A lot of the time I drive to my hometown to visit family and friends. This past weekend I took a trip to Muskogee, Oklahoma for one of my childhood friend's bachelorette party. The drive to Muskogee is approximately 2 and half hours. I usually choose to take the turnpike for the trip.
I have Toyota Corrolla, which is not the biggest car on the road. And...yes officer, I do my best to follow the speed limit. As we all know there are times when we have to pass another vehicle on the road and in that case you sometimes have to go a little over the limit.
On this trip I was in the process of passing semi with a group of other vehicles in front of me. Meaning: I was in a line of people passing the semi. A giant white truck, going way too fast, came right up behind me almost running into me. There was no way I could even think about speeding up to get him off my butt because of all the cars in front of me. As soon as I was able to pass the semi, I switched lanes as soon as I could. While I was switching lanes the white truck speed past me almost running into the side of my car all while showing me his pretty middle finger.
So I have a question(s). Why? Why is there a need to bully other cars on the road? What is the accomplishment? I understand people being in a rush but I do not understand why someone would risk causing a wreck to get where they need to be.
In a majority of my cases dealing with road bullies, it seems to be a lot of trucks doing the bullying. (If you drive a truck and don't bully then I am proud of you.) There may be just the same amount of cars that do the bullying but trucks always seem to make the situation more terrifying.
It seems that people are too concerned with getting where they are going that they do not consider be courteous to other drivers on the road. When I see someone tailgating me I always think, "Maybe I should just slam on my breaks right now and that will show them." Although that would not be the ideal situation it sometimes seems to be worth it.
Maybe someday these bullies will get what is coming to them but right now all we can do is make sure we drive with caution and think of others' safety.
To all of you bullies:
I think my strategy for dealing with them is the best: brake check!
ReplyDeleteI hate it when people think that their time is more important than anyone else on the road. I find myself being the bully to the bullies, purposefully driving the same speed limit as the car next to me so the impatient speeder gets even more mad being stuck behind me. I always get a good laugh.
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