WTH is wrong with people?!?
The following is the very reason why I have the K3’s on the car.
On Tuesday around 9am, I was on the small highway coming into the bustling metropolis of small town Sherwood Oregon heading into work. From my house, I’m three stop lights from a right turn onto a two lane road that takes me out to I-5.
At the second of three lights heading to the right turn…there was a semi in the middle lane. That always pisses people off since the slow whale splits traffic up. I’m in the slow lane, rightfully, seeing as I’m a Toyota Yaris. I can’t get on it with a 100Hp gas sipper. So I get a strange feeling at the stop light. Something is about to happen…
…The light turns green, I get up into third gear (35-40 MPH). Two cars bust from coming around the semi (still in the center lane) and make sudden and signaled two lane jumps into the slow lane a couple car lengths ahead of me. Cool…aggrivating…but cool. Traffic starts to slow as the two cars and myself merge right into the turn lane to turn right. I have one…MAYBE one and a half lengths between me and the late 90’s Ford Explorer that just made the bust two lanes across to turn right.
I get THAT feeling and see out of my left side peripheral this Ford Expedition coming fast in the center lane. We’re about 100 yards until the red light signal to turn right decelerating from 40 MPH in line. My distance from the Explorer is shrinking…as would be normal. This Expedition presumes to force it’s way into the lane as now I have a half car length between myself and the Explorer.
OH F NO!!!
That K3 was just fully charged and now let loose! This B-hole was trying to turn in on my front left fender. Well, the 5 gallon air tank has approximately 5 seconds of full blast time. I F’n used it all on this Expedition. I slammed the door closed quickly, putting myself door to door with what turned out to be some Latino chick trying to look “ghetto fabulus”. She didn’t have the courage to meet my gaze. It would have killed her…
She was trying to turn right with me in the lane. That didn’t happen. At this point she was going through the major intersection, forced to go straight after her attempt to shoehorn that whale of a an SUV into the lane. She was forced to go straight because if she tried to turn with me right there, the stoplight cameras would have gone nuts…
deep breath
I would have been okay with a wreck as well. I’ve got full coverage and a spotless record since 2007. It would have ended badly for this chica.
That type of crap gets my blood pressure up big time. It’s almost a sense of entitlement regardless of anyone else on the road.
The entire reason I have air horns on the car is because two years ago a full sized truck ran me off the road on the same stretch of road as this incident. The OEM girl horn didn’t cut it.
I’d rather use the horn as a legitimate step on the escalation of force ladder versus going postal…
Very reason I have shockers is for people like that. Of course I am always tempted with getting a couple scares in during the day.