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black Lexus... yeah, that sounds about right!
That kinda stuff happens pretty often here, but there's always someone (not me) who shows mercy and lets them back in. This is the South, after all. I could only dream that the cops would cite any of these a-holes.
Now here's another for you -- you're in a lane that is being held up for some reason (traffic light, road construction, someone trying to make a left turn against impossible traffic to get into McDonald's, etc.), and the lane next to you is clear. You put on your blinker and start to turn, but the a-holes behind you gun their engines and keep leapfrogging past you until your window of opportunity is gone.
I consider myself a very defensive driver, and "defensive" these days has taken on more the connotation of "self-defense" these days. I'll never be an
aggressive driver, but as our city gets more and more crowded, and traffic gets heavier, I've had to learn to be an
assertive driver if I ever want to get someplace without being consistently cut off by rude a-holes on the road. I hate it, but sometimes you just have to take control and make some bolder maneuvers.
For the most part, I have one overriding rule -- keep my car as far away from other cars as possible, whether in traffic or in a parking lot. I'm very specific about how I park my car, even if it means walking a good bit further. And after 2 years, it still doesn't have a single scratch on it.