So I am driving home today, im about to exit the freeway and this guy in a honda accord cuts from the middle lane in front of me so he can exit.. fine whatever i say.. driving down a 2 way street i noticed the van in front of said car was going at a pretty slow pace, i merge to the left and the idiot that cut me off merges behind me. Driver is tailgating me worse than ive ever been tailgated (i lived in LA for years, i know tailgating), i tap my brakes just to get the rear lights to brighten.. driver comes closer to me... i speed up a bit with this car still on my tail end and merge in front of the slower vehicle on the right. coming to a signal other driver swerves directly in front of me, exits his car and is screaming for me to come out (year right, as if im that stupid), light turns green and there is enough room so i start to go around his car, right at the moment of acceleration he bashes my drivers side door in with his foot (I honestly think he was aiming for my window)... i pull up more.. no way in hell im getting out of the car, he zooms off, right before he zooms off i see strobing lights come on a Chevy Suburban in the opposite direction, he makes a u turn and takes off after the Honda.
I'm on the side of the road, i call 911, the Suburban comes back while i am talking to a 911 operator. He was a off duty fire captain (explains the emergency lights) and he gave me a description of the guy, the car and the car's license plate number. I give that information and the last direction of travel to the 911 operator. So then i thank the guy who hands me his information says he saw the whole thing and would be a witness for either my insurance and the police report. The last thing he said was "well that guys is pretty screwed, witness that will testify, and got his plate numbers"
Waited 2 hours to file a report, officer that took it said that given the amount of damage to the door and that california has a road rage law the kid (he looked to be no more than 19 or 20) could be facing felony charges.
So now I need to call my insurance company who will surely make this a "comprehensive" claim and make me fork out $500 for this idiots actions... Just a rant, i mean this person could face felony charges for his bout of stupidity, but he deserves it in my opinion.
Thanks for listening to my rant..
Ed
I'm on the side of the road, i call 911, the Suburban comes back while i am talking to a 911 operator. He was a off duty fire captain (explains the emergency lights) and he gave me a description of the guy, the car and the car's license plate number. I give that information and the last direction of travel to the 911 operator. So then i thank the guy who hands me his information says he saw the whole thing and would be a witness for either my insurance and the police report. The last thing he said was "well that guys is pretty screwed, witness that will testify, and got his plate numbers"
Waited 2 hours to file a report, officer that took it said that given the amount of damage to the door and that california has a road rage law the kid (he looked to be no more than 19 or 20) could be facing felony charges.
So now I need to call my insurance company who will surely make this a "comprehensive" claim and make me fork out $500 for this idiots actions... Just a rant, i mean this person could face felony charges for his bout of stupidity, but he deserves it in my opinion.
Thanks for listening to my rant..
Ed
