Comments on: Ugh, the pain, the pain!

By: Grayzzur

Grayzzur — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:05:07 +0000

It was typical 5 o’clock traffic in California, trying to get on the freeway where the on ramps have those access lights that let one or two cars on at a time… but are basically pointless because when your light turns green you still can only move up half a car length. Some guy in a big SUV pulls into the shoulder and starts passing people on the right. I notice him zipping up in my mirror on the right, and figure this isn’t gonna go well, as there’s a cop car in line with everyone else 2 cars in front of me. He sees the cop and tries to jump into traffic real quick — right in front of me — nearly taking off the front corner of my car. Of course I hit my horn. Then the cop pulls over to the side of the road, patiently waits for the SUV to pass him, then flips on his lights and pulls back in behind the SUV. I think it was that same feeling you had.

By: Mako

Mako — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:53:35 +0000

That’s called “instant kharma” and, as John Lennon once noted, “it’s gonna kick you right in the head.”

By: Malphailuron

Malphailuron — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:30:04 +0000

I had the pleasure of witnessing a very similar thing. My girlfriend and I cheered for several minutes, even after the flashing lights and the impatient idiot were miles behind us.

By: Sarabian

Sarabian — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:09:25 +0000

Of course, the best one I ever had was a guy on a motorcycle that cut me off while in my minivan with my kids. He then roared down the road and – get this – stood up on the pegs to get out his cell phone so he could text while riding a crotch rocket. Over the next few miles he did that several times and varied his speed from 10 MPH under to about 20 MPH over the limit, merrily texting all the way. At one point his license plate bracket – which was empty – fell off and hit my van.

The cumulation of this one was me picking up my portable, radioing in to dispatch and talking a unit in to pull him over. The discussion we had as he stood on the side of the road was priceless – unlike the stream of tickets he received, the towing bill, and the 14 points on his license. That definitely had a price.

The cops? We enjoy it, too. : )

By: Sarabian

Sarabian — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:01:02 +0000

Justice.

By: Kemonojin

Kemonojin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:12:10 +0000

Heh. (Not at Bristal, at 3B) Happened to me once… stuck in traffic on the interstate due to an accident and nowhere to get off… people started zooming up the breakdown lane at ridiculous speeds and nearly no space, to the point where my car was rocking enough that I had to hang onto the wheel. I slid over and blocked the breakdown lane, and a camaro roared up behind me and slid to a stop, almost plowing into me and another car. Held him there until I could see over the top of an overpass that there were flashy blue lights ahead, and then let him go. He squealed the tires and then slid to a stop right behind the state trooper.

I waved at him as I went by.

By: Bristal

Bristal — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:10:05 +0000

Last winter I saw an idiot fly past me on a very snowy freeway and down the exit I was taking. When I reached the light, he had hit another car. I was initially shadenfreudalistic, then all I could think about was the crappy day the person that got hit was now having.

By: Pradzha

Pradzha — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:33:53 +0000

Darn! Was going to mention schadenfreude. It’s not perfect for the purpose named, but I think it works pretty well.

By: Stubborn

Stubborn — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:16:44 +0000

Love it. It so RARELY happens that it’s just that much more satisfying when it does.

The only time I witnessed something like this was in – no surprise – NYC. I’d been in horrible traffic for an hour because a collision had occurred in an intersection ahead of us. The road was only two lanes – one lane per direction – but some jerk decided he’d skip ahead of all of us patiently waiting and go up the other lane. As he poked his nose out in front of the accident, someone coming from the right around the accident nailed his big, black, expensive SUV. That of course created more bad traffic, but those of us waiting patiently eventually got moved through, and I smiled widely at the young buck whose front end was destroyed.

By: Klepsacovic

Klepsacovic — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:27:10 +0000

This post had me scared when I was reading the little bit in the feed. “The pain” plus you in a car and someone else speeding made me think you’d been hit. I was about to admire your dedication, that you’re in the emergency room blogging to us. That’s where an iPad would be really handy.