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Tailgater Goes Crunch.

spork_av

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SM 2003
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I had one heck of a weekend.

Friday night coming home from work, I was stoped at a stop light. A guy in a jacked up jeep CJ pulled alongside me and wanted to race.... Well, I had to defend the honor of the AV. So, the stop light is at the bottom of a hill. The light turns green, we both take off. I am clearly ahead, having the better reaction time. The speed limit is 50mph. I hit that withing seconds, and left off the accelerator. Jeep goes flying by. We hit the chrest of the hill, and a cop is sitting on the other side. Lights go on, and the Jeep is pulled over. I sail on past, waving ;D

Saturday morning. I am heading back to my house, after a trip to the store. The collector streets for my neighborhood have a speed limit of 35mph. the streets are also very curvy. So, I am going down the street at about 40 mph. i tend to hug the right side curb line, because the streets are narrow, and I don't want to get side swiped on the driver side. I hear the boom boom boom of a stereo system, and look in my rearview mirror, and barely see the top of some car that is tail gating me. well, since I am obviously a larger vehicle, the tailgating does not entice me to go faster. So, as I hug the curb, there is a car parked alongside the road in front of me. I barrel towards it, pulling out at the last second..... the dumb sh*t behind me, is so close to me, that he has no clue the car is there. When i pull out, he heads straight into the back end of the parked car. I doubt he even had time to hit the brakes. So, I pull over and get on the cell phone. Another passer-by jumps out of their car and checks on the guy. he is trapped in the car, but otherwise un-hurt. The cops arrive. They free the guy from the car, and run an ID check on him, and he is wanted for sposal abuse. On go the hand cuffs, and off to jail he goes.

So, there you have it, me and Spork doing our part for the protection of everyone.
 
Yes, Deputy Spork, you had quite a weekend. ?Billy recommends you for a commendation and promotion! ;D
 
I feel sorry for the owner of the parked car...... :cry:

I bet you laughed SPORK...I know I would of at first >:D

But that is me.......remember in the winter olympics a few times ago when during a paris skating match some chick did a face plant on the ice........I laughed for days on that one >:D
 
hell in Florida they would have given you the ticket for causing the accident by ubstructing his view and intentionally pulling out to cause him to crash into the back of the parked car. Police down here are idiots. Then you have to hire a lawyer to get off the charge ... but you would still be out the lawyer fees.
 
Dude....you are officially my hero for the day.

I love it when jerks like that get what they deserve. :)
 
I doubt I could have gotten a ticket.
#1, I was within my lane, until I came upon the car. At which time, I safely moved into the oncoming lane to move around it.
#2. The guy behind me was not giving me assured clear distance.
#3. I don't have to provide visabilty for any vehicle following me.
#4. The other driver did not retain control of their own vehicle.
#5. The car on the street was in a no parking zone, and the position of the car could not be seen until you were right on it.

oh heck, I could go on and on... since I was not in control of the other guys car, I doubt any court in the land could prove anything. Besides, i was not expecting the guy to run full force into the car anyway. Maybe when he gets out of jail, he will learn not to tailgate.

Ohio doesn't even have a "good samaritan" law anyway, I could have continued on driving.
 
Spork, what part of Ohio are you from? I live about 20 miles south of Canton :)
 
very cool story. the same thing happened to me when living in wisconsin. i had 2001 ram 2500 4x4 and it was the dead of winter. the roads where snowy and someone was tailgating. when i moved to avoid a car the car behind hit the brakes and slid into a parked truck. no one hurt but police gave the guy 2 tickets. one for following to close and one for driving to fast for conditions
 
Wish i could have been there,I would have got out and laughed my ass off at him,and pointed 2. (y) ;D :cool:
good storie
:love:my :B:
 
Great job Spork,

I love it ;D

I have tried to teach a couple tailgaters but they always hit the brakes first. I will keep trying and post back if I can snag one like that >:D
 
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