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Good story RedJake and Lasereth. I have been in a few similar situations before. The problem is, sometimes, my temper gets the best of me before reason does. Especially when someone puts my life in jeopardy because they drive like a fucking asshat! Both times I had a confrontation, I did give the fiunger but it was a knee-jerk reaction to them doing something really stupid on the road that caused me to swerve and almost wreck.
The last time this happened was about 1 1/2 years ago. I was getting off the freeway, turning left at a light to enter a two lane road. Some guy in the truck behind me decided I was going too slow so before I could even get on the road when the light turned green, he peeled out to the side of me, jams in front of me, then cuts me off. First, it was 6am and no traffic on the road so there was really no need to be driving that fast. Second, I wasn't hindering him in any way. So, my finger flips up after he cut me off and I can see that he notices from the eyes in the rear view mirror. I can see that this pisses him off because he suddenly becomes more erratic.
Anyway, not to threadjack.....
He waits for me to turn into a shopping center then follows me in and slams on the brakes next to me. I knew it was on and I am not the type that is afraid of someone's idle threats. He comes at me saying "What the fuck is your problem asshole?!?" I asked in a calm way if that made him feel like a "real" man to drive like that. He said he was going to kick my ass and I told him that after he throws his first punch, I will press charges for assault, then I would promptly beat the shit out of him. I asked him if that would make him feel like a man too. He backed off and drove away.
Granted I would never recommend my tactics, but sometimes my temper gets a hold of a situation before my ability to reason does.
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