ROAD RAGE!!!

(WARNING: LONG POST AHEAD)

ROAD RAGE is the behavior by a driver of an automobile or other motor vehicle, which thus causes collisions or incidents on roadways. It can be thought of as an extreme case of aggressive driving.

It has taken me a week to be able to blog about this because I have been so ticked off about the situation. I was driving to Manti last Wednesday night to watch Manti play Gunnison in football. I dropped the boys off at their dad's house to go hunting and I headed up Spanish Fork Canyon. As I got down by Thistle I tried to pass a truck and as I was passing he sped up. I had to slow down and get behind him. I followed him for about 3 more miles and then I passed him. As I passed him I sped up thinking if I could just get away from him I would be better off. He was about 3/4 of a mile behind me when he turned on his head lights and started to come up behind me pretty fast. As he got closer I tapped my brakes to see if he would slow down and that didn't help. He got right behind my car and swerved to pass me, missing my back bumper and then started to come back into my lane making me go onto the shoulder and once he was in front of me he slammed on his brakes. He started going 5 mph. After I realized he was going to keep going 5 mph I tried to pass him and he swerved over into the other lane. So I got back over and I really thought I was dead at this point. I did not want to stop or be stopped by him, out in the middle of no where and there is no cell phone service. He finally pulled off to the side and I passed him. Again, I thought if I can get far enough in head of him he will just leave me alone. Again, he decided to speed up behind me as close as he could, swerve left just missing my car again and then pushing me off the side. This time there was a cement wall on the side so I didn't have very much room to move over. As he got in front of me again he slammed on his brakes. I was pretty scared at this point and didn't know how I was going to make it until I could have cell phone service again. He started going 5 mph then about 20 mph. There was an SUV behind me and I was motioning to this lady to follow me and I needed help. She kept shaking her head like she didn't know what I was talking about. This guy finally pulled over and I passed him again. I looked in my rear view mirror and the SUV that was following me pulled over with him and they pulled into their house. I wanted to die!!! I drove to the next road that there were homes and I called 911. To make an already long story shorter I am pressing charges against him. Once the highway patrol got a hold of him he decided he wanted to press charges against me. AUGH!!! I am ticked off that he can do that and I am ticked off the there was not an officer willing to drive to Birdseye and give this guy a breathalizer test. I really think that this guy was drunk, there is no way that a sober human being would do this to someone.

I know that looking back there are things I should've, could've, wish I would have done but it is in the past. But I have learned that if I was to ever get into a road rage situation again, to get into some kind of wreck in order for the authorities to come to the accident scene and fully investigate it the way it should be. Now, 1 week later I am waiting for the highway patrolman to get back to work to come and issue me a citation from this JERK that was trying to run me off the road. I get to go to court and plead NOT GUILTY to reckless endangerment but now who will the judge believe. It is now a HE SAID, SHE SAID game.

I have never been to court before and I think that is what I am the most nervous about. Well..... I am actually pretty nervous that this guy is going to hunt me down and kill me too. He wasn't a very nice guy at all!!! I will keep anyone who read this long post posted about what happens. I should be seeing the UHP tonight. Oh HAPPY, HAPPY, JOY, JOY!!!