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About 12 years ago I wrote down a guy’s license plate for driving recklessly. He was doing 75+ in a 45 and weaving in and out of lanes. Well I pulled up behind him after several cars were honking at him for almost hitting them and he saw me writing down his license plate number. When the light turned green I turned off because he was _______ me off (funny how they always flick you off). He must have turned around and was right on my bumper honking and yelling out of his window. I slowed down to let him hopefully keep going and he did not. He stopped behind me and started revving his engine. I them called the cops and drove slowly toward the local constable station. They said they were sending a car out but when he realized I was heading that way he turned around.

Needless to say the Constables ran his plate and found that he had a record. They told me it was for domestic battery. The police told me they were going to pay him a visit at his residence in Tomball and arrest him for reckless driving/endangerment and anything else that they could throw at him because not only myself but another person called in his license plate not 10 minutes before me. I don't know what happened to him and I never got his name but the officer took my statement and the constables took the other citizens statement as well. That’s the last I heard of it.

I was in my late teens when this happened. I should have been a little more discreet about taking down his license plate but back then I was cockier and didn't think of things like that. It worked out in the end but the guy followed me for 5 minutes before he turned around. The whole time I was on the phone with the dispatcher. Being only a teen it was scary to say the least! There were a lot of things I could have done differently but at no time was I aggressive in the situation. I will admit I was scared and young but it could have gone real bad. The constable told me that it was not the first time someone was followed for writing down a license plate. It just makes them even madder and violent.

Edit: Guess I can't say flick, sorry moderators. Let me rephrase that, he pointed his middle finger straight up in the air. I can't think of a more G rated way to say it then that.

Sad to hear, I had a high school punk in his daddy's newer Mustang tail gate me and honked his horn over and over like an idiot when I was doing 55mph in a 45mph about two months ago. He could have easily passed me with 300hp on a road that was not busy but decided to be a (put your own word in).

I just pulled over on the side of the road to let him pass and he stopped and flicked me off and laughed and said nice piece of poop (you know what he really said) and did a burn out and left. Needless to say I was pretty mad but I quickly remembered not to get emotional and just turned down another road and went another way home incase the kid decided to get out of his car and do something stupid if he caught a light and I caught up. I work with kids all day long so I know how they can just snap and do stupid things 100 times quicker then the average adult, just too many hormones and lack of experience.

The incident you described is another reason why I try to always keep calm when someone is road raging and get out of the situation ASAP. I try to make myself a pacifist unless someone is an immediate threat to my loved ones or me.

Scientists and NHTSA have done studies on road rage for years and if someone has a very aggressive personality or is a bully off the road they are more likely to have road rage. Some people just seem to forget that a car or truck is a 2,500- 6,000 pound weapon when road raging!

Glad no one was hurt and I hope the nephew has no legal problems from this. Just remember guys, get out of the situation ASAP when dealing with road rage! Leave your ego at home and remember you are the one with the gun and must remain calm, collective and make rational decisions.