The Jackass in the Tiny-Penis Truck.

[Bertha Venation]

On the way home from work tonight, I got into the right-hand side of a very long two-lane left-hand turn lane. (Got that?) No one was ahead of me. The green arrow was green and I wanted to make it so I didn't slow down much. The traffic going through the intersection was stopped at the red light.

As I'm headed for the green arrow, a guy in one of those gigantor US-made pick-up trucks -- Ford, I think this one was -- decided he wanted to turn left instead of go straight, so he started pulling into the turn lane right in front of me. I was far enough back, didn't have to swerve, but I did have to move over, and I honked & flashed my brights. He kept coming! So I moved over more to get out of his way -- I wasn't even near his bumper yet -- and honked again. He honked at ME and jerked the wheel to the left to try to hit me! I honked again, got safely past him, and turned left at the arrow. Now he's behind me.

The fool turns his brights on in my rear-view. And tailgaited me. We got to the next red light, and he pulled as close as he could behind me without hitting me -- and actually pulled a little to the left to be sure his left hi-beam was right in my side mirror. I had already twisted my rear-view so his lights couldn't bother me. I have manual side mirrors so I rolled the window down and very deliberately & slowly reached my arm all the way out, then brought it back in and adjusted the mirror so his light wasn't blinding me. Then I waved behind me. I could hear him screaming at me but couldn't make out what he said.

The NANOSECOND the light turned green, he leaned on his horn. I just went through the light as I naturally would. I'd gotten out my pen to write down his tag no. when I had a chance. I never got the chance, though. He turned into a driveway as soon as we cleared the intersection. The driveway of the liquor store. :eyes:

I've been :tinfoilhat:ting about my bumper sticker since I put it on last week, and especially after the fabulous goings-on in San Francisco. I was praying this guy wasn't armed. Turns out I was only impeding his preordained entitlement to get smashed.

[Mass_Liberal]

1. oooooo

It's because you are gay.... Didn't get that until the end.


What an asshole.


My friend's dad deals with road rage by screaming "I LOVE YOU!!!!" at anyone who swears at him. Try it. :yourock:

[Catshrink]

2. I'm so glad you didn't get hurt!

That road rage stuff can be so frightening! A couple weeks ago something similar happened to me. When I honked at the idiot, she through a coke bottle out her window at my car -- and flipped me the bird. Then she careened down the road, passing in a no passing zone and then running a red light. I called 911 and reported her. I pulled off the road until a cop came to take a statement -- which is wise because I was shaking so badly.

The cop had already ran her plates and the state troopers were trying to locate her on the freeway to give her a warning. The cop was actually cool and helped me calm down.

Damn idiots!

At least we're safe, eh? I wonder if my "DefeatW" plate enraged her? Kind of sounds like a freeper response.

[Bertha Venation]

8. I mostly just get dirty looks from freepers.

Besides the horns, tailgaiting & one bird I've gotten in the last week, mostly it's just dirty looks. First rager I've had out here. I'd've been scared if he hadn't turned off into the driveway.

[maveric]

3. You see alot of that type down here in San Diego.

I know guys that drive those compensationmobiles and most of them are self-centered, racist, homophobic assholes. I flip those dickheads off and let them follow me home or into the driveway of a police or sheriffs station. You'd be surprised that most of that type of shithead back down and run when you stand up to them.

[Bertha Venation]

7. I'd skip my driveway and go to the state troopers' barracks on 301.

Lots and lots and lots of NRA-ers out here. I've heard MD isn't really a gun-friendly state, but one wouldn't know it for all the gun racks & NRA stickers -- and we're within earshot of a shooting range. I'm willing to stand up to anyone if I know he's not armed, but if he is -- he wins. Hands down. I don't give a fuck about appearing cowardly.

LOL "compensationmobiles."

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

13. Maryland is pretty backward once you get out of

Montgomery, Baltimore or PG counties.

Lots of people do not know this, but the Maryland state assembly in 1861 was going to vote for joining the Confederacy, and would have, except Abe suspended the writ of Habeus Corpus and had them all arrested in the middle of the night before the vote.

Would have been a slightly different war with DC surrounded, no?

[Bertha Venation]

24. yeah, just slightly different

I didn't know that. Still don't know much about my adopted state. I'm gonna have to find a good history book about the Old Line State. I already know about their fabulous song, "Maryland My Maryland" -- ah, those were the good old days, with the servants out in the tobacco. . .

No, PG's not backwards -- just scary.

[SWPAdem]

56. that's cause you're down in southern md

lots more "country" folk down that way, as well as in Western Md and Carroll County....hell, if it wasn't for Bawlmer, Montgomery County and Northern PG County, we'd be living in a red state.

FYI...when confronted by Freepers, go postal. They scare easily, even if you're an unarmed 4'11" female...especially if you can spray spit when you're yelling.

[youngred]

4. Got into an altercation with a hummer today

trying to cross the street, Hummer is the first vehicle stopped. I give him a disdainful look but refrained from my normal flipping off. The guy gassed and braked 3 inches from me. So I pounded on his hood and left a nice dent on his Penis-projector

[nini]

5. You should've got his plates and had him arrested for assault

you don't have to be physically harmed for an assault charge. If you were afraid in any way that's all it takes.

most people don't realize that and it's harder to prove, but dickwads like that need to be put in there place.

glad you're ok.

[Bertha Venation]

10. Didn't have the chance -- it was dark,

and I'm sure he did the brights partly so I couldn't see his front plate in the rear-view, and he never passed me. :shrug: But you know I'll be wary of large white new US-made trucks around here for a while.

[4morewars]

6. Why are there more horse's asses...

than horses ????

(It' a rhetorical question)

[jean]

9. scary stuff - I was hoping you were going to say when you reached out

and ever so slowly readjusted the side mirror, that you angled it perfectly so that his high beam reflected back into his beady eyes.

[Bertha Venation]

12. I wish!

That would've been fun. No, I think it pissed him off most of all when I waved back at him -- the way you would when a car lets you merge in heavy traffic.

Be nice to 'em -- pisses 'em off even more.

[T Bone]

19. Its hard to know if you have it zeroed in on them when you try to aim

a mirror with an idiots' lights in it back on him. So just flash it all around behind you, totally distracting and annoying him.

Another tactic for tailgaters is to start running your windshield washer, it all sprays back---empty the entire reservoir on him. Of course since he thinks his truck is a penis you might be encouraging other wishful thinking on his part.

[LastKnight]

11. anyone who pulls that shit on me gets BRAKECHECKED!

ill do it in front of semis if they deserve it im sure i wont get killed. they end up with following too close and the blame for the accident. which also includes your repair costs... i havent gotten in any accidents yet... thankfully i dont have to do it that much around where i live, people are pretty laid back drivers. although if i had a democratic bumper sticker it would probably be different... cause im in most possibly the most conservative state there is (south dakota) so im too afraid to put any sort of liberal sticker on my car.

-LK

[Bertha Venation]

17. I do that if I'm sure I won't get hit --

but this guy would've hit me, and hard, and I was sure I would've been hurt.

[LastKnight]

28. probably for the best that you didnt in that case...

i hope everything worked out fine then?

-LK

[Bertha Venation]

33. Yes. I've calmed, and he didn't follow me.

I'm okay. Thanks, Knight. :hug:

[camero]

25. Not a bright thing to do with semis

Unless you like to get run over. Semis don't have the stopping power of cars.

[LastKnight]

26. notice the exception...

'if im sure i wont die'

which... kinda means not being hit... so...

-LK

[camero]

29. then leave 500ft

That's about how much room it takes. Sorry it was my pet peeve when I was trucking. Too many boneheads thought I could stop like a car. The jake usually woke them up so to speak.

[LastKnight]

30. i KNOW they cant stop like a car...

its simple physics...

just that, when somone whos road ragin' pisses me off, i like to mess with em a bit. brakechecking isnt necessacarily comeing to a complete stop... its just standing on your brake for 1-3 seconds depending on how much your willing to push it. its ment to scare people into backing off, nothing more, im not promoting intentional car wrecks by any means. i may drive a small car but im not going to let myself be pushed around on the roads by anyone, period.

-LK

[camero]

35. I know how it works

I did it alot myself. I also knew what I was in so I had to be alot more careful.

[LastKnight]

36. well, ive done it before...

and im still here... so i must not be pushing the enevlope too bad... it gets people to back off though... so im not too concearned about brakechecking people if they diserve it.

-LK

[camero]

37. For now. Just be careful

You may run into one of those who aren't scared of a brake check. Alot of dingbat truckers are out there too unfortunately.

[LastKnight]

40. usuially the truckers i come across...

are the calm ones on the road... its the soccer mom in the suv im more worried about freaking out and tailgating me... most truckers i see/meet dont care less about people who cut them off, weave in and out of traffic, ect... its the soccer mom or dad on the cell phone driving the suburban or durango or whatever that freak me out... some of them are just plain psycho.

peace

-LK

[camero]

51. I agree

It's the cell phone wackos who are the most dangerous. Though I've seen alot of the luxury car drivers like that too. You're right about the SUV and soccer moms.

Alot of the times we are the calmest ones. I think that's alot of the reason why we have the lowest life expectancy of any occupation.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. That is really very scary. I am glad it didn't turn out worse, but really

wish there was something that could be done. It is really disappointing to have to realize there are idiots like this in the world.


:hug: Laura

[Bertha Venation]

20. I'm okay, Laura.

:hug: I was shaky for a while, but I'm fine. :evilgrin:

[Catshrink]

21. Happy Birthday, MrsGrumpy!!

[Bertha Venation]

27. Ack! Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday, Laura!

[ScreamingMeemie]

60. Thanks you guys, but my birthday is in June.

:o I'm a dyed in the wool Gemini. But it is nice to receive the wishes...so I think I'll keep them. :loveya:

[JVS]

15. You know how some people put big speakers in their cars?

I'd love to poot a couple of really bright lights in the headreasts of my backseat so that I could blind the assholes behind me.

[fishnfla]

16. Catching a green arrow aint worth it, IMO

road rage is stupid

[NightTrain]

18. Yep.

Probably needed to get drunk to deal with all the anger he felt at liberals after his daily dosage of right-wing talk radio.

[Capn Sunshine]

22. I know this

but I can't remember what your bumper sticker actually says.

But heads up for all the freaks these days ; they don't all drive big ass trucks. Someof the worst homophobes out there are in minivans.

[Bertha Venation]

31. heh heh . . . check my sig line, Cap'n

:hi:

[camero]

23. Another thing I liked about MD

They have two tags so you can get the tag number either way.

[HEyHEY]

32. Sorry, had I known it was you.....

I can't believe the shit you have to go through down there.

[Bertha Venation]

34. Is there no road rage in Canada, dear?

Really? I can't imagine. When Bush I talked about a kinder, gentler nation, he must've been talking about Canada. <wistful sigh>

[HEyHEY]

38. I mean being hassled for your bumper sticker

[Bertha Venation]

42. Ah, yes.

Sweetie, Mrs. V. and I have discussed emigrating many times, but we are both so terribly afflicted, both physically and emotionally, by darkness and cold weather that I don't think we'd do well so far north.

But it's nice to know there's a haven if it gets unbearable for us.

[HEyHEY]

43. Dude, move to Vancouver or the okanagan

Winters there are pretty mild, not like this god-forsaken icebox I currently reside in.

[Bertha Venation]

44. I'm ignorant.

The Okanagan? Where is it?

We've considered Vancouver. It's where we'll go if we have to bolt.

And where is your god-forsaken icebox? Saskatchewan? (sp?)

[HEyHEY]

45. The okanagan

Is in South Central BC. ABout four hours from Vancouver. It is the furthermost northern tip of the mojave desert. THere are amazing towns beautiful scenery and all the arts, food, and other amentities of a major city. The cities range in size from 120,000 to 25,000.

[Bertha Venation]

48. ooh, sounds right up our alley!

Thanks!

Holy shit, I'd better go to bed!

'night all!

[HEyHEY]

49. here's a pic

[Bertha Venation]

59. I don't think my ass will fit on that little purple ridey thingy

or on the slide for that matter. And I'd probably break the innertube swing. ;)

But the background is fantastically beautiful!

Thanks for the photo, HEyHEY.

[camero]

39. Just on Hwy 2

:)

[HEyHEY]

41. Well, I'm fairly certain Ironflange accounts for most of it

;-)

[camero]

46. lol

I forgot what they called that in Calgary. Deerfoot Trail?

[HEyHEY]

50. yellow head highway?

As a Vancouverite I won't lower myself to visit calgary. ;-)

[camero]

53. I thought that was Hwy 16?

The Yellowhead Trail. I know Calgary can be hicksville. :)

[bubblesby2002]

47. Hey Bertha glad you're okay -

there are ass***e drivers everywhere aren't there? Even in sleepy little Victoria. I wish someone would invent a side view mirror that would automatically move to reflect headlights back into the asshole's eyes behind. Nobody ever gets their headlights calibrated anymore.

[alwynsw]

52. Bertha, I'm appalled at you

There you were, taking his space and probably breathing his air, yet you still expect courtesy? What were you thinking?

Don't you know that the road was his? He paid for every inch of it himself.

Go to bed, you naughty girl. No left turns for a week.

[Catherine Vincent]

54. LOL! Sounds like something two guys would do.

I'll bet others were watching you two, laughing their asses off.:-)

[Bertha Venation]

58. Yeah, it might be funny to others, if I were also a male asshole with

too much testosterone, who was also acting like a prick.

I am a woman and was NOT also raging, catgirl.

:eyes:

[Droopy]

55. That guy was an asshole

But don't go thinking that all people that drive a large vehicle are like that. My dad has a big Ford pick-up and he's a courteous driver.
Nice guy, too. I drive a semi part-time and I'm always sure to do my job courteously and professionaly. We aren't all pricks.

As a matter of fact I've run across my share of rude or dangerous drivers who were driving compact cars.

[argyl]

57. Did this guy have Texas tags on his truck?We've got a shitload

of these assholes down here.