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I’ve had people road rage at me to the point where I wouldn’t have been surprised if a gun was aimed out the window. 6 months ago, I flashed my brights at this guy who was driving like a maniac and almost hitting the car in front of me... he started playing chicken with me and had his arm out the window motioning at me like ‘come here!’. I exited and got the hell out of there.

A long time ago (15 years maybe), I was on I5 in a parking lot due to accident at rush hour. A driver was freaking out behind a semi truck, road raging hard. The truxk driver got out of the truck, and made his way to the lockbox on the side. He pulled out a handgun and was seriously looking like he was qbout to blow the other driver’s head off, even aiming it yelling his head off. He changed his mind, locked the gun back up in th the lockbox, got back in, and resumed sitting in the standstill. The driver behind him was silent after that.
 

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I worry about this sometimes carrying a weapon. It's so easy to lose your shit behind some ****** doing 50 in the carpool lane. Twice tonight I turned my brights on b/c someone was trying to merge at 45 mph.

we REALLY need to up our standards for getting a license. this whole giving a license to anyone with a pulse thing is going to keep causing problems.
 

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In Redmond yesterday I entered a roundabout near Microsoft campus and apparently the other car coming from the other direction thought I should have waited for him to get through before I entered. I slowed down and let him go through and he laid on the horn. And I honked back.

He was ahead of me - and then he just stopped right in the middle of the street, holding up traffic - as if daring me to make the next move. I waited and he s l o w l y started moving again, then turned. I think this is how sometimes things go south - you get someone very angry and frustrated. It escalates because the other guy doesn't want to back down. And they have a gun and shoot on impulse. I don't think I'll honk back in anger again.
 

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I worry about this sometimes carrying a weapon. It's so easy to lose your shit behind some ****** doing 50 in the carpool lane. Twice tonight I turned my brights on b/c someone was trying to merge at 45 mph.

we REALLY need to up our standards for getting a license. this whole giving a license to anyone with a pulse thing is going to keep causing problems.
Heynow, aren't you the cat that just yesterday said people are great drivers?
 

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In Redmond yesterday I entered a roundabout near Microsoft campus and apparently the other car coming from the other direction thought I should have waited for him to get through before I entered. I slowed down and let him go through and he laid on the horn. And I honked back.

He was ahead of me - and then he just stopped right in the middle of the street, holding up traffic - as if daring me to make the next move. I waited and he s l o w l y started moving again, then turned. I think this is how sometimes things go south - you get someone very angry and frustrated. It escalates because the other guy doesn't want to back down. And they have a gun and shoot on impulse. I don't think I'll honk back in anger again.
I had a road rager in a beamer a couple months ago, late night in Redmond next to the Microsoft campus. I was chanfing lanes to get into a turn lane, he sped up to about 60 and tried running me off the road, nesrly sideswiping me, of course I honked sat him and that set him off. He starts driving on the wrong side of the road and swerving at me, then when he was in front of me he started slamming on his brakes wildly. I followed him for a few min to get his license plate number, called the police to report a possible drunk driver, then resumed working.
 

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I had a road rager in a beamer a couple months ago, late night in Redmond next to the Microsoft campus. I was chanfing lanes to get into a turn lane, he sped up to about 60 and tried running me off the road, nesrly sideswiping me, of course I honked sat him and that set him off. He starts driving on the wrong side of the road and swerving at me, then when he was in front of me he started slamming on his brakes wildly. I followed him for a few min to get his license plate number, called the police to report a possible drunk driver, then resumed working.
Mine was driving a beamer as well. But then, a lot of people drive beamers (and benz, etc.) on the east side.
 

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I seen this Midnight candy red Lambo lastnight... you cruising around 4 the ladies?
Yes to the Alcantera seats, but I was cruising IS 21 from Lowman to Idaho city at obscene speeds last evening with 22 of my best friends. Made the fellow in the Hellcat take up the rear due to his lack of sharp cornering ability.

You should go for a ride with us sometime, it'll scare the heck out of you.

Did get a ticket on my way out of Yellowstone doing 80 in a 65 on Friday morning, but the fine cop wrote me up for 9 over cuz he dug the car and my frank admission of guilt. I did know better because the beginning of the 100 deadliest days / start of a holiday week / near a National park ect...but was distracted by the beauty and lack of caffeine in my immediate surroundings. Still got the 400 miles done in 5 hours with breaks.

Thanks for asking.
 

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Yes to the Alcantera seats, but I was cruising IS 21 from Lowman to Idaho city at obscene speeds last evening with 22 of my best friends. Made the fellow in the Hellcat take up the rear due to his lack of sharp cornering ability.

You should go for a ride with us sometime, it'll scare the heck out of you.

Did get a ticket on my way out of Yellowstone doing 80 in a 65 on Friday morning, but the fine cop wrote me up for 9 over cuz he dug the car and my frank admission of guilt. I did know better because the beginning of the 100 deadliest days / start of a holiday week / near a National park ect...but was distracted by the beauty and lack of caffeine in my immediate surroundings. Still got the 400 miles done in 5 hours with breaks.

Thanks for asking.
sounds like a bunch of old rich people parading around... look at me, look at me
 
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