I have a moral driving dilemma .....

[FloridaFRSdriver]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Case in point, last weekend, we were driving down off of Mt Rainer (a 14,000 ft high mountain - for you flatlanders .... ) when a newish, large, SUV gets waay to close to my rear end. My usually conservative wife says, "why don't you just lose that idiot in these curves". So, given the I step on it ..... what fun ..... BUT the dummy in the SUV is still trying to keep up ..... body roll and his rear end stepping out and all.

humfrz

Wow, and I thought all of ^those^ knuckleheads were indigenous to Florida, specifically Jacksonville.

But it seems like you have a viable breeding population of exactly the same knuckleheads native to WA... about as far as you can get in continental US from Jax. Weird.

Here there aren't too many twisties to challenge those knucklehead (unless you count on/off ramps) BUT you wouldn't BELIEVE how many one-car accidents we have hear (on perfectly clear sunny days no less).

[Ryuu0u]

He was challenging you to a touge battle! I'm guessing the cheezy techno para para music started up in the background and you started doing in head monologues as you both danced through the curves.

[5hairpins]

I got to say, I probably would never have seen the SUV, too busy driving my own way down to look in the mirror. At least you did not break check the guy and start something.

Also, super jealous that you have roads like that near you. Dallas Texas has NOTHING!

[Razz]

Here's the thing people forget.

Gravity is God!!!

What happens if you go around a corner and there is a motorcylist enjoyin the road but going slow. What about a byciclist or even a car not to mention a RV.

So you slam on your brake and still kill yourself or if you are lucky avoid death.

What do you think will happen to the SUV behind you after you avoid death?

SLAM! Rear end your dead over the cliff.

I know of a couple of people who drove too fast on montain roads.

They are no longer with us.

Fun Fast driving is for the track or secluded non-mountainous road.

God was with you that day to make the right choice.

[R3d]

id let him crash, I have no patience for stupid and ill mannered ppl

[R3d]

Originally Posted by bdbx18

Now that my oldest just got his driving license, I am, or least reminded by my wife to be more cognizant of teen drivers. Anytime someone is driving stupidly, I would think that perhaps it is piloted by somebody's son or daughter, perhaps a teen, likely less capable and that I should do my part to be protective of them.

now this post is full of wisdom lol!! How you can think of this when being harassed by some driver is beyond me !

Lol once I was driving on the highway 145km ish and when I got stuck by 3-4 slowpokes in the passing lane, this a$$h0le pulls up from behind and nails me hard at 115. Im like shit id like to go faster to but you know... there are 3 cars in front !

So I pull over let him trough and when traffic clears I pass him again and he starts following me ( he only had the balls to drive 120km on his own !). So when I noticed he was using me as a shield I found some mobile home traveling at 90km ish and stuck right next to him for the rest of my 2 hour drive with the sucker loosing his mind trying to pass me lmao (2 laners baby haha he even tried to pass on the grass... failed hard)!!

now im much calmer I wont try to cause you to have a crash but I don't care if you do either!

[Ammunition]

It sounds like you were being a responsible driver, despite that guy pressuring you.

I had a frustrating moment just yesterday where I was getting onto an on-ramp, and the right lane next to me merged into it. I let the car on my right merge in front of me, and then I had some dude in a red Challenger attempt to blaze past me and cut me off. There wasn't room for him, and I think he later realized that - but at that point he was squished next to me with the lane ending. I ended up having to speed up and get ahead of the car in front of me, which was uncomfortable and I needed to drive a bit over the solid line to clear him.

I felt like a total ass, and in retrospect I wish I would have just slowed down and given the guy in the Challenger the gap that he wanted to cut me off, since he didn't seem intent on respecting the the fact that we needed to alternate, and he should have gotten in behind me (being that he was behind me to begin with until he wanted to floor it).

That being said, I have no amount of sympathy for dangerously aggressive drivers - tailgaters probably least of all. As I see it, it is almost inevitable that they're going to cause an accident, cause someone else to get hurt, and at the very least cause people to experience a lot of distress while driving.

I wouldn't feel responsible for how they are choosing to drive - especially if it is being dangerous or irresponsible, and if I had the ability to get away from them then I probably would have.

If they're reckless enough to risk putting them self in, and driving in situations where there are very real dangers or repercussions involved - then they probably give less of a fuck about the safety of anyone else. In my honest opinion, if the worst case should happen to someone like that - well, that is a sad result of carelessness and stupidity, and I'd rather that be the outcome than them being the cause of an accident where anyone else is involved.

But really, I think that you did do the right thing, and I'm sorry that you had to deal with someone like the ruining your should-be awesome mountain drive.

[Tromatic]

Better man than I. I would have done my best to leave him behind, because someone tailgating me is a hazard to my health.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by dro

I can confirm I was large newish SUV following op

Thanks op

@dro .... really ......??

No kidding ..... REALLY ..?? Saturday afternoon ... coming down from Paradise?

humfrz

[Evil Jesus]

Hahahahaha.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by DoomsdayJesus

I LOVE the drive down from Paradise on Rainier. Just a blast when you're not stuck behind a slowpoke.

Yep, believe it or not, a few weeks ago, on a late afternoon during the week, we drove from the Nisqually entrance to Paradise and back down with ONLY two motorcycles (who pulled over for fear of my FR-S (really to sight see) on the way up and one car (that pulled over and waived me on) on the way down........what FUN!! .....

Picture for the flatlanders ....especially those from Florida ....

humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

................. Although I still do stupid things from time to time, as my wife can attest to.

I hear THAT ...... AND, they NEVER forget .....

Like the time, many years ago, when I was a mite surprised on a curve at 14,000 feet .... yep, my NC Miata done good ....

However, the wife has that one "filed away" ..... forever ....

humfrz

[forzajuve]

because Randy Pobst is a BOSS.

[forzajuve]

More interestingly, what would have done if your wife wasn't in the car?