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Woman in a Government car is a lunatic. With pics!

4,841 1,079 January 28, 2011 at 12:12 PM in Chat (3)
Long story short I'm sitting at a red light that has a left turn lane ONLY that is to my left of course.

Light turns green I go straight.

I make it 100% of the way through the intersection, when all of a sudden there is a PRIUS hood at my drivers side window....GOING MY DIRECTION!!! Scared the **** out of me! The car is on the wrong side of a busy road (1pm on a Friday)...

I lay on the horn and slow down to let in this lunatic.

The person gets infront of me.......and what to do I see???

How's my driving?? on her bumper!! It has a website (which I can probably figure out) on it!! I start to smile.

The light infront of us turns red, it is red for at least a full second before we get to it......My window is down and I'm mouthing the words "I'm going to report you"

She says something back that I have no idea what it was and she ran the red light. She then got onto the highway.

Well guess what, 95 always has traffic after 11am on Friday's. I had NO PROBLEM catching up to her.

Here's the pic I got (we were actually moving and I was holding up the center lane by snapping this, I didn't want to be too much of a dick and slow others down so I kept going).


http://i54.tinypic.com/qqelpi.jpg


Here's a diagram that is an accurate depiction of where things happened. She got in my lane JUST as we got to the train bridge.

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http://i55.tinypic.com/4l6r76.jpg

I just finished a complaint with pictures included and wrote that I want her removed from driving a state owned car. My tax dollars paid for her to cut me off, endanger MY LIFE and the life of the other people in the oncoming direction.

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Last Edited by Ram|bunc|tious January 28, 2011 at 03:13 PM
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01-28-2011 at 01:05 PM.
01-28-2011 at 01:05 PM.
Quote from J3ff :
You are sadly mistaken and hating on your fellow man.

The other driver consciously chose to drive on the wrong side of the road, at a busy time of day and then cut me off.
The person made a mistake, people make mistakes, it's how we deal with the mistakes that determine our character. The other driver did something stupid (and as noted previously probably needs to go to driving school)

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I lay on the horn and slow down to let in this lunatic.
How could she cut you off, if you slowed down to let them in?

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The light ahead turned red, I was coming to a stop and was not making any noise when I was mouthing the words "I'm going to report you"
So after you laid into her with your horn, you pull up to her and mouth words, unless she was a lip leader she could have taken your "I'm going to report you" as "I'm going to kill you"

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She says something back that I have no idea what it was and she ran the red light. She then got onto the highway.
So you scared her enough to make her run a red light, good job!

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I then sat at the red light that she ran for a good 30 seconds. I then got on the highway normally, and drove normal speeds for a Friday afternoon. I had my camera ready to go incase I saw her.

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Well guess what, 95 always has traffic after 11am on Friday's. I had NO PROBLEM catching up to her.
Ummmmm... which is it... "incase you saw her" or "no problem catching up to her"

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About 1-2 mins later I did see her in the slow lane. I was in the middle lane. I got ready and slowed down just a hair pressed the camera button and sped back up.

I said I DIDN'T want to SLOW DOWN and get behind her because that would have held up my lane.
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we were actually moving and I was holding up the center lane by snapping this
She might have been a mistake, but you are in the wrong here.

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Conclusion: you are a keyboard cowboy who makes assumptions and can't 100% comprehend a story.
1) Yipppppe Kaii Ehhhhh Mooothhherrr F.....
2) Stick to 1 version of the story and it will help.
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01-28-2011 at 01:06 PM.
01-28-2011 at 01:06 PM.
priuses are gay
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01-28-2011 at 01:07 PM.
01-28-2011 at 01:07 PM.
Ibts.
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01-28-2011 at 01:10 PM.
01-28-2011 at 01:10 PM.
Quote from 808Lurker :
The person made a mistake, people make mistakes, it's how we deal with the mistakes that determine our character. The other driver did something stupid (and as noted previously probably needs to go to driving school)

She did not just make a simple mistake. She chose to break the law and almost cause a car accident between myself, and some other cars in the oncoming lane

How could she cut you off, if you slowed down to let them in?

I was being sensible. I'm not an aggressive driver



So after you laid into her with your horn, you pull up to her and mouth words, unless she was a lip leader she could have taken your "I'm going to report you" as "I'm going to kill you"



So you scared her enough to make her run a red light, good job!

Again with the assumptions, she knew what i was saying. Go check in a mirror very different.




Ummmmm... which is it... "incase you saw her" or "no problem catching up to her"


it's both buddy. I knew we were on the same highway, I knew traffic was going to be slow, I was in the middle lane, she was in the slow lane, I had no trouble catching up to her because the slow lane hardly moves in traffic here on a friday after 11am.


She might have been a mistake, but you are in the wrong here.

I am not in the wrong here. I reported a state vehicle for dangerously driving on the wrong side of the road during a busy driving time.

1) Yipppppe Kaii Ehhhhh Mooothhherrr F.....
2) Stick to 1 version of the story and it will help.
Before you tear someone down, you need to actually be there.
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dalokgawd
01-28-2011 at 01:12 PM.
01-28-2011 at 01:12 PM.
OP as a fellow Connecticutian thank you for reporting a bad driver and hopefully getting them out of a state vehicle that our tax dollars pay for. Ignore everyone else. You did the right thing.
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01-28-2011 at 01:18 PM.
01-28-2011 at 01:18 PM.
Quote from dalokgawd :
OP as a fellow Connecticutian thank you for reporting a bad driver and hopefully getting them out of a state vehicle that our tax dollars pay for. Ignore everyone else. You did the right thing.

You're very welcome.

if she would have just cut in behind me I probably wouldn't have even noticed. It was the fact that she drove down the wrong side of the double yellow for a good 50 feet and then cut me off.......that really got me going.
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01-28-2011 at 01:20 PM.
01-28-2011 at 01:20 PM.
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You're very welcome.

if she would have just cut in behind me I probably wouldn't have even noticed. It was the fact that she drove down the wrong side of the double yellow for a good 50 feet and then cut me off.......that really got me going.
Were there other cars behind you that would have prevented the Prius from getting in behind you or do you think the driver was just trying to pass you from the left turn only lane and just couldn't accelerate fast enough to get in front of you right away?
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01-28-2011 at 01:24 PM.
01-28-2011 at 01:24 PM.
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Were there other cars behind you that would have prevented the Prius from getting in behind you or do you think the driver was just trying to pass you from the left turn only lane and just couldn't accelerate fast enough to get in front of you right away?
There was an ambulance behind me. They pulled up next to me and said "I hope you report her, we just did (I guess the EMT In the PASSENGER seat had a laptop open)

The solution was either to GO LEFT and drive .2 miles further to the same on ramp.

OR since she wouldn't have been able to turn left anyway due to oncoming cars. She could have sat there with her RIGHT blinker on pissing off people behind her, and slipped in when the lane was clear.

She made the ultimate wrong choice in this situation and if there were any people or cars anywhere near the opposite left turn lane (look at the pic), they would have been history.
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01-28-2011 at 01:26 PM.
01-28-2011 at 01:26 PM.
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She did not just make a simple mistake. She chose to break the law and almost cause a car accident between myself, and some other cars in the oncoming lane
I would like to point out you broke the law as well.

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I was being sensible.
No. you contradicted yourself. She couldn't have cut you off, if you slowed down to let her in.

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I'm not an aggressive driver
So "laying in on the horn", "mouthing threats at stop lights", and stalking the lady isn't aggressive? Please tell me your definition of "an agressive drivers"

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I reported a state vehicle for dangerously driving on the wrong side of the road during a busy driving time.
Look. If you had left it at a honk and reporting her, you would be in the right. You went too far and unleashed your roadrage to the point you were more of a danger on the road then she was.


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Before you tear someone down, you need to actually be there.
People have cut me off before. I extend my middle finger and move on with my life. I don't go all roadrage on them, stalk them, write elaborate reports and rant on an internet forum.

If this little "mistake" was enough to get you all "rambo" then I hate to see when something happens that causes damage or injuries someone.

IMHO the road would be a lot safer with both of you off the road.
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01-28-2011 at 01:28 PM.
01-28-2011 at 01:28 PM.
Quote from J3ff :
Was joking about the real camera, thought it was obvious about it..... Everything in the OP is the truth, so is the other stuff.
I figured you were joking, but #2 still applies laugh out loud
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01-28-2011 at 01:30 PM.
01-28-2011 at 01:30 PM.
Quote from 808Lurker :
I would like to point out you broke the law as well.

yes and i will pay a ticket for it

No. you contradicted yourself. She couldn't have cut you off, if you slowed down to let her in.

Forcing someone to let another one in is cutting off.

So "laying in on the horn", "mouthing threats at stop lights", and stalking the lady isn't aggressive? Please tell me your definition of "an agressive drivers"

Agressive would have been flooring it, forcing her to stay in the oncoming lane and possibly CAUSING the accident that was bound to happen.

Or

Running the red light with her, Flooring it, blocking her, stopping her......yelling at her on the highway......following her to wherever she was going (I could have done that, I was done with work) or harassing her on the highway.

All of which i did not do. I simply snapped a picture and went on with my drive.


Look. If you had left it at a honk and reporting her, you would be in the right. You went too far and unleashed your roadrage to the point you were more of a danger on the road then she was.

Absolutely bullshit - no farking way.



People have cut me off before. I extend my middle finger and move on with my life. I don't go all roadrage on them, stalk them, write elaborate reports and rant on an internet forum.

If this little "mistake" was enough to get you all "rambo" then I hate to see when something happens that causes damage or injuries someone.

This was not a "little mistake" This was a full blown lunatic on the road.

IMHO the road would be a lot safer with both of you off the road.
You have this picture of what happened in your head. It's wrong. If rambo is letting a person in the wrong cut you off and then snapping a picture of her....then we have different definitions of rambo.
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01-28-2011 at 01:32 PM.
01-28-2011 at 01:32 PM.
Quote from 808Lurker :
No. you contradicted yourself. She couldn't have cut you off, if you slowed down to let her in.
When you are forced to hit your brakes and let someone in front of you who is driving in the lane of oncoming traffic, that counts as cutting someone off. If I have to slam on my brakes to let you in front of me because otherwise you're going to cause an accident, that's your bad, not mine.
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01-28-2011 at 01:33 PM.
01-28-2011 at 01:33 PM.
I think you have bigger problems, do you normally have a helicopter or small plane following your every move?
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01-28-2011 at 01:33 PM.
01-28-2011 at 01:33 PM.
Quote from dalokgawd :
When you are forced to hit your brakes and let someone in front of you who is driving in the lane of oncoming traffic, that counts as cutting someone off. If I have to slam on my brakes to let you in front of me because otherwise you're going to cause an accident, that's your bad, not mine.
I'm not quite sure this guy is serious in his replies.

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I think you have bigger problems, do you normally have a helicopter or small plane following your every move?
laugh out loudlaugh out loud Just happens that bing has a perfect image to use Stick Out Tongue
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