05-08-2012, 01:10 AM | #1 |
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There's a reason stupid drivers pay more for insurance
I was minding my business and driving along, when I noticed a car change lanes abruptly, right behind me. The idiot was tailgating me, and when I gave him a brake check, he changed lanes and drove up next to me. It was an audi a4 station wagon. Driver said "don't be a *****, let's race!"
If I was 18-25, I probably would have stomped it and smoked him, but being 35, I saw that it was a danger to the public to race because traffic was heavy and pedestrians were on the sidewalk. It didn't help when my girlfriend told me to smoke him. But I thought, I have nothing to prove, and only pay $80 a month for full coverage insurance with geico. Not worth it. So ignored the idiot, and when he realized I wasn't going to be provoked, he stomped on the accelerator and went about 60 in a 30 MPH zone. Lo and behold the next thing I see is a police car blow by me and pull up behind him. That ticket won't be cheap and the idiots insurance will go up. This made me think of the thread a few weeks ago where the op complained people kept trying to race him in lame cars. I am just glad that common sense rules now, and I am not the immature punk I was. I would be angry if i got a ticket racing an audi station wagon. I am pretty sure that betweeen the two of us, if we had raced, the cop would have gone after me. I just smiled at my girlfriend and told her that's why you have points in your driver license and pay so much for insurance.
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05-08-2012, 01:11 AM | #2 |
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Nice story I love when that happens. Im never tempted to race
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05-08-2012, 01:15 AM | #3 |
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Should have pulled over and told the cop he wanted to street race you.
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05-08-2012, 01:16 AM | #4 |
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Touché, I have noticed that also while driving and some ricer will come out of nowhere and try to race, I just casually look at my speed to check I'm at the limit and continue to cruise. Twice now I have been tested not to race and have witnessed said riders getting pulled over me being 42 and i love my low premiums will save any racing for the track.
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05-08-2012, 01:22 AM | #5 |
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Oh that had to feel good to see that idiot get ticketed. That is really stupid for him to try and race on a side street. I semi raced my car once but like you maturity prevailed. A fellow camaro owner pulled up next to me and even went so far as to back up at a stop light to line up so I took off fast and semi raced him but it was a 45mph zone and I pulled up at 47 lol. I wanted to keep going cuz it was a rush for those few seconds but I don't need tickets and I certainly wouldn't hit hard off of the highway. Plus we were pulling up on the highway patrol station.
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If someone wants to race, that's what a track is for. Having been a navy corpsman and emt for so long, i have seen some bad wrecks and refuse to place my girlfriend and the public in danger to prove who's car is faster. I always think if I lost control and hit someone that person is someone's father, brother, friend, mother, sister, etc. I would hate to be the one in court and face the loved ones of the person I hurt. Again, rarely people think of consequences when immature.
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05-08-2012, 01:55 AM | #9 |
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05-08-2012, 02:04 AM | #10 |
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I would of went right up to that dudes car after he got pulled over and fricken just pointed and laughed at that A hole. What a douche. Good job not racing.
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05-08-2012, 02:06 AM | #11 |
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Had a WS6 T/A try and start stuff earlier. I guess he was learning how to drive the car, but he was going really slow in the right lane so I moved over to pass him. Right when I get up next to him he gives it some gas and keeps looking over. I just kept looking straight and cruised. He got butthurt and turned at the next light, lol.
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