Thought I would share this with you all and see what you think.
I was coming home from a friends about 3 weeks ago driving in the slow lane doing probably just under 65. I'm in the slow lane 'cause my exit is coming up and as I look in my rearview a honda accord is coming up fast behind me. As he slows down behind me and starts tailgating me he starts honking his horn. I think ok he probably wants to get past me. Keep in mind this is on I-5 north and it's about 5 lanes wide on a sunday no traffic. The only reason I don't get over and let him pass immediately is becuase there is a big tourbus on the side and behind me. Roughly at my 7:30. I accelerate to allow myself and the car behind me to clear the bus and when they clear the bus and pass me it's two big "homies" mad dogging me and shouting. As they pass on my left. I didn't want to stare directly at them and antagonize them more but I didn't want to take my eyes off the fuckers either. You never know. As we both got off on the same exit I passed them as the exit splits in two. I went left and they stayed in the right exit. Wow.
I'm curious what you guys think. I think the best thing in this situation is just defensive driving. But suppose they pull a gun and are intent on "bussin' a cap in my ass"? Hit the brakes? Pull over and run into the woods? lol I don't know. Luckily the freeway was wide open so I could have manuevered if I needed to. Last time I had an incident like this was in bumper-to-bumper in LA on a saturday night some guy got out of his car and kicked my driver side door. When we turned and looked at him his eyes got a little bigger, I guess he was expecting the volvo wagon to be filled with emo's. I threw it in park and me and my friend, who's not exactly the nicest looking fellow, got out and asked him what his problem was. Apparently he didn't have one. We talked about it afterwards and realized that we didn't make the smartest move. He could have shot us dead for all we knew. I didn't handle that one as smart as I did this one so I guess I've improved. I swear, for some reason these idiots always find me even though I'm a super calm driver. Anywho...
I was coming home from a friends about 3 weeks ago driving in the slow lane doing probably just under 65. I'm in the slow lane 'cause my exit is coming up and as I look in my rearview a honda accord is coming up fast behind me. As he slows down behind me and starts tailgating me he starts honking his horn. I think ok he probably wants to get past me. Keep in mind this is on I-5 north and it's about 5 lanes wide on a sunday no traffic. The only reason I don't get over and let him pass immediately is becuase there is a big tourbus on the side and behind me. Roughly at my 7:30. I accelerate to allow myself and the car behind me to clear the bus and when they clear the bus and pass me it's two big "homies" mad dogging me and shouting. As they pass on my left. I didn't want to stare directly at them and antagonize them more but I didn't want to take my eyes off the fuckers either. You never know. As we both got off on the same exit I passed them as the exit splits in two. I went left and they stayed in the right exit. Wow.
I'm curious what you guys think. I think the best thing in this situation is just defensive driving. But suppose they pull a gun and are intent on "bussin' a cap in my ass"? Hit the brakes? Pull over and run into the woods? lol I don't know. Luckily the freeway was wide open so I could have manuevered if I needed to. Last time I had an incident like this was in bumper-to-bumper in LA on a saturday night some guy got out of his car and kicked my driver side door. When we turned and looked at him his eyes got a little bigger, I guess he was expecting the volvo wagon to be filled with emo's. I threw it in park and me and my friend, who's not exactly the nicest looking fellow, got out and asked him what his problem was. Apparently he didn't have one. We talked about it afterwards and realized that we didn't make the smartest move. He could have shot us dead for all we knew. I didn't handle that one as smart as I did this one so I guess I've improved. I swear, for some reason these idiots always find me even though I'm a super calm driver. Anywho...