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Need4Camaro · 09-26-2021, 04:57 PM

This irritated the hell out of me last night.

I was in my Prius on the freeway and of course there was someone in the left lane holding up traffic. I was in the left lane behind the car that was behind the left lane hogger. There was a Pickup truck in the center lane and his nose was at about my rear bumper so I sped up to overtake him to pass on the right as I had waited behind the left lane hogger for a considerable amount of time and they made 0 effort to move over or speed up. Well the pickup gets pissed off and speeds up to block me in… then proceeds to try to cut me off in the left lane. I slowed down and got behind the pickup and moved over to the right lane and passed everyone.

About a mile down the road the pickup catches up and overtakes me and jumps in the center lane ahead of me and slowly de-accelerates, not braking but just letting off the gas as he descinds in speed trying to slow me down and continued to slow down well below the speed limit. I move over to the left lane then he guns it and over takes me so I can’t pass him, jumps in the left lane and cuts me off at close range hoping I would panic and hit the barrier. I just move back to the center lane and return to my cruising speed then he jumps back in the center lane and tries again. He does this multiple times until we approach vehicles ahead of us.

There was a 18 Wheeler in the right lane and a car in the center lane. The pickup is still performing his speed up / slow down technique … slowing way down whenever he’s infront of me and speeding way up when I go to another lane. This time the left lane was the only clear lane and I already knew what he was going to try to do so I jumped over to the left lane like I was going to try to pass the two vehicles I mentioned before by using the left lane and sure enough he sped up and cut me off jumping in the left lane to block me in behind the vehicles ahead as well as block the rest of traffic as well, but after he overtook me and jammed on his brakes to create a road block, I quickly switched back to the center lane and overtook the 18 Wheeler passing everyone on the right, including the pickup.

The pickup just won’t quit… my exit is coming up now and he rushes up and passes several cars including me and jumps into the right lane seeing my signal is on as I’m about to exit the freeway he has to give me one final farewell… he jumps in my lane and deaccells to my bumper then JAMS on the brakes. I popped the shifter into ‘B’ (for Battery - it acts like an engine brake to recharge the battery quicker but has a similar effect to downshifting when braking) and he wasn’t able to get me to kiss his rear end like he intended … he speeds off as I exit the highway.

If I were in the SS he never would have stood a chance when he tried to keep me behind him by speeding up everytime he deaccelled infront of me and it would have ended much sooner. Just irritates me to no end.

redcoats1976 · 09-26-2021, 05:41 PM

there are lots of jackasses out there.i try not to get sucked into those games but sometimes you cant help it..

JKSully · 09-26-2021, 06:30 PM

After the second time he did it, I would have just given him a wide berth, even if it meant getting off the freeway and finding a reason to stop for 5 minutes. That's the kind of a-hole that will decide to pull a gun just so he can prove his manly truck is better than your Prius. Glad he didn't get you to hit him.

dpevans · 09-26-2021, 06:35 PM

Don't mess with these idiots. Just slow down until they get bored and drive off.

hotlap · 09-26-2021, 06:41 PM

I had something very similar happen to me on a divided, two lane each direction, state highway. Guy in a RAM truck came racing up from behind and then slowed down and used the car in the other lane to block me. I was doing 65, in a 55, until he slowed me to 50 mph. I was in my 1LE.

I did like JKSully suggested. I took the first right and waited a few minutes before getting back on and resuming. It wasn't worth the aggravation of him f_cking with me the rest of the way.

I saw the guy coming fast and could have easily acted pre-emptively to get ahead of the cars he used to block me. Oh well ...live and learn

jamala00 · 09-26-2021, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by JKSully

After the second time he did it, I would have just given him a wide berth, even if it meant getting off the freeway and finding a reason to stop for 5 minutes. That's the kind of a-hole that will decide to pull a gun just so he can prove his manly truck is better than your Prius. Glad he didn't get you to hit him.

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Originally Posted by dpevans

Don't mess with these idiots. Just slow down until they get bored and drive off.

One of these... 100%... I don't engage in those road rage issues. I'd have just got off the freeway for a minute or two and back on. It ain't worth it.

SkySerpent · 09-26-2021, 07:53 PM

That's my secret... I'm always in my Camaro.
(No second car

)

Devstrike · 09-26-2021, 08:26 PM

I hate left lane hogs but I hate them more when they turn into road ragers. Camaro it is very easy in the Subaru Legacy which is just a four cylinder I just parallel them in the right lane since they wont let me pass on the right and wait until someone high beams them and then those two road rage. I live in a very urban area though so I have 2-3 more lanes to choose from to pass someone and if they act like that better to just let them be stupid and keep calm because eventually someone else will engage the idiot.

BLACK21SS · 09-26-2021, 09:01 PM

I’m pretty sure in TX, it’s a Defense to Prosecution to shoot out the tires of brake checkers.

Aragorn · 09-26-2021, 09:08 PM

Yep. I had an intense altercation with a brodozer. I was convinced he was insane and/or on meth. Never again.

Do
Not
Engage.

JKSully · 09-26-2021, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BLACK21SS

I’m pretty sure in TX, it’s a Defense to Prosecution to shoot out the tires of brake checkers.

I know you're being facetious (or at least I hope you are), but the sad fact is a lot of people here think a LOT of things are justifiable use of handguns when they are not, and now no training is required to carry a handgun so those idiots are armed. Which is precisely why what Aragorn said is so valid - DO NOT ENGAGE.

JMCB1001 · 09-27-2021, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by SkySerpent

That's my secret... I'm always in my Camaro.
(No second car

)

THIS! Daily drive a ZL1, but so far, I have yet to have anyone pull these shenanigans past the initial step. I just wish gas wasn't 4.30 a gallon in Vegas right now.

Spaceme1117 · 09-27-2021, 05:31 AM

Sorry but you lost me when you said "I was in my Prius...".

Just kidding. People can be jerks. Best to avoid people like that on the road.

JSH · 09-27-2021, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

This irritated the hell out of me last night.

Moment - A mod'd SRX blowing the doors off my Ford Escape

09-26-2021, 04:57 PM	#1
Need4Camaro Drives: '17 Camaro 2SS & '99 Camaro Z28 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,975	Those moments you wish you were driving your 6th Gen? This irritated the hell out of me last night. I was in my Prius on the freeway and of course there was someone in the left lane holding up traffic. I was in the left lane behind the car that was behind the left lane hogger. There was a Pickup truck in the center lane and his nose was at about my rear bumper so I sped up to overtake him to pass on the right as I had waited behind the left lane hogger for a considerable amount of time and they made 0 effort to move over or speed up. Well the pickup gets pissed off and speeds up to block me in… then proceeds to try to cut me off in the left lane. I slowed down and got behind the pickup and moved over to the right lane and passed everyone. About a mile down the road the pickup catches up and overtakes me and jumps in the center lane ahead of me and slowly de-accelerates, not braking but just letting off the gas as he descinds in speed trying to slow me down and continued to slow down well below the speed limit. I move over to the left lane then he guns it and over takes me so I can’t pass him, jumps in the left lane and cuts me off at close range hoping I would panic and hit the barrier. I just move back to the center lane and return to my cruising speed then he jumps back in the center lane and tries again. He does this multiple times until we approach vehicles ahead of us. There was a 18 Wheeler in the right lane and a car in the center lane. The pickup is still performing his speed up / slow down technique … slowing way down whenever he’s infront of me and speeding way up when I go to another lane. This time the left lane was the only clear lane and I already knew what he was going to try to do so I jumped over to the left lane like I was going to try to pass the two vehicles I mentioned before by using the left lane and sure enough he sped up and cut me off jumping in the left lane to block me in behind the vehicles ahead as well as block the rest of traffic as well, but after he overtook me and jammed on his brakes to create a road block, I quickly switched back to the center lane and overtook the 18 Wheeler passing everyone on the right, including the pickup. The pickup just won’t quit… my exit is coming up now and he rushes up and passes several cars including me and jumps into the right lane seeing my signal is on as I’m about to exit the freeway he has to give me one final farewell… he jumps in my lane and deaccells to my bumper then JAMS on the brakes. I popped the shifter into ‘B’ (for Battery - it acts like an engine brake to recharge the battery quicker but has a similar effect to downshifting when braking) and he wasn’t able to get me to kiss his rear end like he intended … he speeds off as I exit the highway. If I were in the SS he never would have stood a chance when he tried to keep me behind him by speeding up everytime he deaccelled infront of me and it would have ended much sooner. Just irritates me to no end.

09-26-2021, 06:30 PM	#3
JKSully Drives: 22 Camaro 2SS, 20 Subaru Crosstrek Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: DFW TX Posts: 571	After the second time he did it, I would have just given him a wide berth, even if it meant getting off the freeway and finding a reason to stop for 5 minutes. That's the kind of a-hole that will decide to pull a gun just so he can prove his manly truck is better than your Prius. Glad he didn't get you to hit him. __________________ Earth is an oblate spheroid 2022 \| 2SS \| M6 \| NPP \| Summit White \| Carbon Flash Wheels \| Black Lugs \| Red Calipers \| Adrenaline Red \| Red Knee Pads \| Nav \| - 1100 - 8/16/21 - 3000 - 9/21/21 - TPW 10/18/21 - 3400 - 10/1/21 - 3800 - 10/20/21 - built 10/19/21 - 5000 - 11/12/21 - 6000 - 11/13/21

09-26-2021, 06:41 PM	#5
hotlap Drives: 20 1LE 2SS M6 Rally Green Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Franklin WI Posts: 6,634	I had something very similar happen to me on a divided, two lane each direction, state highway. Guy in a RAM truck came racing up from behind and then slowed down and used the car in the other lane to block me. I was doing 65, in a 55, until he slowed me to 50 mph. I was in my 1LE. I did like JKSully suggested. I took the first right and waited a few minutes before getting back on and resuming. It wasn't worth the aggravation of him f_cking with me the rest of the way. I saw the guy coming fast and could have easily acted pre-emptively to get ahead of the cars he used to block me. Oh well ...live and learn __________________ "the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.” Ronald Reagan -

09-26-2021, 07:53 PM	#7
SkySerpent Drives: 2022 Vivid Orange LT1 M6 Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Canada Posts: 82	That's my secret... I'm always in my Camaro. (No second car)

09-26-2021, 08:26 PM	#8
Devstrike Drives: 2020 Camaro LT1 Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Kansas City Metro Posts: 652	I hate left lane hogs but I hate them more when they turn into road ragers. Camaro it is very easy in the Subaru Legacy which is just a four cylinder I just parallel them in the right lane since they wont let me pass on the right and wait until someone high beams them and then those two road rage. I live in a very urban area though so I have 2-3 more lanes to choose from to pass someone and if they act like that better to just let them be stupid and keep calm because eventually someone else will engage the idiot. Last edited by Devstrike; 09-26-2021 at 08:38 PM.

09-26-2021, 05:41 PM	#2
redcoats1976 Drives: LT W/2LT,blue metallic Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: central florida Posts: 5,038	there are lots of jackasses out there.i try not to get sucked into those games but sometimes you cant help it..

09-26-2021, 06:35 PM	#4
dpevans Drives: 2024 Riverside Blue 2SS 1LE Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Posts: 1,366	Don't mess with these idiots. Just slow down until they get bored and drive off.

09-26-2021, 09:01 PM	#9
BLACK21SS Oldman w/a teenager brain Drives: 2022 ZL1 A10 Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: East TX Posts: 159	I’m pretty sure in TX, it’s a Defense to Prosecution to shoot out the tires of brake checkers.

09-26-2021, 09:08 PM	#10
Aragorn Account Suspended Drives: Camaro SS 1LE Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Phoenix Posts: 1,538	Yep. I had an intense altercation with a brodozer. I was convinced he was insane and/or on meth. Never again. Do Not Engage.

09-27-2021, 05:31 AM	#13
Spaceme1117 Drives: 2017 Camaro SS, 2011 Corvette GS Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Erlanger, Kentucky 41018 Posts: 857	Sorry but you lost me when you said "I was in my Prius...". Just kidding. People can be jerks. Best to avoid people like that on the road.