First, the CHL in this case was an idiot. To your point about road rage, I had a similar incident. We were in the RV and I "lightly" tapped the air horn on our RV when a car beside us came very close to a collision with our vehicle. As she pulled up near the front, she had both hands on her cell phone on the top center of her steering wheel, was apparently driving with her elbows and was all over the road, doing 60mph in heavy traffic all the time. The horn must have set her off because she started flipping me the bird, changing lanes in front of me and slamming on her brakes. I'll never understand why a person driving a sub-compact wants to pull those kind of stunts with something that is nearly the size of semi. I changed lanes several times, trying to get away from her but there was no way that I was going to out run her and there wasn't any place to exit. It was difficult enough trying to avoid a collision that I didn't even get a license number. We considered 911 but because of the traffic, decided that it probably won't helpBennies wrote:I experienced almost the same exact situation on woodlands parkway oneday. I was in the right lane and this guy pulls up about a foot or two from my bumper and hangs out although the left lane wAs empty. I gave a little tap on my brakes( and I do mean just a small tap not a slam) so the guy would give me at least a car lenght of space if not the proper following distance. The guy goes ballistic, speeds around me and infront, and then proceeds to slam on his brakes repeatedly. He gives me the bird and tries to slow me. I don't know if he was going to try and force me off the road or what his intentions where. This is where my story differs from the op. I was carrying and Wanted to avoid confrontation so I exited at grogans mill at the very last second where he could not have followed as he was infront of me. Scary. I should have called 911 and kick myself to this day for not doing so. People are nuts!
Our daughter is a police dispatcher. She reports that it is something less than 20% of the time that they have an LEO close enough to a cell phone reported road rage incident in motion to even try to do anything about it. She works in the Mid-Ciites so jurisdiction plays a part in whether they send units. It appears to me that the best and safest action is to get off at the first possible opportunity and stop, letting the LEOs come to me, assuming that the road rage person is still attempting to engage.