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Ericstac wrote:^^ some would say you instigated it by laying on the horn when it was really uncalled for. His actions were done so there was no need to alert him with a long annoying honk.

One night one a single lane country road I had this driver in front of me out of no where pull off the road in a hurry and slammed his breaks.. I was in shock and slowly went around seeing if he needed aid. As I passed he got back on the road and began tailgating hard and I ignored him just making a bankable comment to my wife. Then he proceeded to fly by me and cut me off and do the whole slamming of breaks thing in front of me so I passed him. He tailgates more so I pulled into a turn lane when I approached one and he rols by then slams on his breaks. At this point I was now in the mood so I took off and cut him off perpendicular so he couldn't move again except in reverse and I reached down to unbuckle so I could rush to this mans aid and realized my three kids were in the backseat. I lrealized at that point I'm endangering my family stupid and backed up and drove off the other direction and he waited then left.

I was shot at as a teenager for in a similar situation but but kids we got out and ran towards the car slamming the breaks in front of us and boy was that a mistake and it stays in my head every time something like this happens. It's best to just remove yourself from the situation even though you really feel like ramming this person.

Perhaps 'laid on the horn' is interpreted differently in my neck of the woods. Long, not really, and if you pull into my lane and run me into a car, what would you tell someone to do? Sit back and let it happen? It wasn't really over, and I, in no way, instigated anything. The OP was 'what would you do', and I answered what I did. I am not looking for blame. And it perturbs me that you would say I instigated anything, when someone else broke the law. I am the first one to admit my mistakes and correct my errors; however, I have no fault in this matter. And I would go to the police department/file a complaint again, just as I did before if the same thing were to happen. And unlike your situation, I did not engage after he ran me off the road, and I never had the emotional 'mood' to lower myself to his level. Cooler heads prevailed in my situation, without incident. And I will take credit for that.

TBM

I had an act of road rage against me about a year or so ago. Some idiot turned from the left lane of a double left turn (I was next to him in the right lane of the double left turn) into the far right lane in front of me and nearly ran me into a car that was waiting to exit the corner gas station. This is a very common occurrence at this particular intersection. I laid on the horn, and the idiot driver, for whatever reason, didn't realize he was wrong and decided he needed to take it out on me. He got in front of me as we got going, proceeded to slam on his brakes and parked his truck in the middle of the lane (this is a 3 lane highway with a speed limit of 45). I moved to the center and barely bypassed him. I drove immediately to the police station, which just happened to be on the way to where I was going, and filed a complaint with his license plate. However, this intersection is where 3 cities meet, and I went to the wrong station. So I called Ft. Worth PD when I got home, filed another complaint, and the PD got in touch with me. The officer went to the guy's registered address, and issued the driver a citation. Evidently, this idiot has a habit of doing stuff like this, and has a criminal record that reflects some of these angry characteristics. Of course, this is all on the word of the LEO, but I have no reason to doubt what he said he did.

BTW, I have a commercial driver's license, have driven a school bus, and I am a very calm, attentive driver. I didn't make a mistake that day - the idiot driver did.

TBM