Monday, March 30, 2009

Road bully


The weather was pretty nasty when we left for Bloomington, Indiana. It was raining with slight flurries, otherwise it was a normal car ride to Bloomington. We had with us, Wanda, her son, her mom and her sister riding with us to Bloomington and Ramzi was just so happy to have Axel (Wanda's son), so both of them were pretty occupied with their DS game. Upon arrival, we shopped at the 10th St. International grocery store. Since everyone was so hungry after a long ride, we got our gps out so we can do a search on international restaurants in the area. We found a few and decided on a Siamese restaurant. Wanda and Lena ordered all kinds of food and some that I know off hand were Tom yum, noodles, fried rice and a platter of vegy condiments. Not sure what it's called, but it sure was super spicy!!! The kids loved the Mannequins deco in the restaurant, and were having a hard time taking their hands off it! Poor grandma (Wanda's mom) was afraid that they might damage the deco's. We left the restaurant with our bellies full and fortunately the drive back was not as bad because the rain was gone but the cold temperature was still there. Upon reaching Washington, that's where our trouble begins. We came upon a dark colored vehicle and it was probably driving 30+ mph on a 55 mph road. We were behind this car for many many miles until there was an opportunity that we were able to pass it. My dear husband put the car in gear and put his signal on so we could overtake this car, but when he wanted to do just that, the other car instead of letting us pass, he or she put their car in full gear too, so we either have to back down behind him or have a head-on collision with an on-coming car. My husband was not aggressive when wanting to pass this car, it was just a normal thing that drivers do when wanting to pass another car, and unfortunately when he wanted to do just that, and we were just side by side the other car, we all can see that the driver and the passengers of the other car were laughing their hearts out because we were not able to pass them. We were all in shock at this behavior They thought it's a game! When we were behind them, they drove real slow again. To maintain our safety, we backed off from this aggressive group of youngsters and my husband took out his cell phone and dialed 911. It is clear to us that this bully is putting himself and us in danger. We reported that individual’s license plate and other identifying details to the police. Aggressive drivers who drive dangerously do not belong on the roads. 3 -4 minutes after my husband made that call, a police car came out from the right junction got in front of us, and less than a mile after that, the police car turned on his light and got behind this bully and amazingly got them to stop, and that's when we passed them. Now, we can see that they are no longer laughing! I saluted the effectiveness and promptness of the law in taking care of this situation.

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