Sat, 14 Feb 2004 22:00:07 -0800, <
[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Tom Keats) wrote:
>I believe when onlookers witness two road users having a dispute, they just see individuals, not
>representatives of whichever vehicular mode they use.
>
>That said, bad vibes in the air seem to be cumulative, and maybe it's ultimately best not to
>add to them.
Using "The Look" effectively keeps it nice and personal.
The one who buzzed me at 80kmh on the Georgia Viaduct got an iced fix when he looked for a reaction
in his mirror. The look on his face while he was waiting for a light at the bottom of the Main St.
exit gradually turned to near panic as he realised I was closing on him very fast. Finally he cut
off a couple cars to make his hasty right turn. The light turned green as I hit Main on the boogie
and made my right. He kept looking for me all the way up Main and then started rolling up his
windows because he knew that I'd caught him dead and boxed for that excruciating light sequence at
Terminal Ave.
I blew him a kiss as I nailed the green arrow left. His own imagination was worse than anything I
could have done.
Another one caught himself crowding me while he'd been distracted on the phone. After passing he
looked in the mirror for a reaction. He knew that I knew he was an idiot. So he gave me the finger
when I looked at him as one might view a chronically plugged toilet.
After I spit and adjusted my parts, he went ballistic, pulled over jumped out and punched me in the
back as I went by.
I turned around and went back via the sidewalk (along West King Edward Ave) but I guess he couldn't
wait for me or didn't want to risk what might happen.
There were no witnesses to the assault but later that day, I heard that his late model, light
metallic blue Mercedes SUV with tinted windows got impounded for having expired insurance.
I've got to learn to maintain that stone zone rather than giving those dipshits the reaction they're
expecting.
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zk