TDiddy
04-21-2007, 09:55 AM
So this mrning around 10:00, I was on my back home form Costco. I was on a 3 lane road, not a highway by any means. In the middle lane, guy in front of me in a durango going about 25 in a 35 zone. People on either side of him so I wait to pass. The guy in the left lane passes him, I move over to pass and he swerves out real quick to cut me off. I move back in to the center lane, and he's now straddling the passing lane trying to get me to run in to the right lane. I can tell he's bitching as I go past him, and I flipped him off. :flipoff: I know, probably not the smartest thing, but hey the prick cut me off twice. He gets behind me, and at the next stoplight jumps out of the durango and runs up to my window, which was open just a few inches. He starts reaching in trying to grab my sunglasses and shaking my window with the his other hand. We're both yelling back and forth, and I start dialing 911. Some lady in a car behind him is hollering for him to get back in his car, he's telling her to F off and mind her own business. He knows I'm calling the cops at this point so he gets back in his car, goes around me and then gets in front of me going sreal slow. Perfect for me, made it easier to read his license plate.
So now I'm on with 911 giving a description of the car, plate #, location and direction of travel, etc. I told the lady I was going to follow him until he stops so I can let the cops know where he is. We end up in a grocery store parking lot, she says if he stops you keep going, we don't want another altercation. He ends up exiting the other side of the parking lot, she asks me to just stop and wait for the cops so I did.
Cop shows up, go through all the details. He said that he went about 100 coming up the other direction looking for the guy, but he must have ducked down a different street. He says if he would have done that to him (the cop), he would have had a .45 in his face. I said yeah, I have a CCW permit, but don't have my pistol with me this morning. Not sure if I really would have pulled it out anyway, but it would have been nice to know it was there should it have gone further. I know if my window would have been open any moreÍ than it was, it would have gone alot further.
Anywa, cop was very nice and helpful. He said he'd write it up as a simple assault and hand it off to the detectives, who will most certainly question the guy. Then its up to the DA to decide on prosecuting. Hope they do. Keep in mind this was in the suburbs of Des Moines IA. Not even downtown. Idiots are everywhere.
So now I'm on with 911 giving a description of the car, plate #, location and direction of travel, etc. I told the lady I was going to follow him until he stops so I can let the cops know where he is. We end up in a grocery store parking lot, she says if he stops you keep going, we don't want another altercation. He ends up exiting the other side of the parking lot, she asks me to just stop and wait for the cops so I did.
Cop shows up, go through all the details. He said that he went about 100 coming up the other direction looking for the guy, but he must have ducked down a different street. He says if he would have done that to him (the cop), he would have had a .45 in his face. I said yeah, I have a CCW permit, but don't have my pistol with me this morning. Not sure if I really would have pulled it out anyway, but it would have been nice to know it was there should it have gone further. I know if my window would have been open any moreÍ than it was, it would have gone alot further.
Anywa, cop was very nice and helpful. He said he'd write it up as a simple assault and hand it off to the detectives, who will most certainly question the guy. Then its up to the DA to decide on prosecuting. Hope they do. Keep in mind this was in the suburbs of Des Moines IA. Not even downtown. Idiots are everywhere.