Road Rage Incident
Posted on August 24, 2007
Filed Under GENERAL
From News 13 in Central Florida, August 19, 2007: “A tip from a driver led to the arrest of a truck driver accused in a road rage incident in Volusia County. Troopers got a call Saturday that a semi driver had forced a car off Interstate 4 between DeLand and Daytona Beach. The caller said the semi drove recklessly to get in front of a car and then slammed on his brakes. The driver got out of the truck and approached the car, but the driver was able to drive off. Troopers caught the truck on Interstate 95 north of Daytona Beach and arrested the driver, Juan Garcia of New York. Florida Highway Patrol wanted to remind drivers that they can call *FHP if they witness any type of crime on the road.”
This article probably only tells half the story. Who knows what the four-wheeler did to set this guy off? That doesn’t change the fact that the truck driver got sent to jail. The moral of the story is: “Don’t engage in road rage hijinks”. Sometimes that’s tough, I know, speaking as a recovering road-rager. You’re minding your own business, and some clown starts riding your bumper, swerving past you, giving you the finger. Your first instinct is, ”!%#$%%# jerk, who the ^%@# does he think he is?” And pretty quick, you’re returning the one-finger salute. After all, nobody is going to give me the finger! John Wayne wouldn’t let somebody give him the finger.
It’s bad idea to engage in this type of behavior because pretty soon, he’ll be doing idiot things like slamming on the brakes ahead of you, or riding your bumper, or worse. And, if you are able to convince the jerk to pull over so you can discuss it, all those options are bad, too. 1) you get your ass kicked. Never a plus. 2) this guy is hopped up on meth or something, and he pulls a knife or gun. Going from bad to worse. 3) You kick his ass. While satisfying, this jerk is probably further down on the socio-economic foodchain than you are, and is likely to sue you, sic the cops on you, or both.
The question remains: ‘What would Chuck Norris do?” He wouldn’t even acknowledge the fool’s existence. So next time some idiot who doesn’t know how to drive pushes your buttons, relax and be like Chuck Norris.
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