctly driving.

While we are here. What do you guys think about 'zippering' . I thought I was taught, and I was definitely told, to get into the lane going through early- even if that lane is backed up and the other lane clear. Now it seems the taught way is to use two lanes until the merge point? Thinking about it, the merge at the actual physical merge makes sense. It should be the fairest if you go left-right-left-right lane when in stop and go traffic. Lots of times the merge traffic starts before you know what is going on because there haven't been signs yet. Plus, when you have a light ahead of the merge, using both lanes allows more people through during the light, which can then bleed off during a red light and traffic is stopped at the light.

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You absolutely should use the lane until the point of merging, otherwise shit gets so backed up no-one moves! It's also CO law to use the lane until the point of merging.

At the merge point it should be one from this lane and then one from that lane back and forth. Things would move so much quicker if everyone knew this and acted accordingly.

Same thing with 4 way stops- no one knows what to do anymore! It's infuriating!!! FFS people!

And folks think a license to drive somehow makes one a better, safer and/or more capable driver...HA!

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Originally Posted by Doc Safari

He deliberately sped up when I had nowhere to go. I know nobody was there, but he came from definitely behind me to almost pushing me into a steel rail. There's no way that was not deliberate. What I thought about doing was using his license number to find out where he works, then writing a nice, long anonymous letter to his boss relating the incident. At the very least it would give him pause.

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While that is a dick move on his part, I have to ask if you’re familiar with the operation of your brake pedal or accelerator pedal? Almost sounds like the answer is no.

So the foot pedals in the driver side footwell have individual functions, and they are adjustable. Typically the input on each of them from your foot, will produce a similar adjustment to vehicle speed. Here’s a basic run down:

The pedal on the right is for acceleration, pushing on it with your foot results in the engine increasing RPM’s and will make you gain speed. So it’s really useful if you want to pass on a two lane road, merge on a highway etc. It helps if you have a powerful engine at your command through this pedal. The more powerful the engine the more useful the right side pedal is at preventing other drivers from pulling dick moves during merging situations, or making you an impediment to faster moving traffic. Generally when passing or merging going fast (within reason) is not a bad idea if the road ahead is clear.

The pedal on the right controls your brakes. Pushing down on it will slow the vehicle down, proportionately to effort on the pedal. So if for example you find yourself too slow when merging you can push on it and make room for faster traffic. If you’re unable to go quickly, then push this pedal when getting passed or merging to let others in the lane next to you get around safely.

Like I said: No one on this forum was there. I had to slam on the brakes to avoid being an ornament on a guard rail or attached to his front fender.