Behind me, an asshole.*
Main Street is a four-lane road through downtown O'Fallon, so there are plenty of opportunities to pass. At the time I was driving 40 miles per hour (speed limit is 30) and was keeping pace with other cars around me.
The guy behind me was apparently in a hurry to get somewhere, so he figured driving about a foot from my rear bumper would help him reach his destination in a timely manner. Combined with swerving back and forth, backing off and then gunning his engine to get to within inches of my bumper, he was carefully sculpting his star on the Jagoff Walk of Fame.
Of course this called for The Tapping of the Brakes. "Back off, Mario."
This apparently turned out to be the straw that broke the azzhole's back.
Gestures flew, he started beating his dashboard and summoning me to pull over and fight him. I ignored his loving gestures and got into the left turn lane. He pulled in behind me and started getting out of his car. 'Scuse me?? Fortunately, the light turned green and we were off.
At that point I called 911.
Once I made the left turn I pulled over to the shoulder to let him pass so I could get his plate info. Apparently he took it that I wanted to fight and pulled over behind me. I continued to drive 10 mph along the shoulder until I reached my subdivision.
The dispatcher had all kinds of advice for me: Don't get out of the car. Lock the doors. Keep moving if possible. What is he wearing? What make/model/color car is he driving? How the hell am I supposed to know? He's too close to see anything.
Meanwhile I turned into my subdivision and avoided my house. All I needed was Mr. Jagoff to know where I live. He decided to pull alongside me, roll the window down and shout obscenities at me. "Wanna fight me asshole? C'mon, let's settle this now!"
"Dude, settle what? You just need to get off my fucking bumper." For some reason, my words made him get out of his car and give chase on foot. I assure you I can drive faster than he can run.
Not one to give up, he got back in his car and chased me down the road again. I let him pass so I could give his plate info to the dispatcher. He decided to pull in front of me and park sideways to block the road. Again he got out and started to chase me on foot. (this time in reverse - what a fuckin' idiot!)
I circled the block and lost sight of him. Apparently he's a pussy and a quitter because he disappeared.
Forty-five seconds later the officer showed up and took my statement. A few minutes after I got home, the cop came to the door and told me they ran the plates and knew where he lived, and how would I like to proceed? I could charge him with disturbing the peace and attempted assault.
"Neh. Just go to his house and make him shit his pants. If he has an issue with any of it, come back and I will press charges. Tell him I said he's a cocky punk who needs to learn how to drive."
"One of my favorite things to do." With that he was off to pay a visit to Mr. Douche.
Would you have filed charges or let him skate?
*I guess technically we all have an asshole behind us.
6 comments:
Me? I'd have done just what you did...tell the officer to put a scare into guy.
SG? He would've got out of his truck himself and put a scare into the guy.
Then I'd have to go get SG's ass out of jail.
I probaby would have gone for the officer scare too. I HATE tailgaters though. I got rear ended by a gravel truck and it scarred me for life.
That's kinda scary! Some people are nuts...
Dave you are a nice guy and nice guys always wanna do the right thing and give a fella a chance. but in this case i think you should have pressed charges because although you didn't get hurt, if he does this to say a "lesser assertive person" or some younger kid just learning to drive, he could hurt them or even worse. guys like that are just a time bomb waitin to explode. it's unfortunate there are such assholes that have to take their anger out on innocent strangers because in real life he is probly a big pussy that gets ordered around by his boss or wife, i bet she makes him iron, and doesn't have the balls to stick up for himself.
or maybe he's just a woman trapped in a guys body! haa! regardless, i'm glad you didnt get hurt, although you had to eat cold pizza...the bastard.
Wonder if it was the little jerk face that I know out that way that revels in the posting of videos of cops shooting radar along parts of 70 going through O'Fallon. Isn't the same guy that got press last year for shooting video in St. Louis County but a good buddy of his.
Truly, this guy whoever he was, has bigger issues in life and needs professional help :).
Max...
I think, "press charges."
But the downside is then that some wack-job who gets only a fine knows who you are and where you live. (Having just worked my way through another, "simple," family court issue I know that the legal system can't protect you from even the worst of assholes... including ex-wives.)
That said, perhaps the "Hank Jr. treatment" i.e. "a tire tool to the side of his head" would have rectified the situation, saved lawyer fees, and kept you off the judge's docket so that he could spend the afternoon doing more important things like golfing and drinking gin & tonics with his fellow judges at some country club there in the "Gateway City."
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