There have been several times, since the 2016 election that individuals in pick up trucks either (1) drive slow in front of my car, then when I safely pass on the left, they get pissed and try to run me off the road, or (2) a pick up truck is in a lane required to yield to my lane during a merging traffic situation, where they get pissed because I don't left them go in front of me. The last time, I was with my family (wife and and 2 kids) a drive in a pick up truck got upset and came from our rear, around my left side as he passed us on the left, proceeded to try and run us off the road. So I thought to myself, 'this is ridiculous - if he wants my driver side panel, he can have it, and we can deal with this right now'. So I did not move out of my lane, and he clipped our left front panel. My wife took a picture of his license plate, and my oldest daughter made sure to memorize his description. The driver of the truck looked surprised that I did not let him run us off, and immediately moved across 3 lanes to stop and turn off the road as he gave me the finger. We did not pursue the idiot but immediately reported the incident to law enforcement, had an officer in the search the area where the pick up driver turned into. The officer called us while she was searching the area for more information about the driver and the incident. Another officer met us and information, pictures, etc. for a report.
Myself not being personally privy to the pick up 'folks' is there some sort of thing they have about using pick up trucks to harass, etc.? My wife used to drive a Prius and regularly got 'smoked out' by truckers and pick up drivers who modified their exhaust systems to blow black exhaust at will.
Maybe just coincidences, but wondering if it is really a thing?
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