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Originally Posted by Flakbadger

I just had an "interesting" driver yesterday. I was doing the traffic-jam accordion game, trying to keep a constant speed. I'm getting very good at it, mind you (trying hard to not have to play with a clutch all the time helps!). This guy in his giant F-2150 whips out of the left lane and floors it in the right lane, zooming up on my bumper at about 40 mph while I am driving 15 or so. He proceeds to get RIGHT on my bumper, flash his lights, then move even closer when I blink my brake lights as a sign of acknowledgement.
When he whipped back into the left lane (almost taking a portion of my bumper with him) and my lane continued to move, while his stopped a short time later, I waved at him.
It was actually pretty scary, because I figured getting into a collision with him wouldn't end well.
But what did he want me to do? Tailgate the car in front of me?
At that particular time, there were only 2 or 3 car lengths between us, and the gap was closing.
It's unfortunate that people in gargantuan pickups sometimes lack big-picture thinking skills, and more unfortunate still that people like this are allowed to drive on our roads.

Especially ironic since the mega truck driver has the visibility to better anticipate the oscillations in traffic flow. Of course visibility does not compensate for the perfect vacuum between his ears.

regards
Mech