Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Road rage

AJS and I saw this crazy car accident this weekend. Luckily, nobody was hurt, but everyone involved needs their heads checked.

So, I notice a car tailgaiting me and when I can, I pull into the right lane. This red truck whizzes past me, closely followed by a white Lexus SUV. When there was a small opening, the Lexus swerves into the right lane, hits the gas, then oh-so-tightly! swerves back into the left lane to cut off the red truck! I swear, there was only a few inches in between them.

From there, the red truck stays on the Lexus, just inches away, when the Lexus makes a crazy right turn --from the LEFT lane-- to exit onto a side street. Too late and enraged, the red truck tries to follow the Lexus (for retribution?) and loses control.

The red truck does a 180 to land rearward into a copse of bushes and small trees. The Lexus got the F out of there.

And so did we. Yikes!

5 comments:

  1. Yikes! is right. That's more excitement than I need from driving. But is it road rage or road idiocy? Plenty of both to go around.

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  2. Geez, there are some psychos out there. I'm glad Red Truck didn't find a reason to go all kamikaze on you guys. You never know what's going through a person's head.

    I checked out your photos over on NaBloPoMo...man, you've got some cute kids.

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  3. On top of all that, this was in a 35 MPH zone, and I was already going 40. They were probably speeding at 50 or more. CRAZY.

    And thanks OTC!! It's a good thing they're so cute, KWIM? The things those kids put us through sometimes...

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  4. Holy cow! That's insane. Utter nutters.

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  5. what is WRONG with people??? i nearly lost it on I270, though the GW Pkwy is like taking your life in your hands, too -- you've got tourists who obey the 40 MPH signs combined with the people going 70 -- it's SO UGLY. rats in a maze, i tell ya. they're rats in a maze.

    just glad you're ok.

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