Adventures in car land

[herveus]

That was totally bizarre. Here I am driving down the road, approaching an intersection. The vehicle behind me suddenly pulls into the left turn lane and starts overtaking me. With further suddenness, he pulls back into my lane. I have a very good view of the side of his pickemup truck at this moment. There was a crunching noise.

I stopped and got out to survey the carnage. Pickemup truck did not stop. Well, he went a quarter mile down the road and stopped. Behind me was another car. The driver announced that she witnessed the whole thing and offered to stick around. I accepted with alacrity. While I was on the phone with the police, the local police happened on scene.

I got the license number plate of the truck; one cop went down to where he had stopped and invited him to join the party. Mr. Bowie Police Man mediated the exchange of information; I didn't have to speak to the moron. Insurance has been initiated; the car is in their hands already.

Damage is minor, I think, but it may add up. Pictures below the

Comments

[cryptocosm.livejournal.com]

If the officer didn't issue a citation to bozo, you should complain to his department. It has long seemed to me that police are entirely too blasé about utterly outrageous behavior on the roads, and that this probably increases the incidence of more serious collisions and traffic fatalities.