road rage and horse trailers

[fivehorses]

Anyone else experience someone buzzing you, getting in front of you and slamming on the brakes?

I just got back from a long road trip. I usually, where there are three lanes, travel in the middle lane to avoid oncoming ramp traffic. If only two lanes, I stay in the right lane. I am a courteous driver.

I had this now happen to me twice in the last few years, where a car will come up from behind, pull in front of me, and then slam on the brakes. When they buzz me and pull in front of me, my reaction is to swerve, and when I am thinking, OMG, they slam on their brakes.
Both times I had an empty trailer, but wonder if I had a live load how unsettling for the horses, aside from the danger.

I call 911 each time, and I feel it is a road rage towards horse trailers each time.
Next time or with a load of horses, I may just not slam on my brakes and hit the car, but don't want to make a big accident.

This just really unsettled me, since a few hours earlier I was the third vehicle on scene of a fatal car accident. Hydroplanned and flipped. Scared the heck out of me.

Any ideas or how those of you who truck long haul deal with things.

[equinelaw]

I think the ONLY thing to do is call 911 and let them pay a HUGE fine for reckless driving. Thanks to cell phones, this kind of behavior is harder to get away with. Its reckless and endangering all the people on the road. Crazy people:mad::no:


Anyone else experience someone buzzing you, getting in front of you and slamming on the brakes?

I just got back from a long road trip. I usually, where there are three lanes, travel in the middle lane to avoid oncoming ramp traffic. If only two lanes, I stay in the right lane. I am a courteous driver.

I had this now happen to me twice in the last few years, where a car will come up from behind, pull in front of me, and then slam on the brakes. When they buzz me and pull in front of me, my reaction is to swerve, and when I am thinking, OMG, they slam on their brakes.
Both times I had an empty trailer, but wonder if I had a live load how unsettling for the horses, aside from the danger.

I call 911 each time, and I feel it is a road rage towards horse trailers each time.
Next time or with a load of horses, I may just not slam on my brakes and hit the car, but don't want to make a big accident.

This just really unsettled me, since a few hours earlier I was the third vehicle on scene of a fatal car accident. Hydroplanned and flipped. Scared the heck out of me.

Any ideas or how those of you who truck long haul deal with things.

[fivehorses]

Actually, the operator told me that they can have a cop check them out, but if he is driving ok when they see him, they can't do anything about it unless they observed him doing the act.

I was literally stunned when this guy did this to me, and after he slowed me down to 40mph, and got next to me, I picked up my phone and he split. I knew it would not 'help', but did get his license plate, a florida plate up in NYS and reported it. Maybe if he had any outstanding warrants, they'd at least know where he was.

Just wondering if others have had this experience.

[Wanderluster]

I have no useful advice other than to say it is not your perception it is a fact. At one time I wanted to carry a carton of eggs to hurl at self absorbed dangerous drivers that nearly caused a Ford truck and three horses to land in their back seat. :rolleyes:

[EiRide]

Last year I was on a two lane highway, going faster than many folks in the right lane. I eased over to the left lane and proceeded to steadily pass a line of slow coach cars, then once I had space I promptly eased back over. I was not dwaddling, but I was not flying 20 miles over the speed limit, either. A trucker got his 18 wheeler on my butt during my passing phase, and as he went by me, the passenger in the truck threw a full container of some kind of juice drink and crushed ice onto my windshield, completely obscuring my vision until I could get my wipers and washer fluid to work. Plus the plastic cup and ice hitting the windshield scared the crap out of me!!!

I didn't have a horse in the goose and by golly I ripped out of the right lane and put my foot down, getting up close enough for my SO to get his license and call it in to 911. We gave them a mile by mile until the guy jumped off at an exit, which we also gave the cops. They had a plate, description, and right what exit they got off (not really a destination sort of place, they were trying to get away from us because they could see we were phoning in their deeds). The cops had plans to give them a good going over--it's never good for truckers when the cops start pulling them over and inspecting things.

Rude people suck.

[Go Fish]

Well, you could keep previously digested hay in a paper bag and chuck it out the window at the offender...

[Wanderluster]

But seriously,

Self restraint is a golden rule. we have all been taught from the "never throw sand in the sandbox" years.
I use the LCD rule while driving with horses, the person with the lowest common denominator will rule . Expect discourteous drivers and give way to them. Road rage requires two people, idiots will drive and because they can't see over the top of the horse trailer they need to speed up to pass you to discover for themselves , the big traffic jam. Go figure. :rolleyes:

[Everythingbutwings]

In Fairfax County, VA, if you are able to get the license number and can describe the situation, the other vehicle, etc, there is a link on the county website where you can report aggressive driver's. The owner of the offending vehicle gets a letter from the police letting them know they've been reported.

Unfortunately, it's not state wide. Other jurisdictions say to call 911 immediately to report it.