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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 09:12 AM
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So there I am cruising down the highway, not much traffic, I am coming up on a grey truck with a matching canopy. I have a guy in a Nice looking black Ford with a really nice chrome front end behind me. I had pulled over to let him pass but he was content to just follow me so I pulled back in to pass the grey truck. Just as I get to the guys “rear bumber” he cuts in front of me. I luckily caught the look in his side mirror just as he did it and I hit my brakes. With the concrete barrier no chance to just burn him. Hitting my brakes caused the black truck to brake hard enough I heard the rubber squeal behind me. Both of us backed off the grey truck a lot.
There was one car about a quarter k up the road ahead of us speed was pretty much a match most of the way up the highway till now, he was now about 10 to 15 k below the speed limit, so no real reason for him to do this.
I waited a few seconds and pulled around to the inside and accelerated. He waited till I was on his bumber again and he cracked it over hard and slammed on his brakes. I went into the pedestrian portion of the highway with my brakes locked up and cracked it to the left and blew past him. At this point I just wanted to ride, wasn't looking for any hassle, so I kept going.
He sped up and tried to catch me but no chance on the twisties and we ran into some traffic I kept going. Lost him behind a couple of Airstreams and I was gone.
Came to another long straight stretch on the highway and I passed a couple of cars and was coming up on a 500 kawi with a obvious newbie rider, passed him and two cars then spotted knucklehead burning down the highway (downhill he goes fast…) Anyway he runs up the end of the passing lanes and gets behind the 500. Downhill here is a narrow winding stretch that really slows up the traffic and we were down to about 40k. ******** is going back and forth in the lane and gets up beside the kid with his front tire then pulls back and goes to the other side. Now this is so obvious and blatant the car in front of the bike ends up pulling off the road at the bottom.
I noticed the black truck was there a couple of cars behind the guy and those hanging back. We come up out of the valley and back into passing lanes and this idiot tries to get by everyone but the trucks are just too many and he can’t do anything ends up in the curb lane behind a 5 ton at the next light.
He is pushed into the guy on the 500 though with his front tire over the line in his lane but can't quite do it due to the car behind the Kawi and him being so close to the 5 ton. Now this goof gets out and threatens the old guy in the car if he does not let him in. I see a guy get out of his car behind that guy and he gets back in his truck. The light changes and I slow up putting the 500 behind the guy. I speed up as does the car behind me who gives me a thumbs up. We pass the 5 ton and the car pulls over letting stupid in behind me which is what I wanted getting him away from the 500. He can’t keep up to me so not too worried and he chases me to the next light.
I get to the next light just as it goes red. I pull up and get off the bike walking back to him. He floors it in reverse causing the black truck to lock them up.
I get back on the bike the light changes and I leave the light. He guns it up behind just as I hit the throttle. We get up past some more traffic and the idiot pulls into the slow lane. I just gunned it having a clear road and no lights for a long stretch. But I notice the black truck floor it behind me, passing this guy and suddenly pulling in and locking them up in front of, the grey truck which veers right and ends up going off the road. The black truck floors it again and takes off flashes his lights at me and takes the next turn off. Did not expect that.
Lot more happened with this guy then I have on here shortened this up a bit. He was honking his horn and flashing his high beams at everyone and screaming out his window, shaking his fist, etc..
Saw him half an hour later on my way back being spoken to by two police officers with another vehicle and person out of the car which is unusual around here so something going on there. He was a litte further down the highway...Who knows.
 

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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 09:29 AM
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Wow, would like to see you try to post that a few months ago, LOL. Sounds like the cops got him, hope they put his butt in the can.
 
Old Aug 15, 2008 | 10:15 AM
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Is there a short version? That's way too much for me to read.
 
Old Aug 15, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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Good short story made long! l.ray
 
Old Aug 15, 2008 | 10:32 AM
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Lotta freaks out there!!!!!!!! You could have been a hood ornament.
 
Old Aug 15, 2008 | 10:34 AM
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That could be construed as assault with a deadly weapon.
 
Old Aug 15, 2008 | 10:37 AM
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I think I missed alot of the details. May suggest using paragraphs next time? Not being a smart ***, but it makes it much easier to read. Sounded like the grey trcuk driver was a psycho and the black truck driver an allie. Thank God for that. At least the nut job got what he deserved.

Glad you are ok.
 
Old Aug 15, 2008 | 10:41 AM
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Why not just pull off the road and let the idiot go his way? Getting off bike and stomping back to a car here in Texas might get you shot!
 
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 10:57 AM
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 11:00 AM
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I would have stopped to talk to the cops to let them know that this idiot was playing games with your life.
 



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