Almost killed by crazy driver!!

[GmJrMartin]

I don't know about you guys but I have this insane issue were I go up to turn on my right turn signal and accidently pull on the lever and flash my lights. Its happen 1/4 of the time to me. Usually nothing happens but I look like a jackass. GOOD THING ABOUT 1% tint But this time I was on the high way heading home from a road trip to california. I was almost to vegas and Im cruising at 75 and change lanes behind this truck. (right Turn signal) And flash my lights on accident. Im like o crap. He moves to the left lane and slows down. Before I get killed I gun it down the Highway. Going about 90 and him tailing me for 15 minutes straight flashing his lights and honking, I think Im gonna die. And this truck is ENORMOUS and can flatten my ***** easily. He finally lets off the throttle but no chance I am. Until he is no longer insight I finally relax. I almost had a heart attack.. haa

[xTerror]

Truck and jeep drivers are the worst about that kind of thing

[GmJrMartin]

Thats so true!! But than again if i had a Huge A** truck and some small car flashed its lights at me. I would handle haha. But thats just me. I feel bad** in anything remotely big like my 2000 expedition. Well I need to ditch this habbit of me flashing my lights everytime i signal.

[xex]

Yea the light thing happened to me when I had the cougar too. Some people are just assholes like that and chase you down when they feel wronged.

[kwg2371]

thats when you call the cops and report his ass

[B3NN3TT]

That feature is called "flash to pass" in the owner's manual. It's actually considered road etiquette to quickly flash as you start to pass another car. It's done especially on the Autobahn for safety reasons.

A thread about it. Bottom line - American commuters are idiots.

[2kBlackCatGurl]

Yeah, the last time I made that mistake, the guy pulled on a gun on me and chased me down. Crazzzzzy!

I don't think speeding up and driving crazy really helped convince him you weren't trying to start **** though.

[StuartGrant]

Yeah, the last time I made that mistake, the guy pulled on a gun on me and chased me down. Crazzzzzy!

Wow, really? Reminds me of the time my aunt honked at a guy who was staring enamored at the pretty green light hanging in front of him. He got out of his truck and sat on her bumper till she pulled out her cell phone. Then he got off, got back in his truck and drove off.

Regarding Flash-to-Pass, here in Detroit it depends on the time of day. During my commute in to work, 5-6 AM, traffic is moving smoothly so people who want to save fuel sit in the right at 55-65. those who want to avoid any possibility of a ticket sit doing exactly 70 in the middle lane, and those who are late shoot down the left lane at between 75 and 85. If you're only a little bit late and are going 75 and someone comes up behind you who's really late, you move over, even if they don't flash their brights. Later in the morning all bets are off when the traffic isn't stuck because some idiot rolled over three miles down the road. On the commute back it's much the same.

[2kBlackCatGurl]

Yeah, 2 lanes merged downtown into 1 and he didn't see me in the Cougar, so he started getting over with me next to him. I honked my horn to be like, "Hey, I'm here, buddy." He then pulled off in a parking lot, jumped out of his truck, and pointed a gun at my car. I kept going. At the next stoplight, he jumped out of his truck that was a few cars back, ran up to my driver's side window (in a trench coat...even creepier), and banged on my window with the barrel of his handgun. I memorized his license plate and called the cops. Apparently I was the third person he'd done that to (along with him being banned from every Planned Parenthood in the state for being a violent abortion protester). I refused to press charges though, because at the time I lived alone and didn't want him getting my info.

So moral of the story, just let the idiots go...it's not worth it. Or get a bigger gun.

[StuartGrant]

I have been thinking about getting my CPL, Michigan is a Shall Issue state now, but that would mean buying a pistol I'm not afraid of blowing up when I fire it, one that is easier to conceal,

But then I see all the cougar stuff I want to use that money on.