Shocked - "Hit n Run" resulted in insane verbal assault by Rethug! (long)

[pagandem4justice]

I'm posting this here partly because I still need a little "ventilation," but also because I just need some good DU-ers to validate that people in this world really are *this* crazy. Read on.

This morning, I was on my way to work, going 40 in a 45 zone after dropping the hubby at his office. It was sprinkling rain, but no biggie ... nothing like the heavy rain and snow I grew up navigating through in NE Ohio. Traffic was light to moderate, but I ended up trapped in the left hand lane by a big 5 year old Suburban with a "W" sticker on the back window, doing 20 mph. On top of being frustrating, this guy's driving was resulting in a line of traffic piling up behind me, and we were coming up on a couple of intersections with lights programmed to 40 mph. I don't like laying on the horn unless there's danger, so I waited, but he didn't move. I did like we do in this area at least, and gave him a single flash of the lights. Nothing aggressive. Nothing. So I fumed and waited until I could move out into the line of cars speeding past in the left lane, and passed him. The clot of traffic broke up, a light changed behind me, and I found myself with an open left lane. I was doing 44 mph when I cruised through the next intersection ...

Just past this intersection, on the right, there is the exit to the city post office. I came through the intersection, and suddenly, a huge black pickup pulled right out of the drive, directly in front of me -- and stopped dead across the southbound lanes! I don't know if he was on the phone, or looking to his right to see if anyone was coming in that direction before completing the turn, but he wasn't looking my my direction, the numb-skull.

I laid on the horn, and hit the brake with both feet ... I was literally standing on the brake, with the anti-lock brakes thrumming up through my (arthritic) legs. The guy didn't move! His driver's side door was right in front of me. I swerved as hard as I could to the right (clear lane, thank the gods), so far that my passenger side tire went onto the curb. I still hit his back bumper. It was one of those big, iron-pipe-looking back bumpers with the welded-on tow hitch, attached to a big pickup jacked about 3-4 inches. His truck didn't even move. My front bumper, grille, driver's side headlights, and front-left panel were destroyed. There might be more damage but I don't have the full report yet from the adjuster/body shop.

I pulled over immediately and grabbed my phone. In the time it took to dial 9-1-1 and look into my mirror, the black truck was gone.

Then the beige Suburban with the "W" sticker pulled over in front of me. "Thank goodness," I thought, "he witnessed it, or got the guy's license." Out jumps a (I swear!) Bill O'Lielly clone with a cheap white button-down shirt and a red tie. He storms over to my window - I'm so confused at this point and shaken up, that I roll down the window. "Did you see him?" I ask, as I'm done with the 9-1-1 operator already.

He smiles this mean smirk and says in a very bully-like tone, "That's YOUR fault, you know."

"WHAT?" I say, still dazed. "He pulled out in front of me...and left."

"You flashed your lights at me!" he says, getting red in the face. "You're a crazy man!" (I'm a woman, BTW.)

"You were going 20 in a 45," say as calmly as I can, confused by this tirade. "He left, did you see him?"

"I'm going to testify against you - you brought this on yourself, crazy man!" Now he's yelling, and red in the face, and I'm very aware that I could be in danger.

"Calm down," I say.

"Don't tell me to calm down!" he continues ranting. "I'll testify!" Then, bizarrely, "Are you going to that convention?"

I was sane enough (I think) by this point to be ready to tell him off. I mean, my vehicle is in shambles but I don't know how badly yet, I'm late to work and need to call my principal, my legs and back are killing me, and I need to call my husband. But before I even open my mouth, he turns and stomps back to his truck, slams the door, and leaves!

I know this is a very long and involved account, but I didn't want to create more questions than answers or comments through a vague account.

What is WITH this freak? Was he insane? Pissed off that a woman with Goddess and "dissent is patriotic" stickers asked him (politely, in my neck of the woods) to get a move-on? And why are these Rethugs always so MEAN??

Thanks for listening to my vent ... it's been a very stressful day (but thank goodness not as bad as it could have been!)!

:-( :mad: :wtf: :shrug: :cry:

[msatty99]

1. Uh...you're boy was MENTAL!!!!

explains the W sticker.

Try to forget it. Just another horrible nut.

the tip off is that the first words out of his mouth
are not, "are you ok?"

That is what any sane person says in such circumstances
regardless of fault.

[Nickster]

2. Thank goodness you're ok. I can't help you with the reasoning, sometimes

people are just bat-shite crazy.

[Hobarticus]

3. I'm just glad you're okay...and yes, they are insane. n/t

[az chela]

4. I dont know where you live

But if that happened here I would have got the guy's license plate on the truck and called the cops.I hope you did as the W supporters are mostly always whacko!!!!
I am sorry you had to experience this but thats what the good old usa has come to thanks to W,the great divider.

[blondeatlast]

5. Good on ya for keeping your wits about you and not lowering

yourself to their level. You win by NOT giving him an earful, although I can understand your wanting to give him one.

I hope you will be okay with some rest and TLC.

Take care of yourself and keep us posted. :hug:

[Warpy]

6. He was a total nutbag and you're lucky he didn't wait

for the cops to show up. He was all primed to lie his ass off because you'd had the GALL to flash your lights and tell him to get the lead out. Chances are he was driving that slow because he was drunk or drugged or both. You actually got off lucky (although a cop would have spotted his problem and likely arrested him on the spot, you don't need that kind of trouble, either).

The description of the black truck is a pretty precise one, and unless you live in a big city, it'll be reasonably easy to locate him. Call a lawyer for help. Really.

In the meantime, I hope you're OK and just a little sore and shaken up. That part will be gone in a week or so, and the car is just STUFF, if you know what I mean.

And yes, they're always just about that mean. People who have been given permission to hate find it very easy to do so. Pity him.

[bluerum]

7. He is a vindicitve psycho. You are un-injured and safe. nt

[MissMarple]

8. Perhaps someone with an inadequate personality. The GOP must attract them.

Those and, of course, bigots, people who are afraid of anyone different from themselves, and bullies.

I'm glad you are OK, relatively speaking. :)

And, welcome to DU!

[nonconformist]

9. Dude was CRAZY!

I'm glad you are okay!

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. *hugs* glad you are ok and that he didn't have a gun handy! what is

wrong with come people?

[jedr]

11. Had a similar incident last summer;

I work for the state and drive a state car with special state plates front and back.. Had a man , apparently on meth' , who had a bone to pick with the state ,follow me home and took a swing at me in my driveway. I still watch my rear view mirror on the way home and have pepper spray in the console of each car I drive. Road rage , weather political or other is something that most of us have faced. Tomorrow is an other day, so have a nice glass of wine, or two, and learn to let it slide ( BTW.pepper spray is cheap. effective )...Also, welcome to D/U, A good place to vent.:hi:

[Beaverhausen]

12. Remember it's about him, not you

Don't let the bastards get you down! :hug:

And please take a nice long hot bath tonight. You will probably be very sore tomorrow.
Take care of yourself.

[DRoseDARs]

13. I would encourage you to get him to testify after evidence...

...is gathered from the scene. If he does, it could easily be demonstrated that he is perjuring himself because the evidence at the accident scene wouldn't support his likely testimony. A fine and/or jail time would be in his immediate future... :thumbsup:

[DRoseDARs]

18. Ooo, just thought of this. Does your state have Good Samaritan laws?

You could possibly nail this freak's ass on that too. :thumbsup:

[MarmiteVarmint]

14. Anybody ask if you were okay?

How frightening to have this whole mess boil up in front of you all at once!

This didn't happen because the guy was Republican - he sounds like a garden variety jerk no matter the situation. (And pause before you assume he WAS a GOPer; my sis has to drive her boss's car several times a month and he has rightwing decals on it - it's not like she can scrape them off.)

[rodeodance]

15. so he ws ticked at you. what a jerk glad you are ok.

[area51]

16. OMG.

That man (who stopped to sneer @ you) was insane. I'm so glad you're safe, and seem to be relatively okay after the crash. :hug:

[RB TexLa]

17. Sounds like he was crazy

crazy, crazy. I drive 15 to 20 miles per hour under the speed limit all the time, but I don't get mad at people for flashing lights or honking horns, what they do with their lights or horns isn't any of my business, you learn to ignore them after awhile.

That is just someone taking politics way too far, I'm waiting for a story, thankfully it wasn't you, but I can see one day one of them not saving someone from a burning car because it has a liberal bumper sticker on it.

[zbdent]

19. I'd say let him testify

If he claims in court that he knew you were a woman, then he's lied twice . . .

Use that for the powers of asshole's observation . . .

[NoodleyAppendage]

20. I would testify AGAINST HIM that he physically threatened you. Fuck'em.

It's time to FIGHT DIRTY. I would have let him know that if he didn't testify on your behalf, that you would be testifying against him that he propositioned you and then physically threatened you. Good old fashioned blackmail. The ONLY thing these lemming Repukes pay attention to is AUTHORITY and STRENGTH. I would have gone for the jugglar. We are in a WAR with these Repukes and now is not the time to fight fair.

J

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

21. I'm surprised he didn't scream "YOU'RE ON NOTICE!!!"

What a nut.

[geniph]

22. I think that WAS Bill O'Loofah!

I mean, did anyone see THAT ranting nutbag in person yesterday? That sounds like his style - completely freaking psychotic.

[Raine]

23. ANYONE who would still have W

sticker on their car at this point in time IS nutz, goes without saying.x(

[pagandem4justice]

24. Thanks for the support and concern (+ update)

I'm truly touched at the concern and the caring shown to me by all of you! You're such great people...I know I don't post much (lurking since 2002, member since last year, only 68 posts!), but I truly love the community here at DU!

Yes, I am feeling all right, thanks. The good news is, our insurer (GEICO) has been great, and has already accepted the claim, towed the vehicle to the body shop, sent the adjuster, and cut a check for any unforseen medical expenses. Quite a relief, since the work will probably run into the thousands, at little to no OOP to us, thank goodness. Of course, it doesn't heal the trauma of the event itself, but I've survived bigger a**holes in my life. ;-)

As for O'Lielly-Lite, I hope I never see him again... I won't be in such a passive mood!

And as an answer to that poster or two who asked about the guy who pulled out in front of me, he probably won't be found, for a few confounding reasons: (1) that kind of truck is actually not very rare around these parts, (2) the police don't actively look for someone unless they've committed a felony, and (3) good samaritan and similar laws are not enforced here on the border unless someone dies, as it's common for people to take off after wrecks, and only about 25%-40% of residents here are insured. Welcome to the underbelly of hell!

Well, thanks so much for the consensus on the crazy guy -- I just couldn't even believe it myself unless I wrote it down!

:crazy: :hi: