Driving home from work a few weeks ago there's pickup tailgating me really badly. Finally it passes me but then cuts me off really bad and is now in front of me.
The truck starts going slower and slower and slower. Eventually I get into the left lane to pass it but then it takes off hard like it's
trying to race me. When I don't keep up with it the driver starts slowing down and letting me catch up to him. Before I do catch up to him I cut hard and take an
exit ramp he's already passed and drive home another way than I intended.

Going to work the next morning a little subcompact starts driving next to me and shadowing my every move. I speed up, it speeds up, I slow down it slows down.
The idiot thinks he's racing me. There's some hard turns in the road and he keeps taking the inside of each curve and matching my speed. He's not a good
driver so he keeps wandering in and out of my lane on these turns but he seems to think he is a Formula One driver.
Finally we get to the bridge where construction closed a lane down and at the merge the idiot makes a desparate dash up the closing lane to get past me and
forces the person in front of me to jam on their brakes to avoid hitting him as he forces his way over. i have to brake hard to avoid hitting the guy
in front of me and barely manage to do so.

The next day on my way to work I take the highway (76). It's stop and crawl for miles on end (due to an accident up ahead). finally we get to the interchange to
the Vine St. Expressway (676) and as the cars from backed-up 76 to fairly clear 676 it turns into a free for all of drivers madly trying to get ahead of each other
and cutting across the highway to get the lane they want. I'm following a big slow flat bed trailer truck carrying a load of huge sheets of metal.
the Broad St. exit comes up and I leave the highway. On the news later I hear that 76 and 676 are shut down due to a truck having an accident and losing
its load of sheet metal all over the roadway just past the Broad st. exit which is then sunsequently crashed into by other motorists. Authorities believe the truck was trying
to avoid a colission after being cut off.

Going home later that day I take I95. As I'm getting to the slow down for the 476 interchange there's a huge boom on my left. I'm in the leftmost lane next
to the center divider barrier. A car on the other side of the interstate has just rammed into it at highway speeds at a 45 degree angle. In my mirror I watch it bounce up and then go into a spin
that takes back across 5 lanes of heavy traffic. The bounce almost took it over the divider and into me. The driver was coming into 95 from the 476 feeding ramp on the right
side and tried cutting though all 5 lanes of traffic to get into the leftmost lane. He either miscalculated or the opening he was aiming for closed up
I don't know. he hit the divider with a boom that I am still hearing in my head a week later. If the person survived I'd bet their in critical condition.

Twice this week the same exact thing happens where I'm going down a local street with little traffic and driving at the speed limit when I see a vehicle
trying to make a left into the street from a parking lot. I see this way head of time and there's more than plenty space for these drivers to just go before I
get to them. But they wait, and wait and then as I get close they creep and stop and creed and stop and finally when I'm right on top of them they pull
out right in my path and make me have ot lock up my rear wheel to avoid hitting them.

Yesterday my better half witnessed an accident on her way to work. A car with a woman and young child came barrelling down the exit ramp from I95 at 70+
mph and slammed right into the back of the truck waiting at the light. Pushing it out into the busy traffic of the intersection where subsequent collisions
take place. The road is closed for the entire day for the cleanup crews. Nobody in the 1st car survived.

This morning I get ready to ride into work and the traffic report comes on saying I95 is closed in two separate locations due to massive fatal accidents.
I walk to the train station and take regional rail to work.

It's slowly getting to where I don't want to ride anymore. Every day I encounter some road raging kamikazi retard or witness the deaths caused by same.
I keep having close calls that are piling up in my mind and making me wonder when my luck will run out.

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? ARE THEY ACTUALLY TRYING TO COMMIT SUICIDE AND TAKE AS MANY PEOPLe AS THEY CAN WITH THEM? WTF?

Re thinkin' that June 19th "ride to work day" ?

When you get too near some of those wackos on the highway.....it is hard to just back down and take action to get away from them - but it certainly is the best approach for your safety.

I have been taking a new approach to my casual rides in the country.  The speed limits on the local roads are 50 mph - which is far faster than most of the roads can be driven.  When on the motorcycle I rarely exceed the posted speed limit - but I don't have to slow down much for the corners..  The local cars and trucks seldom can keep up a pace that is any fun - but the hilly/twisty roads all have double yellow lines and seldom is there any passing zone.  Some of the cars pull over or slow down and wave you past them - I honk and wave as I pass to thank them for their consideration.  When they don't allow you to pass - I just slow down, turn around....and enjoy the ride in the other direction for a while.....then turn back around before I come to another car that might be going too slow!  Generally if you give them a 1/2 mile head start you won't catch up to them again.  I have done this on the Tail of the Dragon a few times when I get behind a long line of cars or motorcycles.....it really doesn't matter which way you ride - the curves are still a lot of fun!

our drivers are pretty rubbish, but nothing like as bad as the imbeciles you have to contend with in the states. lucky everyone over there also has guns. what could go wrong there?

in these circumstances it sounds difficult to have the big gap all around you, which eliminates one of your only friends. I suppose it's not "the Hun in the sun" anymore, it's "the Hun in the SUV".

Who Cares about the tailgate? As long as Stuff isn't unsecured..