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Posted by Turby on August 30, 2008, 10:50 pm
wrote:
>Driving my daughter to an event (in our car), apparently I and a
>M'cycle changed to the middle lane at the same time. My bad as the
>lane I was in happened to be an exit lane though the sign suggesting
>that was covered, but another one near the exit wasn't. It's a
>construction zone and things change on a daily basis. I was actually
>driving slower than most traffic speeding thru the zone. I saw him
>behind me in the left lane a bit earlier. I would've been on a bike as
>well but my daughter is afraid and I won't push her. I'm sure the
>circumstances gave us both reasons to do what we did, but the upshot
>was he beeped me to show his displeasure (i can understand that), then
>he passed me on the right, lifted up his shirt to show me a holstered
>hand gun. Lotsa thoughts went thru my mind, but I didn't really feel
>threatened. Just really pissed off. I did have to make a quick lane
>shift, and did signal, but I can understand his distress, not his
>action therafter. Had I seen his plate I would have phoned it in. I
>465, west side, Indianapolis.
What makes it a really stupid move on his part, is that he passed you.
Now you were looking at his back, and if you really were a malevolent
bastard, as he thought you were, you might have pulled out your own
piece and had him in your sights.
There _are_ psychopaths on the loose. (The one who ran me down on
purpose is still behind bars, thankfully.) Best to turn the other
cheek in situations like that.
--
Turby the Turbosurfer
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