black dog
Free America
Why would anyone care if someone earned a ticket on Emerson? I'm pretty sure if your drive like an ******* in Indiana and a cop sees you, you are getting ticketed.
Suspended Driver with a Toddler in His Car Brings Firetruck to a Stop in Road Rage Incident
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Why would anyone care if someone earned a ticket on Emerson? I'm pretty sure if your drive like an ******* in Indiana and a cop sees you, you are getting ticketed.
glhs837
Power with Control
My point was that on a road like that, I believe the odds of any policeman anywhere giving you a ticket for going the limit in the left lane is slim to none. Even if someone is tailgating you. So many places to turn left it's impossible to know why I'm doing the limit. But sure, maybe in Indiana the cops are magic and write a billion BS tickets on roads like that. Going the limit in the left lane there and not getting over every time someone gets behind you is not driving like an arsehole. 
PeoplesElbow
Well-Known Member
What if you are making a left turn in said left lane?
Thanks. I couldn't hear it earlier on my phone so I just listened to it on my laptop at home. They may have been speeding but he was driving on a suspended license and could easily have caused an accident by his actions, involving not only his car with the toddler and the fire truck, but other innocent vehicles or pedestrians.
Just wow all around. And why all the editing of the video? I would like to hear what was said during the entire incident.
black dog
Free America
Thats not a problem, Its for the left lane hangers.
black dog
Free America
It absolutely is driving like an *******. Go try to drive in the left lane on 495 tomorrow afternoon and see how well it works out for you.Going the limit in the left lane there and not getting over every time someone gets behind you is not driving like an arsehole.
littlelady
God bless the USA
The way I see it is there is no predicting what drivers will do on the road. It could be medical, accidental, intentional, insanity, or not paying attention. I have never gotten a traffic ticket, in my 64 years. All one can do is be a defensive driver, and hope for the best. Be careful out there, y’all.
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glhs837
Power with Control
We appear to be having a different conversation. I am specifically speaking to roads like Great Mills Road, I've been quite clear on that.
refers specifically to a road like either GMR or the one I linked in Indiana, NOT a four lane controlled access highway beltway. A two lane road at 35mph through the venter of town is NOT 495, or Rt 70 across Indiana, where indeed you should stay over and get a ticket if you dont. Different types of roads, different rules.
Agreed, which is why those who advocate "break checking" are more dangerous than the vehicle behind them.
DannyMotorcycle
Active Member
guy is nuts or on drugs... or both.. or dumb as fu..
sometimes cops will wait if they don't have any other calls... like the speeding biker who went home after he evaded the cops only to find a cop there and thought nothing of it.. oops he was waiting for you stupid.
but yea sometimes cops sit around and do nothing because there's no call to respond to.. that's a good thing.
sometimes cops will wait if they don't have any other calls... like the speeding biker who went home after he evaded the cops only to find a cop there and thought nothing of it.. oops he was waiting for you stupid.
but yea sometimes cops sit around and do nothing because there's no call to respond to.. that's a good thing.
PeoplesElbow
Well-Known Member
Why was his license suspended in the first place?
black dog
Free America
Brake Checkers should all learn the golden rule when Break Checking a much larger vehicle,
Gross Tonnage Always Wins.
DannyMotorcycle
Active Member
Brake checking is so dangerous to everyone around.. i hope there will be a new headline that will teach him and others that the courts don't like brake checking and you could be in a world of trouble if you do it.. Now i'm not saying gradually go slower to the speed limit (or a reasonable speed) to make tail gaters go around, but definitely not brake checking.
Oh, it wouldn't have hurt the firetruck. That extended bumper would gone right through the trunk of his little econobox.
luvmygdaughters
Well-Known Member
If you are on a single lane road, there isnt always an opportunity to"go around" On rt. 234 for example. The speed limit on that road is 55 MPH until you into chaptico, where the circle is. I usually do between 60 -64 on that road. Not all, but most of the time I've got somebody so close to my bumper, its looks like I'm towing them. Riding my bumper isnt going to encourage me to go faster...just the opposite. I've also used the windshield washer trick, that seems to back them off a little.
put on your signal (ahead of your turn) and turn.
I think the point is, don't be a horsesarse and be a highway vigilante.
Nobody wins playing the brake checking game.
I won't brake check anyone, but if you're pushing me down the road when I'm driving my normal 10-20 over the limit, if I spot a cop, you're running the risk of suddenly following me at an unsafe distance and getting pulled over for that infraction.
Goldenhawk
Well-Known Member
Once in my younger dumber days I got into a road rage battle with some nut case who nearly ran me off the road. Now I just find a spot to pull over and let them pass me. If they're riding me that close, they'll not bother me by going too slowly in front of me, so why suffer the annoyance of having them unsafely riding my bumper for miles? Let them be a jerk to the next guy in front of me, instead of me. I end up much calmer and happier.
(...unless they pass me and then slow down because they're idiots or just habitually tailgate because it's easier than thinking about their own speed...)
(...unless they pass me and then slow down because they're idiots or just habitually tailgate because it's easier than thinking about their own speed...)