So yesterday evening I was driving home. It takes about 90min to drive home from where I work. About 30 min of the drive is over some small rural areas.
Any way I am driving in the evening in the rain and my car suddenly pulled to the left really hard right as a guy in a big red Dodge Ram is passing me, it is on the rural road so its rare to even see another car. I come with in inches of side swiping him. Fortunately he is alert and swerves over quickly going off road for a few seconds but is able to get back on the road. The Pickup continues in the same direction out of view.
I pull over to see that my front drivers side tire has blown out and that is what caused the swerve. The tire was is good shape as it was an 80,000 mile tire but only had about 30,000 miles on it.
So I began the process of changing a tire in the rain. With in a few seconds of starting the same red pickup drives by going the other way. The driver rolls down his window and yells some profanity. I could also see there was a passenger.
That is when I called 911. I just told them what happened. They said that the nearest officer was about 20 min away and asked if I wanted them to send him out. I declined figuring that I could have the tire changed faster than that.
I get the tire off and am working on getting the second tire on when there is a blast on a horn and the same truck drives by me again. It swerves and misses me by inches. I call the police back this time request the cops come out. I stay on the phone with the police as I attempt to finish changing my tire when I see the same truck again. I instinctively set down the phone and reach for my CCW. As the truck drives by the guy again attempts to swerve towards me crossing in the the lane going the other direction. I pull my gun and point it at him. The truck suddenly gets back in his own lane and drives on. I did not fire.
I pick up the phone and try to give a licence plate number but I am pretty rattled at this point and can only give a partial plate. I also told the lady what had just happened and admit to pulling the gun. Suddenly the police are there with in a few min rather than the 20 first told me.
The officer was very professional and helps me finish changing my tire and then takes a statement. He says that I did not break any laws and that they would keep an eye out for the pickup.
Any way this incident had me pretty rattled up. Is there any thing I should have done different?
Any way I am driving in the evening in the rain and my car suddenly pulled to the left really hard right as a guy in a big red Dodge Ram is passing me, it is on the rural road so its rare to even see another car. I come with in inches of side swiping him. Fortunately he is alert and swerves over quickly going off road for a few seconds but is able to get back on the road. The Pickup continues in the same direction out of view.
I pull over to see that my front drivers side tire has blown out and that is what caused the swerve. The tire was is good shape as it was an 80,000 mile tire but only had about 30,000 miles on it.
So I began the process of changing a tire in the rain. With in a few seconds of starting the same red pickup drives by going the other way. The driver rolls down his window and yells some profanity. I could also see there was a passenger.
That is when I called 911. I just told them what happened. They said that the nearest officer was about 20 min away and asked if I wanted them to send him out. I declined figuring that I could have the tire changed faster than that.
I get the tire off and am working on getting the second tire on when there is a blast on a horn and the same truck drives by me again. It swerves and misses me by inches. I call the police back this time request the cops come out. I stay on the phone with the police as I attempt to finish changing my tire when I see the same truck again. I instinctively set down the phone and reach for my CCW. As the truck drives by the guy again attempts to swerve towards me crossing in the the lane going the other direction. I pull my gun and point it at him. The truck suddenly gets back in his own lane and drives on. I did not fire.
I pick up the phone and try to give a licence plate number but I am pretty rattled at this point and can only give a partial plate. I also told the lady what had just happened and admit to pulling the gun. Suddenly the police are there with in a few min rather than the 20 first told me.
The officer was very professional and helps me finish changing my tire and then takes a statement. He says that I did not break any laws and that they would keep an eye out for the pickup.
Any way this incident had me pretty rattled up. Is there any thing I should have done different?
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