Spit and Run

[JohnBoyNC]

Diesel truck owners are the worse.......

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[JohnD]

So yesterday on my way home from work, this assbag in his lifted redneck F250 with baja lights all over it pulls up next to me with my windows down and starts flooring it to spew black shitty diesel smoke out all over me.

I see this and speed up enough to avoid it, flip the bird and get over another lane.

He proceeds to hop a curb, pass two cars, get next to me, and spits on my hood. Then immediately floors it, spewing more shitty smoke, and weaves in and out of 5 cars and on the shoulder to get away.

Was I going to chase him down? Not at all. I could give two shits about getting even or fighting the guy. Was I mad as hell? You betcha. Would have loved nothing more than to see him roll his truck and then walk away (no morbid wishing death on anyone)

No pictures or anything, went home and cleaned it off and now I have a clean spot on my hood which makes the rest of the car look dirty.

No real point to posting this other than to vent. Karma is a bitch for that guy...

Is it wrong to wish death on a peckerhead like that? As George Costanza said, I'm kind of confused on that.

 

[BmacIL]

Is it wrong to wish death on a peckerhead like that? As George Costanza said, I'm kind of confused on that.

Kinda? I don't wish for death for people like that, but you won't see me feeling bad for them, either.

People like that are why I often want to daily drive what a good friend and I termed the "Thunder Chicken".

90's Thunderbird with 1/4" steel plate all around the car, cop push bars and a cage. 5.4 V8 under the hood, maybe something bigger. Either way, you go wherever you want with that car and don't give a s*it about stuff on the road. You want to cut me off to merge? You might have to hit me. My armored car doesn't care.

 

[Chameleon]

What a prick!

Damn, necro got me!

 

[Kong76]

had a couple manchilds do this to me when I was in my Jeep with the top off.

 

[kert]

The BroDozer and Bro driver..... 99% of the time involves serious little guy / penis syndrome that needs a, ummm, "tune up"..... You handled it a lot nicer than myself, haha. Kudos.

Where are the truck nuts?

 

[DarkestHour]

I have a small penis but you'll never catch me in a lifted truck.

 

[saf1]

I've learned a long time ago to just ignore people when they road rage at you or do something to prove a point or start trouble. Witnessed first hand a road rage when a car accidently cut someone off. Guy who did the cutting actually appeared to apologize and go about his business.

Fella who he cut off wouldn't have it. Followed him, rode his rear, honked, etc. Anyway car pulls into a gas station to get gas, road raging guy followed and parked in front of him. Got out, had a knife in his hand and started to move towards the fella. Guy in car says buddy, you need to back off. Guy got closer. Guy in car got out, drew a weapon, then badge, and told person to get on ground. Guy didn't do it. Across the parking log was a armored car. That driver gets out, sees guy pointing gun at road rager, but doesn't see badge. You see this starting to escalate, right?

Anyway - the guy who accidently cut off the person was a cop heading home after a 12 hour shift. Didn't mean to cut the guy off. Guy raged, followed, drew a weapon not knowing anything about the person. Armored guy driver drew, then holstered rather quickly once the cop flashed badge. Guy ended up complying with the cops orders, on ground, face down, cuffed, and once other cops got there tried to apologize, say it was a misunderstanding, etc. Now faced with a felony charge and damn lucky he didn't get shot.

Yes, he did have a knife. Saw it all first hand. After that I never every flip people off, road rage, anything. No idea who that person is or what frame of mind they are in. It is a old thread, I didn't know it at first since I'm new here. Anyway - it is crappy when people don't respect other peoples items or stuff they take pride in like a lot of you do here with your cars.

 

[Norm Peterson]

Kinda? I don't wish for death for people like that, but you won't see me feeling bad for them, either.

I think proper karma for people like that would be for their diesel to spit a couple of rods out the side of the block. Immediate mechanical death OK . . . youbetcha.

I'd find a way to let them know that the unexpected conclusion of the rolling coal show was hilarious.


Norm

 

[goldengooner]

I think proper karma for people like that would be for their diesel to spit a couple of rods out the side of the block. Immediate mechanical death OK . . . youbetcha.

I'd find a way to let them know that the unexpected conclusion of the rolling coal show was hilarious.


Norm

Don't you find that with front and rear dashcams that a lot of this stuff has stopped?

 

[JohnD]

Kinda? I don't wish for death for people like that, but you won't see me feeling bad for them, either.

People like that are why I often want to daily drive what a good friend and I termed the "Thunder Chicken".

90's Thunderbird with 1/4" steel plate all around the car, cop push bars and a cage. 5.4 V8 under the hood, maybe something bigger. Either way, you go wherever you want with that car and don't give a s*it about stuff on the road. You want to cut me off to merge? You might have to hit me. My armored car doesn't care.

I always wish I was driving my old ice racer. It's got 1.75" roll cage tube completely surrounding the body right under the skin, and it extends into the very outer edges of the 4 corners of the car. There's lots of contact in ice racing, you need this to survive. It dishes it out as good as it takes it, as people with less sturdily equipped cars who hit me first find out the hard way.

 

[Norm Peterson]

Don't you find that with front and rear dashcams that a lot of this stuff has stopped?

Around here, it's too sporadic to notice any consistent trend developing.

Then again, I try to avoid being near trucks and SUVs in general, just for the difficulty in being able to see what's happening on the road and in traffic that's ahead of them. I'm not at all comfortable using only the brake lights of another vehicle as my only cue to slow down. Particularly AT vehicles, whose drivers commonly touch the brake pedal with little or no deceleration happening - can't tell when their need to be on the brake pedal is actually a serious one or if it's only that they don't know what else to do with their foot in that particular situation.


Norm

 

[tsunami]

The Equalizer...

And don't forget that a lot of people carry a gun. Someone who is already road raging may be ready to go even further to prove their 'masculinity'!

 

[Spartanator]

Anytime I see a diesel coming my windows go up. Adaptive Cruise control really starts to show the dummies as well. Feel free to use the shoulder and blow by me, if you do I'm doing the same to you and then I'm on my brakes.

 

[TomcatDriver]

Applying Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity", alternately "Don't assume bad intentions over neglect and misunderstanding."

This whole thread started with the assumption that diesel smoke was intentionally spewed towards the open window resulting in the OP speeding up and "flipping the bird" at the truck. So, who exactly started this whole confrontation?

I think it is a fair to say the vast, vast majority of road rage incidents are the result of people attributing hostility and malice to what is really carelessness or inattention. Perhaps this is more common today with the apparent increase in narcissism. The narcissist is much more likely to believe an act was targeted at THEM (because they are important) than a random or inadvertent act. After all, a poorly tuned diesel truck ALWAYS spews black smoke. You are not special.

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