The_Busy_Mom wrote: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
I would be very surprised if they issued a citation for something they did not witness.