..so I’m driving at 80kmh through the back country roads of clevedon with my 3yr old in the front on my way to pick up my 6yr old from school when a complete dickhead in a 4x4 is about to drive straight through a stop sign in front of me. Lucky I see it unfolding and by this time am well locked up in a screech of tyre smoke. Dickhead obviously hears something & looks out his driver window with that vague look on his face & the empty look in his eye(you know the one). His face turns to horror & he proceeds to jam on his brakes & stop in the middle of the intersection. I let off the brakes & cruise around the front of him & as I do I give him the well deserved salute(& mumble to myself a few expletives). What shocks me is that said dickhead then returns the salute! Now I am a fairly easy going guy but this is just not on & I slam on my brakes & pull to the side. I’m thinking to myself ‘it’s hammer time’ as my mind goes into overdrive.(yes I admit, road rage has overcome me now but I just cannot believe he just put me & my boy in grave danger AND has the audacity to give ME the finger). I back up & follow the guy indicating for him to pull over & flashing my lights(he has 2 female passengers in the car). He sees me in the rear view & I see the alarm in his face, I am fumbling with my cellphone simultaneously trying to get it off keypad lock(hate that) & trying to read his plate to call the cops, when suddenly he transforms into Michael Shumacher’s brother. I am doing close to 100kmh on this backroad now & he is now accelerating madly at what looks to be 140 as he dives into the oncoming lane to navigate a corner & bridge. I can see the body language on the 4x4 which isn’t good & now I’m shitting myself that he might lose it in spectacular fashion. He is now 500 metres ahead & I think to myself.. he HAS to stop at the next stop sign to cross one road then onto the main road & I’ll get his plate. WRONG, fuckwit drives straight through the next stop sign at around a ton & straight out onto the main road, now I’m expecting to see tyre smoke & cars going through the air, this fuckwit thinks he’s on playstation. He has flown into the oncoming lane & is now attempting to overtake 3 cars with a blind crest just up ahead. I’m shocked & pissed off as I finally reach the stop sign. A car which was coming in the opposite direction turns into the same road & I look at him & the look on his face says it all. I have no idea how he didn’t get taken out & he looks like he is in shock. I get my phone unlocked & call the cops. I give them the details but only got the first 3 letters of the plate. I turn back to go pick up my girl & on the way I see the car that just turned off pulled over on the side of the road. I glance at him as I pass & he is just sitting back in his driver seat looking blankly ahead(probably wondering if he still had that spare set of undies in the boot). I hear nothing back from the cops. Yesterday I went for a leisurely cruise through the neighbourhood to see if I can spot the wagon parked up(it’s only a small area). I don’t know what I’ll do if I find him but I think I’ll just call the cops again. This guy is a killer with no respect for other road users.
Now I think back I shouldn’t have even followed him, what if he had killed someone, I would have to live with that guilt as I may have contributed to it. I never broke any laws.. & I would never endanger myself & my boy, I would have followed further but I couldn’t leave my girl waiting at the schoolyard for a ride home. I can tell You that this guy will be getting his medicine one way or the other. Sorry for the rant, just had to vent..
Be careful out there people, & watch those side roads eagerly..
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