A tactic for traffic revenge on a business owner

[TrailBeast]

So Im sitting at the light with my left signal on, waiting for my green arrow and there it is.
I am half way through my left turn when a van with a business name and phone number on it runs the red light on a right turn from the other direction and merges across both lanes right in front of me. He could have had the right lane of the onramp but Noooo!.

He pulls right in frikin front of me and I hit the brakes and lean on the horn then he stomps the gas and accelerates well over the 65 speed limit and on down the road he goes.

I'm thinking to call the number and report him to the business, but I looked up the address on Google and found that he runs his business out of a residence a couple of miles from my house. (so probably he would answer the phone anyway, or maybe a spouse)
But wait, I have a Google voice account that I can make phone calls or text with online and they can't be traced or called back, so I sent him a few texts that said this.

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Maybe next time you run a red light and purposly cut someone off you will be smart enough not to be driving your company van.
I notice that you live in a HOA development, so maybe a gallon of used motor oil all over your nice white driveway and running into the street at **** Barnard Drive (I google streetviewed it) will fix it so your HOA will help you remember that just because you are in a vehicle does not mean you can do whatever you want to other people in traffic and get away with it.

NEXT TEXT to him.
Maybe it will even be there before you get home from your appointment in Prescott, or maybe when you get up in the morning.

Maybe you need a bunch of fake appointments on your schedule, where the people tell you they didn't call you when you get there.
Or maybe you can think everyone that calls from now on is me setting you up again, and be so paranoid about it that you end up running off legit customers.

NEXT TEXT to him.
In any case, I'm far from finished with you and now you get to wonder if every sucky thing that happens to you from now on is an accident or set up by me.
Prick.

HE REPLIED after a half hour or so,
"Sorry about that my mother had to go to the emergency room she has Parkinson's"


So what do you think?
Should I let him off?

 

[momoparman]

I think you should quit angry texting while driving and just focus on driving or your gonna hit someone.

 

[67Dart273]

..............Sounds like bullshit to me.............

Running green lights............that is..........running MY GREEN LIGHT........by someone going the other way has become way too familiar around here. The worst I saw was the other day, a tractor trailer colorfully emblazoned with someone's excavation service logo. He was in the right lane doing at least 40 in a 35 "hammer down" loaded with a big hoe / loader and ran that red just as big as can be

He passed some people stopped in the left lane beside him, so I didn't figure out who it was. You can believe, I would have raised 'ell with them otherwise.

 

[TrailBeast]

I think you should quit angry texting while driving and just focus on driving or your gonna hit someone.

I was at home using Google voice on my computer, not driving. :bootysha:

I don't text with my phone at all, because of the interuptions and distractions they cause.
One of my friend's was texting his GF while we were playing pool so I went out, got in my car and went home.

He called and was WTF happened?, so I told him he was obviously to busy to play pool so I left.
You would think the fact that it took him a few to notice I left would have been a clue.

 

[Frankie]

You can take it as far as you like, but it sounds like it's already gone too far, imo.
I think the situation ended when he pulled away. It was over. The rest is merely ego.

All the best with your decision.

 

[TrailBeast]

You can take it as far as you like, but it sounds like it's already gone too far, imo.
I think the situation ended when he pulled away. It was over. The rest is merely ego.

All the best with your decision.

I guess you could call it ego if I don't want my car to get run into from someone doing something stupid on purpose.
I guess you could call it ego if I feel that holding a person accountable for thier actions is someone elses job.
More and more people are abusing each other in some way or another just because they think they can get away with it, not held accountable.
Tolerance is best kept a 2 way street.
I'll tolerate a person for being "who they are" or however they want to put it, and they can tolerate me when I call em on BS. :thumleft:

 

[inkjunkie]

Thing that annoys the hell out of me....person with the left arrow turning onto a 2 lane road....damn near everyone turns into the right lane.....same goes for people turning right onto a 2 lane....they end up in the left lane. spoke with a cop a while back about it....said that if someone were to get in an accident when they are turning left on a green arrow because they turned into the right lane they would get cited for it....

 

[chryslerfat]

Thing that annoys the hell out of me....person with the left arrow turning onto a 2 lane road....damn near everyone turns into the right lane.....same goes for people turning right onto a 2 lane....they end up in the left lane. spoke with a cop a while back about it....said that if someone were to get in an accident when they are turning left on a green arrow because they turned into the right lane they would get cited for it....

Yup when turning left on a 2 lane you must enter the left lane check for traffic then can move over to the right lane.

 

[damraider]

He was a pussy and drove away , you are being a pussy by doing **** to him and hiding behind a screen .....

Want to make him pay, go see him face to face .

 

[adriver]

Thing that annoys the hell out of me....person with the left arrow turning onto a 2 lane road....damn near everyone turns into the right lane.....same goes for people turning right onto a 2 lane....they end up in the left lane. spoke with a cop a while back about it....said that if someone were to get in an accident when they are turning left on a green arrow because they turned into the right lane they would get cited for it....

This is interesting only because of what happened to me recently.
I was right on red after stop turning into the right lane of a two lane. Ok so far?
But a lady comes flying from the other direction and probably had had a green arrow.
At any rate I was there first, pretty much in right lane where she wanted to be when she came through the intersection.
And she blew at me like I did something wrong.
So if she had hit me in the side toward the back she would have been cited?

 

[jeffnmo]

I agree with the above statement go kick his ***.

Jeff

 

[67Dart273]

..said that if someone were to get in an accident when they are turning left on a green arrow because they turned into the right lane they would get cited for it....

It should take less than an accident. It IS the law that you not switch lanes when turning. Cops are not doing their job if they are not writing people up for this, "at least" when someone crowds someone doing so.

"I can see it" if there's no traffic for a long way off

 

[TrailBeast]

He was a pussy and drove away , you are being a pussy by doing **** to him and hiding behind a screen .....

Want to make him pay, go see him face to face .

Now that is something someone would end up going to jail over.
I just want him to realize there could be a price to pay for screwing with people in traffic.
But thanks for the suggestion, CO.#2847646

This is interesting only because of what happened to me recently.
I was right on red after stop turning into the right lane of a two lane. Ok so far?
But a lady comes flying from the other direction and probably had had a green arrow.
At any rate I was there first, pretty much in right lane where she wanted to be when she came through the intersection.
And she blew at me like I did something wrong.
So if she had hit me in the side toward the back she would have been cited?

You, as you had the red light and were responsible to be sure it was clear.

I agree with the above statement go kick his ***.

Jeff

You guys.

Let me guess, I should video tape it and put it on Youtube right?

 

[RustyRatRod]

What damage did you incur? What harm was done to you? Stop being a billy badass wanna be and be thankful to God you didn't have an accident.

I just don't understand the generations nowadays. It's as if all they live for is confrontation. Always wantin a fight somewhere. You have a chance to just let it the hell go with no damage done to either party. Stop bein an idiot and let it go.

 

[dart4forte]

Fight the fights worth fighting. Life is way too stressfull and way too short. Let it go.

 

[TrailBeast]

What damage did you incur? What harm was done to you? Stop being a billy badass wanna be and be thankful to God you didn't have an accident.

I just don't understand the generations nowadays. It's as if all they live for is confrontation. Always wantin a fight somewhere. You have a chance to just let it the hell go with no damage done to either party. Stop bein an idiot and let it go.

A "turn the other cheek"er huh?
Since when?

Lets all let everything go right?

No violence or confrontations Rob, just a straight up simple warning that he may pay for his playin.
I know you understand that.

 

[RustyRatRod]

No, I don't. Had you suffered some damage at his stupidity, yeah, maybe. But then there are legal avenues by which to handle it. Bottom line is, you're out nothing. You lost nothing. You incurred no damage. You simply want unjustified revenge for something stupid. Turn your energy toward something more positive. Like making your living.

 

[TrailBeast]

No, I don't. Had you suffered some damage at his stupidity, yeah, maybe. But then there are legal avenues by which to handle it. Bottom line is, you're out nothing. You lost nothing. You incurred no damage. You simply want unjustified revenge for something stupid. Turn your energy toward something more positive. Like making your living.

That's right, I "incurred no damage" but what about the next person (my Granddaughter that just got her license) (my Son that rides a motorcycle) or (your Mother, Brother or Sister) whatever.
Next intersection, next red light to run.
He'll think of this when he drives for some time.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Yeah, ok. Whatever man. Have at his ***. Just remember, you cannot change the past. You cannot undo bad things once they are done.

 

[Mad Dart]

You will never see the guy again.... That is what my wife says anyway! Lol

For sure though you never know what is going on in someone's life at the moment......... I say let it go or it will end up eating you up instead of him.

 

[TrailBeast]

Yeah, ok. Whatever man. Have at his ***. Just remember, you cannot change the past. You cannot undo bad things once they are done.

Got it, thanks.

He knows what I wanted him to know and that's good enough.
Honestly Rob, I would have had a lot more respect for your input on this if it hadn't contained all the attempted belittling instigational phrases.

What's up with that? ops:

 

[RustyRatRod]

Got it, thanks.

He knows what I wanted him to know and that's good enough.
Honestly Rob, I would have had a lot more respect for your input on this if it hadn't contained all the attempted belittling instigational phrases.

What's up with that? ops:

Because the whole thing is beneath anyone with a lick of common sense. You have more important things to do with your time. Sometimes, all a person understands is a kick in the head.

 

[Mogre]

Emergency room for Parkinsons??? HUH!!!

 

[TrailBeast]

Because the whole thing is beneath anyone with a lick of common sense. You have more important things to do with your time. Sometimes, all a person understands is a kick in the head.

Aaaand, that's what he got.

Emergency room for Parkinsons??? HUH!!!

It can get that bad.
My Father died from it awhile back.

 

[65cuda360]

What would you have done if it wasn't a rolling billboard with contact info on it?