The Mystery Lane Changer
How many times has this happened to you? You’re driving on a highway (with at least 3 or 4 lanes) late at night when traffic is extremely light. There you are, cruising down the middle lane with nobody in sight except one car up ahead in the lane to your right. Once you get close to the other car and about to overtake them, they change lanes so they’re directly in front of you. No car in the emergency lane or anything. In fact, NOTHING on the road at all except them and you.
It just chaps my ass! Seriously, what is that person thinking? Sometimes I think it’s some grand conspiracy against me when that sort of thing happens. Are they just oblivious, or truly trying to be evil? If you’re one of those people, please let me know so at least I could have some insight as to what makes you tick.
I don’t know why it burns me up so badly. After all, it’s easy enough to just go around them since the road is otherwise empty. I guess it’s just the thought that people in the world are truly evil and do stuff like that purposefully just to get their jollies. Back in my youth, these people would have gotten a good old fashioned smoke screen from the emergency break as I passed by them. Now I realize they’re not worth the investment – tires are expensive! Instead I make sure they know I’m on the road, too. A little close passing sends a good message in my book, and windshield washer fluid is relatively cheap! 
Pass it on...
January 8th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
I think the times that has happend to me, I just stay behind them, and tailgate them till thy move back into a lane I am not occupying. Also, I start to swerve a little bit(I mean it’s just the 2 of us on the road, whose going to know?) I once tail gated a guy for 30 min for the reason stated above. I found it really annoying, so in turn I started to be annoying to him and tailgate as close as I possibly could, after he moved aside, I just drove beside him till he got off on the exit, the glances back and forth were definitely not friendly, lol