I saw Instant Karma on an aggressive driver last night.

[Lunabell]

I was on my way to work on a three lane city road. The speed limit was 45 and in the left lane we were traveling at a respectable 50-52 mph. From behind I saw a tiny sports car weaving in and out of traffic, trying to beat the group of cars. I heard them revving their little sports car engine and they ended up behind me. They tail gated me so close that I couldn't see their lights. I was gritting my teeth because that annoys me to no end! Our lane of cars moved forward enough so that the aggressive sports car could maneuver into the middle lane and then they revved up to get into the right lane and sped forward. Probably 70 to 80 mph.

I was seriously thinking of calling 911 to report this aggressive driver because they were going to cause a wreck. Then, lmao, the car two cars ahead of me put on their blue lights and pulled the asshole over. Speeding is one thing, but aggressive driving is a dangerous.

[Clouds Passing]

1. LOL

[JohnnyRingo]

2. I had a satisfying experience happen to me years ago as well.

I was in the center lane waiting for traffic so I could turn into my driveway.
Finally, I saw a break and pulled in, but the kid in the next car coming floored it and made me hurry to get off the road.

The funny thing was my car was momentarily blocking his view down the road and he didn't know traffic ahead was stopped. He smashed right into the back of the car ahead of him. If only he had his foot on the brake instead of the gas pedal.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Doesn't happen often enough...nt

[Ocelot II]

4. Once in awhile instant karma (carma?) happens.

I recall driving along a highway that I knew to be regularly patrolled, so I was careful about observing the posted speed limit of 65 MPH, which is plenty fast. So I'm cruising along at 65, and another car came up behind me very fast and then passed me, taking off down the road at well above 65, probably more than 80, and disappearing beyond the horizon. I just kept on going. And sure enough, a few miles later there he was (it's almost almost "he" ) at the side of the road, going exactly 0 MPH, in the company of a state trooper. I'm sure he couldn't see me smiling gleefully, but I smiled anyhow.

[Lunabell]

27. Carma!

Lol, I like that.

[eppur_se_muova]

30. That's what the old "shave and a haircut -- six bits" rhythmic honking is for. nt

[3Hotdogs]

5. My favorite.... Summer evening. Hot and humid -and we are backed up. 8 lanes, narrowing to two to get into

the Holland Tunnel. Speed, .03 mph. I got my squeeze in the car we we are going to Madison Square Garden for whatever concert.


Next lane has a convertible with 4 dolts in it. I guess he felt I cut him off. So they all begin cursing me out, yelling and being an asshole. This goes on for at least 15 minutes. Finally, we reach the toll booths together. I pay mine - he pays his and now we are going to merge again.

I proceed slowly, so as to let the asshole get ahead of me if its that important to him ---- when a cop walks over to him and motions for him to pull over to the breakdown lane.

[Ligyron]

6. Usually, it's "where's a cop when you need one?"

Car-ma musta caught up with them, lol.

[QED]

7. Always satisfying...

A little red sports car zoomed past me and several other cars on an onramp and blew through the traffic control light. Two exits down the highway troopers had the guy pulled over. He zoomed no more that day. LOL

[3Hotdogs]

8. My experience in NJ. Speeding and weaving is usually done by Porche and motorcycles in summer.

I can't remember ever seeing a Corvette driver doing this.

Regarding the motorcycles, the assholes are always driving "rice burners." Harley riders are usually conservative. In lane, no more than 5 mph above the limit.

My favorite --- a guy riding a Suzuki. How do I know it was a Suzzi? He has a t shirt and the wind is blowing the shirt up on his back, exposing a large tat of the Suzi logo. To quote the great 20th century philosopher, Bugs Bunny, "What a maroon."

[Old Crank]

11. Around here Porsche drivers are some of the more conservative ones.

We deal with Ferarri and Lambo drivers on the Autobahn.
When I was in the SF bay area the Harley drivers were a menace on the freeways. LAne splitting at high speed, pullling up with no mufflers in blind spots. Some would race up and down partially closed streets after ball games.
Out on the winding roads lots of Japanese bikes and a good number of European ones. Many Ducatis. All runnign go pros. Some with outright racing rubber. Seeing the self segregation in biker parking lots was fun.

[Quanto Magnus]

21. I live in the Bay Area

Yeah, some dudes on bikes are annoying. I am a motorcycle funeral escort, so I see A LOT of dumb shit on the road. TBH, white dudes in trucks are f'ing terrible in the Bay Area (I am white and have a truck, so not stereotyping). The real issue though is the lack of enforcement of hands free laws. I've seen people taking videos, on Facebook/Twitter, etc. Rarely are there CHP out and the few times I've seen them, most of the time, they're just sitting off the side of the road looking at their crotch (I suspect playing on their own phone)

I think the CHP is going through a 'quiet quitting' phase.

[Lunabell]

29. Harleys are too expensive to wreck!

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And the owners are usually very proud of their rides.

[NNadir]

9. I had one of those pleasures a few years back.

I tend to drive at or close to the speed limit, as I tend to be a gas mileage freak.

I was driving home with my family in the car, I-95, coming up to my home exit, 65 miles per hour. Some asshole came barreling up at me, almost rear ending me, at what had to be 100 mph or more, weaved around me, barely missing me, right past a radar cop. He or she pulled off the exit, and the cop, who'd put on his or her lights, pulled out in chase did the same. I saw the asshole pulled over just past the exit.

I had been momentarily freaked that the asshole was going to hit me, and thus was pleased. My wife and sons cheered.

It was years ago, but I remember it.

[MurrayDelph]

10. I have two, from years ago

1. I live on the Oregon coast, and the only way into Portland is a winding highway that has a 55mph maximum, and many areas where it is only one way in each direction. One day, I am tailgated by a fancy red imported sports car (with some sort of personalized plate bragging about how fast the car is) who passes me in a no-passing zone. A few minutes later, I pass him while he is at the side of the road, having a nice conversation with one of the many uniformed officers that patrol that road.

2. When I first drove to the Phoenix area from Los Angeles (40+ years ago), the highways stopped on the outskirts of town and resumed when you got to the other side. When the company I started working for soon after began sending me there, I marveled at how many freeways were being built all-at-once there. However, they were apparently a new idea to the driver near me at the top of the exit ramp. I was in the left lane waiting for the light to change. He was in the right lane, made a token display of stopping for the light before turning. He apparently noticed neither the "No right turn on red" sign, nor the motorcycle officer in the middle lane next to him. My windows were up and the air conditioning on, but I think I could still hear the words "Oh, hell no he didn't!" before the gentleman on the motorcycle turned on his lights and followed that gentleman.

[Old Crank]

12. I remember the freeway in Phoenix

10 would end and then pick up again at 17, around 23rd street. They finally pushed 10 to 17. HAlf your trip to CA was getting between 10 and 17 it seemed. Now there is a loop freeway that from reports is a flat out race track.I've heard of motorcycles taunting cops then taking off. Many of these guys have flilp up plates.

[SeattleVet]

28. One thing that always irks me about many of the drivers along the Oregon coast ...

they'll go about 5MPH under the speed limit for miles in the 'No Passing' sections, but as soon as you get to a place where there's a passing lane they speed up to prevent anyone except the most aggressive from passing them, then settle right back to their 'speed limit minus 5' routine as soon as you can't legally pass them anymore.

Super frustrating.

Makes me start to re-think my stance on capital punishment.

[William769]

13. Aggressive drivers suck and

They are usually the one's that end up in road rage.

I've dealt with many of them, I just smile and wave at them which pisses them off even more.

[calimary]

14. Thank goodness that's how it ended!

You’re safe and well, and the jerk got a speeding ticket.

Sometimes things do work out!

[louis-t]

15. I saw the same thing a few days before Christmas.

Finally starting to see police patrolling the freeways again after several years of being non-existent. One time in the early '80s I was on my way to a gig in a snowstorm. A guy in a huge pickup truck was tailgaiting me and driving like an idiot. He passed me going way too fast. About a mile ahead, I passed him again. He was in a deep ditch.

[homegirl]

16. On a CA freeway

that winds through San Francisco. A Mercedes weaving at high speed from lane to lane. Suddenly surrounded by four cars traveling at 10 miles below the speed limit. Boxed him in! Can make you believe in a super natural communication between humans.

[FoxNewsSucks]

17. When one can move out of the passing lane,

allowing the tailgater to go by and get whatever speeding ticket awaits them, yet doesn't, my opinion is that individual is also contributing to the dangerous behavior.

I don't understand the desire or need to block others. I never have a problem with tailgaters, I just let them go by. Probably most of the time they get away with speeding, sometimes they don't. Either way, it takes any stress off of me.

And if they're gonna drive dangerously, I'd rather they be in front of me getting farther away than riding my ass fuming and pissing me off.

[Lunabell]

35. Nobody was blocking anybody.

Didn't you read the post or did you have an honest misunderstanding? There were three lanes of cars on a city road, not the interstate. All three lanes were full of cars going at the posted speed of 45 or a little over. Pulling over to let an obnoxious jerk go around was not an option because that just would have impeded the heavily trafficked area and caused more of a problem.

I was in the far left lane with cars to my right, both in the middle lane and far right lane. There were several cars in front of me and several behind the little sports car. Why should we have all pulled over to accommodate an aggressive jerk? That doesn't make sense at all.

Also, when driving on a three lane road in town, it is not considered a passing lane. There are turns to the left, unlike an interstate where the furthest left lane is considered the passing lane.

But, thank you for your comments about my experience.

[NBachers]

36. Rec

[barbtries]

38. i agree.

"Slower traffic keep right"

the guy may be an asshole but if he's going faster than you, move over as soon as you can do so safely.

Too many people (including my son) think "I'm traveling the speed limit, or 5 miles over the speed limit" or whatever, and won't move over. We've argued about it.

I don't think this basic rule of the road is being taught in driving schools and that's a shame.

[multigraincracker]

18. Improper lane change and failure to use turn signals.

When making a tune on to a multilane street, you are required to stay in the inside lane. Then you must use your turn signal to move to the other lane.
Two days ago it happen again to me. Made my turn and then put on my signal to move over. The guy behind me made the wide turn and cut me off with my signal on.. The car behind him was a State Cop and he lite him up.

Old and retired, never in a hurry because I leave early.

[LudwigPastorius]

19. Somebody needs to tell Karma that it's been sleeping on Donald Trump.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. Yeah

[IbogaProject]

23. I wish that was treated as Reckless Driving

In most places that leads to an arrest and a full inventory of the car.

[GentryDixon]

24. I had a similar incident on I-95 North.

I noticed a red Corvette coming at full speed, and knew I could not move to the left lane, as there were cars in that lane. At the last second, he scooted to the emergency lane, and blew past me like I was standing still, but I didn't know he was in competition with another car. The second car was right behind him & the sound was like I was at Darlington Speedway.

After a few miles I see them both pulled over by two NC Highway Patrol cars. 😍

[AllaN01Bear]

25. ding ding ding ding. yesssssss.

amen. lucky that that 2nd car had blue lights . gotaya you so and so and so.

[AllaN01Bear]

26. ""

i have this dream that one of these so and so and sos was darting between cars and come to a railrod crossings with the gates down and a 3 mile ong freight train stalled because one of its engines quit and the nerest replacement locos were 200 miles away and on single track.

[iluvtennis]

31. Perfect!! n/t

[TexasBushwhacker]

32. I've found they usually just get a longer wait

at the traffic light. Lights are timed to match the speed limit, so once you have a green light, you're better off just going the speed limit, because you'll hit the next green light and so on.

[Nululu]

33. Same thing happened to me but it was 2 cars

In that case 2 jerks tailgating honking so I pulled over & passed both later when cop pulled them over.

Very satisfying.

[BaronChocula]

34. They're lucky it was just blue lights flashing

and not their life before their eyes. Not that I would care much if it was the latter. I'm not here to be collateral damage for willfully dangerous people and whatever takes them out of the equation, I'm good with that.

[NBachers]

37. Stopped at a red light on a one-way street in San Francisco. The light turns green. I get ready to go. Big SUV decides

to go barreling through its red light and blast through the intersection. I slammed on my brakes and hit the horn. The woman driving throws me an aggressive finger from her lofty perch and shows me one of the most aggressively ugly faces I’ve ever seen. Motorcycle cop immediately chases her down and pulls her over.

It doesn’t happen often enough.

[catbyte]

39. LOL. The one thing I remember from my driver's ed book when I was 15 was how

"jack rabbit lane changing" was a no-no. I've always loved that term for some reason.

[Oopsie Daisy]

40. I only ever see "instant karma" in the dashcam video collections on youtube.

I've never seen it in real life. But my dashcam is ready to capture the moment, and I'll upload it to youtube if it happens.

[Lunabell]

41. I caught a bad accident and subsequent leaving the scene of an accident on my dashcam.

It helped police catch the lady who caused and then left the accident. The young lady who went flying was ok. Just shaken up.

[Oopsie Daisy]

42. Outstanding! Road-ragers and idiot drivers are a menace to society.

[CuriousCelt]

43. Smoking Karma

About 25 years ago I was on a motorway travelling at about 55mph when I espied in the mirror a car in the far distance closing fast.
Within a few seconds it passed me at an enormous speed.

About 1/2 mile or so further on the engine practically exploded, with copious quantities of black smoke billowing from under the bonnet.

To me, that is even better karma than being pulled over by cops.

But I take karma in all its forms.