Road Rage/Reckless Driver Incident

[grizzlyblake]

Weren't you a freaking cop? And now you're on a forum asking for advise on how to handle an aggressive driver? By maybe writing anonymous letters to his boss?

Dude................................

[Doc Safari]

Weren't you a freaking cop? And now you're on a forum asking for advise on how to handle an aggressive driver? By maybe writing anonymous letters to his boss?

Dude................................

I realize there probably isn't a law enforcement option after the fact. I was hoping there might be some civil remedy or something that's pretty underhanded but not illegal I could do.

I got a contractor to lose his contract with a home builder one time by reporting his shoddy work to the builder. It won't be the first time I've done something nasty to somebody but stayed within the law.

[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

Weren't you a freaking cop? And now you're on a forum asking for advise on how to handle an aggressive driver? By maybe writing anonymous letters to his boss?

Dude................................

Color me confused about the whole story.

Either report it, be a good witness, and try to snap some videos or pictures for evidence....

Or....

Get over it.

Somehow obtaining his personal info from his plate, then obtaining his work info, then writing an anonymous letter about how he didn't treat you nicely seems very creepy and weird. And illegal.

[Doc Safari]

Color me confused about the whole story.

Either report it, be a good witness, and try to snap some videos or pictures for evidence....

Or....

Get over it.

Somehow obtaining his personal info from his plate, then obtaining his work info, then writing an anonymous letter about how he didn't treat you nicely seems very creepy and weird. And illegal.

Well, I'm not out to break the law in any way, shape, or form.

My anger has long past over this. The thought crossed my mind he might have been a convict from years back that recognized me from when I worked corrections, but that was nearly 20 years ago and I'm pretty sure I didn't piss anybody off to that extent.

I just hate to see someone like that continue to possess a driver's license. I modified my thread title--thinking about it further it's probably more reckless driving than road rage. It looks to me like he decided to "race" me or something stupid and I took it as him trying to run me off the road. I was hoping there might be some way I hadn't thought of to get him to have a little bit of a godsmack and not do stupid shit like that and maybe kill somebody.

But the first person who said it is probably right: Karma will catch up with that individual, but who ends up dead due to his driving in the process?

That's my only concern at this point.

I've been driving down the street on occasion where I reported drunk drivers and followed them a few blocks. In neither case did a cop show up to pull them over. This area is just too rural for anybody to respond that quickly.

I just hope I'm not driving in that same area in a few months and I see that same truck having caused an accident.

Anyway thanks for the replies. I realize the guy probably won't have any consequences for his horrible driving.

I'm letting it go.

[TomMcC]

This past Saturday some idiot pretty much tried to run me off the road on one of those streets that changes from two lanes to one. I did get the guy's license plate number, but I realize the cops pretty much would blow it off since he never actually hit my vehicle or anything.

My main concern is that this jerk probably does this kind of thing all the time. Is there any way to get back at him within the law just so he learns a lesson?

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[Doc Safari]

You should go talk to somebody we both supposedly know to see if it's your job to teach someone a lesson.

If you're referring to that Jewish Carpenter Fella you're undoubtedly right, but dang it I hate being the one that never takes a stand or does nothing.

That guy could have killed me or, on a different day, someone else.

[TomMcC]

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[FromMyColdDeadHand]

BUT.. as a commercial truck driver, it more annoys me when the lanes merge to one and I'm signalling for over a mile and not one asshole will let me in.

What I hate is when I'm closing at +20 to a couple of semis out in the middle of nowhere on I-70 and the rear one decides to try to pass NOW- and I spend 5 min as they pass the other truck at 1-2mph takeover speed. Almost lost my mind last summer on I-80 in WY when there was on/off construction down to one lane and two trucks decided not to let anyone pass when it went up to two lanes- for the next 20 miles till the next construction... People . who say that you need to be trained how to torture someone weren't in the car with me that day when I came up with some pretty nasty things to do to that driver.

[Doc Safari]

There's a nearby town where it seems like half the streets are under construction. Two lane streets that suddenly become one lane are the worst. The line of cars in the open lane might be miles long, but people will rush up to where they can't go any further in the closed lane, and then try to cut in line in front of cars in the open lane. That really pisses me off to no end. I'll go out of my way to avoid those streets.

[jmp45]

What I hate is when I'm closing at +20 to a couple of semis out in the middle of nowhere on I-70 and the rear one decides to try to pass NOW- and I spend 5 min as they pass the other truck at 1-2mph takeover speed. Almost lost my mind last summer on I-80 in WY when there was on/off construction down to one lane and two trucks decided not to let anyone pass when it went up to two lanes- for the next 20 miles till the next construction... People . who say that you need to be trained how to torture someone weren't in the car with me that day when I came up with some pretty nasty things to do to that driver.

You sure that wasn't Ohio? Common for drivers here to watch you coming up to pass in their rear view mirror then pull out to cut you off.