I have had a no-good, horrible, very BAD day . . . .

[Bullwinkle925]

it appears that I've had a run-in with either the *Hell's Angels* or *HA* wannabes on the freeway.

I was attacked - driver's sideview mirror broken and almost run off the road (my car came close to flipping over).

Day started out somewhat okay - had a pleasant morning at my favorite Farmer's Market - was a bit on the depressed side (my usual ups and downs).

Decided to head out to do some shopping and . . . . BAM!!

I'm through (I think) crying and shaking now.

Filed a report with the CHP.

dayum!!!!!

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Wow, that is crazy. I'm glad you're okay.

[billyskank]

2. Oh my god

:hug:

[Bullwinkle925]

18. i feel physically awful right now . . . .

headachy, shaking - just want to go to bed and pull the covers up over my head.

not going to though, going out to the gym and hopefully that will help to soothe the nerves.


thanks so much for being in my corner.

. . . . back atcha'!

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. What on earth brought that on? *hugs*

[Bullwinkle925]

8. Apparently . . . .

doing 80mph in the fast lane wasn't good enough for them and I wasn't able to move over fast enough.
One guy came around my side (mind you it was on the shoulder next to the dividing wall of the freeway) came about 2" close to my front fender and cut in front of me - others swarmed on the right side and I couldn't do anything but hit the brakes and swerve my car as the first guy kept cutting in and out in front of me.
There were about 40-50 of them. I guess they had the *pack* mentality and their testosterone got the better of them.
I managed to call 911 on my cell, but, alas was unable to get any license plate numbers (gee, wonder why?).

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Good gracious! I can't imagine dealing with that. (I'm not a driver so I really, really

can't imagine it.)

[skygazer]

4. Wow, that's frightening!

I'm glad you're okay. :hug:

[auntAgonist]

5. Lordy! I'm glad you are OK!

I'm sure you're not "really" ok, and will be shaking for quite some time tonight. :hug: What a horrid experience for you.

I hope CHP can track down the offenders.

aA
kesha

[Lincolngirl]

6. I'm sorry to hear that happened, and I'm glad to hear you are OK.

And here's something I hope helps you feel better...



I know I'm new, but I think you need this right now!

(tried to fix. supposed to say it's for you!)

[TZ]

7. Geez.

I'm glad you are okay Bullwinkle..I hope they catch the creeps!:hug:

[malta blue]

9. Holy Shit!

:hug::hug::hug:

I am so glad you are okay.

[yellowdogintexas]

11. maybe you should just move over here after all, on my worst traffic day in

Dallas I never saw anything like that

seriously I know you don't want to live here but man I am glad you are safe and alive, although I know you are shaken up.


:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:

[FloridaJudy]

12. I hear that things are nice in Australia.

I'm sorry you had to go through that. Oh well, at least you didn't have to eat lima beans and wear railroad train pajamas.

[Bullwinkle925]

13. lima beans and railroad train pajamas sound like heaven to me

right now.



waaahhhhhhh

[AngryAmish]

27. Unfortunately, things like that happen all the time in Australia

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

14. BASTARDS

How dare they? Wish I'd been there, although I probably would have jumped out of the car and chased them (fat lot of good that would do).

Were you coming back from Montclair?

[RFKHumphreyObama]

15. I'm so sorry you had to go through this

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[Gormy Cuss]

16. Well that just stinks.

Tomorrow is a different day and I hope it's MUCH better.

:hug:

[Bullwinkle925]

17. me TOO !!

this has been a horrid year - i can hardly wait to see the calendar turn over to 2009 - for many reasons.


(thanks for the invite - unfortunately i opened it up too late - already had an appt. scheduled in the city yesterday - but i did pass by city hall and saw many protestors!!!!!)

[Gormy Cuss]

20. I do know the feeling. On to 2009 !

proud patriot and I talked about trying to herd the East Bay cats next year...a meetup in the spring or early summer would be fun.

[Deja Q]

19. Yowzers -- DO file a report. ASAP.

Ever since an incident in 2003, I will report any creep who wants to prick around with others' cars and lives.

[Bullwinkle925]

31. I did . . . .

I pulled over to the side and waited for the Highway Patrol to arrive.
Made an incident report and then went on to Toyota to start the ball rolling on getting the mirror repaired.
Will call insurance tomorrow.

sigh.

[Haole Girl]

21. I was driving alone through the Grapevine Pass, in my 20's, in a Toyota Celica...

Seemingly, out of nowhere, there were Hell's Angels on all sides of my car-- front, back, and both sides. I didn't know what to do, so I just kept driving. I looked straight ahead, ignored them completely, and kept driving at exactly the same speed (in exactly the same lane). Eventually, a good 1/2 hour after it began, they simply sped up and went on their way. I'll never understand why it happened & what reaction they expected out of me. I asked my younger sister about it, since she has a lot of biker friends (including Hell's Angels who call her 'sista') and she just laughed and at me. (I really did not find it amusing). Recently, another friend of mine told me "Oh, they (the Hell's Angels) were just playing with you." At any rate, if by some rare coincidence you ever see them on the road again, I'd suggest remaining as calm as possible. Not speeding up or slowing down.. and *never* *ever* slamming on brakes. Can you imagine if one of them hit you from behind, after you slammed on your brakes?!?! eeeek.

Please don't get me wrong, I am not saying this is your fault... not one bit. I'm saying I know - first hand - how frightening is.

I'm sorry you had to go through that. Especially with everything you've been through recently.

:hug:

[Bullwinkle925]

24. it was freaky . . . .

i had to slam on my brakes because one of them kept weaving to the driver's side of my car and then speed up to the front of my car and slow down - i don't know what the hell he thought he was doing .....


and to top it all off - i'm driving my little prius and am an old fartess.


WTF???????

[Haole Girl]

26. Trust me on this one. Do *not* slam on your breaks in that situation...

I know exactly what they were doing. It's like some sort of test, or something. When push comes to shove, they will *not* let your car hit them. They know the math. :hug:

[JVS]

22. Odd. One would think that motorcyclists would fare poorly against a car.

How'd they do this?

[Bullwinkle925]

25. i am in agreement . . . . .

although i was far outnumbered . .. . .

who knows what they were either drinking/smoking/ingesting or just plain pumped up and found someone to pick on??

[davsand]

30. Trust me on this-a bike is not gonna stand up to any car--even a compact.

Those bikers are WAY more vulnerable than you are in your car and they know it. You might dent a fender. If they get hit by a car it is gonna "leave a mark" because they don't HAVE fenders and bumpers.

I always kinda figured it would be wicked fun to be in that situation in a car and start swerving erratically. Kinda like mobile bowling. You could maybe rack up points depending on style and how spectacular the crash was...



But that would be wrong.




Laura

[JVS]

34. Ahh, your homicidal instinct comes out!

Can you imagine what a badass you'd be consided in your town if people watched you walk by and whispered "There goes davsand, she wasted 10 Hell's Angels in self defensive vehicular homicide. Don't fuck with her"

[davsand]

37. Aw hell, they all think I'm nuts anyway.

Can't say my image would suffer (or improve) any if I DID take out a few bikers in a fit of self defensive road rage. I am the one house in the neighborhood where if anybody gets hurt in my yard, triage is a matter of asking "how much arterial bleeding is there?" We are not exactly Ward and June--ya know?

If anyone did find out I was homicidal I think it would probably be a matter of, "I KNEW it!!! That woman is just not RIGHT!"


:evilgrin:



Laura

[SalmonChantedEvening]

23. I'm so glad you're ok. All I can do is offer these:

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[Bullwinkle925]

32. thank you .. . . . . .

it really did take a few hours to finally stop shaking.

a nice hot shower helped.

[Pierre.Suave]

28. Immediately call 911

while driving and dont move to avoid them, just keep going. hell if I was in a car I did not care about too much and they tried that with me, they might get real up close and personal to it.

[XemaSab]

29. How awful!

:(

[GoddessOfGuinness]

33. I'm glad you weren't injured...

That must have been terrifying!

:hug::hug::hug:

[applegrove]

35. Sounds terrifying.

[SPKrazy]

36. Bunch of Asses

Sorry you had to endure that Bullwinkle

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[Shell Beau]

38. WTF?

:hug: