Shocker, The High Road turning into The Holier Than Thou Road.
Probably no shocker here, but I am with Tab on this one.
Friday night, I took my wife and a friend's daughter out to eat. On the way back from the resturant, I had the cruise set on 60 on an open rural highway.
Some car comes up on me flying and then proceeds to tailgate me so close that I could not see his headlights in my mirrors. He stays there while traffic is coming. However, when there is a break in traffic, he doesn't take the opportunity to pass me. That annoys me. That means that he just chooses to remain behind me driving in such a manner and endangering me, my wife, and a 7 year old girl.
I slow down to 45mph and he still doesn't pass me. I speed back up to 55mph and he speeds back up with me. I can't pull over due to the nature of the shoulder of the road. I tap my brakes a couple times. Nothing.
I decide that I am not going to deal with this anymore. I just let off the gas completely in order to try to force him to pass me. As I get down to 25mph, I suspect that he can see me calling 911 on my cell phone through the rear view mirror.
Oddly enough, he takes the hint and doesn't pass me, but rather backs off to a safe distance. I then proceed to speed back up to 55mph and set the cruise there. The jackass turns off into a subdivision about 4 miles later.
Sorry, but what people do on the roads affect others. I don't necessarily wish that the OP got a ticket, but I DO hope that he chooses to change his ways. One day driving like that may well get someone killed.
EDIT:
Before someone calls me "Holier than Thou, let me say this:
I've got a history of speeding tickets in the double digits. I was an idiot who endangered all around me when I was younger. I haven't got a ticket in many years now. After watching a lot of friends and neighbors get buried, I started really thinking about what I was doing. Speeding like that doesn't save you very much time at all, but it cost a lot.
Holier than Thou? I don't think so. More responsible and respectful of innocents? You bet.
-- John