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Old 2003-07-29, 02:10 PM   #13
sperry
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Real Name: Scott
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Speaking of big-ass SUVs with bad drivers....

So, on my way home from lunch I'm getting on 395 Southbound from Del Monte. I'm turning left from the right-hand left turn lane onto the on ramp. On my inside is a Ford Excursion driven by some lady. (Of course she's the only occupant of her 3 ton vehicle, while I've got 3 people in my 3000 lb car )

So getting on the on ramp I easily get in front of her, staying in the right hand lane, while she's in the left. I'm clearly ahead of the Excursion as the on ramp lanes merge into a single lane, and I pull in behind the car that's already on the on ramp.

That's when the lady decides to floor it and run me off the road. There is only *one* lane now, and she drives up on my left. There is no way it wasn't intentional, this bitch of a soccer mom, for whatever reason, has decided to force me off the road. Since I'm not about to tangle with a truck twice as heavy as my car, I have to slam the brakes to fall in behind her.

Now tell me her big-ass SUV didn't have anything to do with that. If she were in a smaller car, I doubt she would have been such an agressive driver, and beleive her car can just run a "little blue subaru" off the road. The really sad part is that she must have believed that her big truck would have protected her if I had decided to let her hit me. In reality, that big ass truck would probably have crushed my car, potentially killing all three of us, but would have also just as likely rolled and killed her as well. Some people don't believe in the laws of physics I guess.

So after giving the bitch the finger... repeatedly. I drove down to South Meadows and exited. Now I'm on the S. Meadows exit ramp, again in the right-hand left turn lane, to make my left turn onto S. Meadows. There's quite a few cars in both lanes making this left turn. On my left is a Mercades SUV. You know how the rule goes, left lane into left lane, right lane into right lane, right? Well Mr. SUV pulls a left into right, and forces me to escape to the 3rd and far right lane. Luckily I'm always looking out for this kinda of shit driving, and I had a lane to move into.

On one hand you might be able to blame the SUV's lack of visibility, thinking that my lane was open... but considering the 10 other cars in that lane, they should assume there might be a car there already. Not to mention that you're simply suppost to turn into your own goddam lane.

The fucking world's out to get me today. Time to go order my Hella SuperTone horns.... the next fucker that tries to run me off the road is losing some hearing.
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