Pickup trucks, happened again
 

Not to belabor a previous post, but when I moved from California to Missouri with my 86 Rx7, I noticed that pickup trucks would occasionally tailgate, and I mean so close I could see the driver's teeth, and sit on my bumper in the morning shining headlights into my cabin. They were so close I could see shadows from the hair on my hands. Over the years, individuals I met, including my neighbors, allowed they did not like "Furin" cars especially Japanese sports cars. The same happened with my 09' 370Z. From December 2014 to November 2015, I drove a Dodge Challenger. Didn't happen once. Now I'm back in a Z, only one month and the following story has happened twice.
On Saturday I was driving up my street, a quiet residential neighborhood with a speed limit that goes from 35 to 25. I was on the way to the woods to go hiking. At the one stop sign on my long street, I saw a large black vehicle approaching at a high rate of speed. I pulled out and continued on at 35. Within seconds, he was on my bumper. He raced up to me at a high rate of speed and stopped inches from my bumper. And he stayed there. I looked in the door side mirror. It was a primer black Chevy, stacked quad headlights, pickup with a lift kit and no front plate. The driver was late teens/early twenties, short blonde hair, ball cap. I drove about an eighth of a mile and slowed (with signal) to turn onto a side street. The driver of the Chevy pickup laid on the horn. I was pissed and yelled "What's your problem redneck!" He honked again and gave me the finger.
I'm an older guy and old school. I will keep my cell phone (a flip phone...I told you. old) out of my pocket and on to call the police next time. Any suggestions? This was in Blue Springs Missouri on Roanoke drive between highway 7 and Adams Dairy

don't let it get to you man... people will honk at you making a right when you come to a complete stop behind the line on a red.

or when you're letting pedestrians cross.

i only honk at idiot drivers when it's clearly safe (i see around them) and no pedestrians are cross and i give them a 5 second count. or if they swerve into my lane. or if i'm warning of danger zone.


you're older and you don't need to deal with crazies. the last thing you want is a young dumbarse follows you and you end up in the ER or worst.

You got a purdy mouth boy.....

Dont sweat it, those kind of chicks you described in the Chevy dont have an IQ above room temperature. Though, itd be a treat to see them in the obituaries...."sigh"

Well I found one effective of my overly loud straight pipe exhaust. There isn't a single car even remotely close behind or next to me any more if I don't want them to be.

Some drivers are just like that. Not too long ago, I had some woman in a POS sedan tailgating me through a 35 mph zone. Came up to a stop light that was red, so I stopped, and she was literally 6 inches from the rear of my Z. Light turns green, I start moving straight through the intersection. She turns left and honks at me on her way out. How brave of you to honk at a car going the speed limit as your leaving.

Another time, I remember was when I was in a line stopped at another light with some traffic looking to merge from the right as the cars get moving again. Light turns green, and when I can start moving again, I instead give this vehicle to the right an opportunity to enter. Guy behind me in one of those 'bro-dozers', lays on his horn like crazy. Well, excuse me from showing a fellow motorist some f%#k'n courtesy. The nerve of me to delay you.

A third incident I can recall (and I might have been a little bit of a jerk on this one), was when some lady driving a civic was trying to pass me on the left while going uphill. My Z can handle the odd incline just fine. Especially if I down shift. This woman was giving this old, rust bucket civic all it could take, and just couldn't pass me. When we got to the top of the hill (it wasn't that far), she guns it, cuts me off, and gives me a honk for her troubles. So sorry I didn't make way for you. How dare I drive on your road and get in your way.

So, yeah. They're out there. Just try to drive defensively and be courteous to other drivers. (Of course, having a .45 in the car, just in case, doesn't hurt either.)

My other vehicle is a lifted 2500HD Chevy (I tow a 30ft toy hauler and go off roading regularly) and do not drive like a jack ***. The problem is the person, not the vehicle.

Not to get political, but this country is seriously beginning to scare me. There seems to be some sort of redneck fever going around and it is very contagious. I have the occasional problem with pick up drivers, but my pet peeve is why do all of them seem to have their fog lights on when it isn't foggy? Drives me nuts.

Thanks
 

Good advice everyone. Yes, I am too old for that. Don't need another heart attack either (made it 6 months now). As to the vehicle, I used to be a traffic accident investigator. I got pretty good at identifying patterns of behavior and so forth. Sure, it is the driver, not the vehicle, but, I've noticed here in Missouri it is usually a pick up truck playing bully and usually a Chevy...Can't help what I observe.

honestly... it's the same up north here.

not just pick up trucks. also SUV's like the MDX/RX350 etc etc.... but i found mostly the acura SUV's are idiot drivers. dunno... might be a trend or something.

Speaking of which: Why are so many bad/aggressive women drivers in Jeep Cherokees? Nearly every time I see a Jeep Cherokee, it's a woman driving it, and most of them drive that vehicle like maniacs. What is it about that particular SUV that attracts crazy female drivers? :icon14:

not just that... most of the SUV's come with blindspot indicators... they don't even use them! almost getting side swipped from them all the time. i even see their damn indicators turn on.

i suggest getting a dashcam for forward and aft, and just send the vid to the police dept to make ur case.

I have notice close people at lights too. I just thought it was the angle of the rear hatch window. you need to see the cars rear bumper when stopped at a red light for those who missed that question on the exam.

don't you mean "so close I could see the driver's tooth"? - a redneck joke.
:stirthepot:

Minivans around here.....LOL Trucks every now and then.

Yes, I've seen that too
 

The SUVs and all the rest. I'm a teacher and actually had students, who drive lifted pick ups, tell me they purposely tailgate small foreign cars and they especially hate sports cars..because they aren't American. I didn't pay much attention to this until it started happening to me. There was a guy, I have no idea who he was, who drove a giant Dodge with a lift kit. The Dodge was painted white and had a massive brush bar on the front. He had his own sign made up for the front across the grill: "Big White Yuppie Car Crusher." Again, I thought it was funny until some of these folks ended up behind me. Please don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to brand everyone with a truck as this or that. As a hiker, I'd like to have one myself. But this guy, and the one last month, came screaming up at an excessive speed as if to ram me. As far as I'm concerned, that is the same as shoving me in to a wall. Who does that but some kind of idiot bully? I've decided to engage countermeasures if it happens again. I'm a peaceful person with no desire to bother anyone and have very little conflict in my life so I don't get these people.

It doesn't happen too often here in Alberta, but the odd time it does I down shift and slow right down quickly. They normally back off after almost hitting me or the ditch.

I like turtles.

Sounds like you should do a side lesson on where most of these "foreign" cars are really made.

None of Us!
 

should let these small minded, egotistical people ( with small penisis, hence the need for ego boosting) bring us down to there level. And NO guns. Guns do strange things to people's minds. They start wanting to use them...end up in prison or worse.
Keep on the Sunny Side.

:iagree:

I just hardwired mine in this weekend :tup:

I have a second one for my wife's car, but I'm seriously considering wiring it in as a rear facing camera. For $60 apiece, I've been exceptionally pleased with them, and I'll just get another one for her car.

definitely put one facing the rear. and just put 'camera car' or 'by driving behind me, u agree to have footage uploaded on youtube' in fine print somewhere on the rear glass. :D

There's no law prohibiting video recording. And Texas is a one party state, so I don't have to inform anyone else that I'm recording audio as long as I'm party to the conversation.

This stuff doesn't only happens to small sports cars. You should see the sh!t I see when I'm driving my 41' motorhome towing my Jeep Grand Cherokee. I'm close to 41,000 lbs combined. :eek: Nothing like having someone come up along side you, then jump in front so that they can be first at the stop light. I've come close to pushing a few through the light. Or being in the right lane and having someone merge from an on-ramp into the side of me. Almost hitting me. You ought to see the looks I get when I hit the air horns. :rofl2:

I pity the redneck's penis

Yeah, bully's in big vehicles feel empowered now, noticed this situation has gotten worse since Trump decided to run for President :icon17:

Change your user name to "Short Bus"

Some asshat in a black Charger tailgated me the other day. I was like "jeez buddy, there's no need to be on my bumper when I'm already going 40 in a school zone. And those aftermarket lights on top of your car just look stupid."

Just don't tell the officer that. I hear they don't take kindly to criticism.

I think rednecks are being confused with ignorant buttholes and are getting a bad rap here. I live in the redneck epicenter and have never had this issue.

i would just stop put emergency lights on and not move, make him back up and go around.

I definitely understand your frustration. There are some redneck hillbilly drivers out there that are just dumbasses.:eekdance:

The Z brings out the worst in people. Dumbass in a huge truck with a huge trailer started buzzing me and cutting me off as a display of male dominance and repressed homosexuality yesterday.

Then a Fiesta ST did a burnout at a light.

I hate big trucks, but at least they're easy to maneuver around seeing as they all weigh 8000lbs and suffer major turbo lag.

A lot going on out there
 

I think this reinforces how careful we all need to be. I used to have a bike and loved riding it but (I was living in California) it seemed too many drivers wanted to kill people on motorcycles. It got so bad I sold it. Ironically, on the way home yesterday, I had a Ford F350 pull right up on my bumper at a light with every light on possible. It was 3 p.m. not dark. His lights were so bright I had to turn my mirrors up. Diving in front of a motorhome and hitting the brakes is crazy. I guess people don't consider how hard it would be to slow one of them or an 18 wheeler. My concern is the people who have some problem with sports cars. The guy I described Saturday didn't just tail gate me, he came racing up at me doing close to 60 in a 35 zone and got so close even a tap of my brakes and I get hit. Those people shouldn't be on the road

Product of generations of inbreeding. Education is the key to the future.

like i mentioned earlier, do something about it by getting a rear facing dashcam and make a case to the police. dat is your first step to your recovery.

no sense feeling like crap everyday when u should be out enjoying your Z.
pretty soon each time you look at your Z ur mind will condition urself to think 'getting bullied by rednecks.'

Kenchan
 

You are right as usual and always have great advice. Yeah, if this is going to be a problem, I am taking your advice. I never had this problem when I lived on the east coast and I had one sports car after another.

i was fat as a child. first step to recovery was to put down my bag of cheeto's.

it was a difficult step, but glad i took care of it before it became a bigger (literally) problem.. :ugh:

The family tree has no branches.